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Obama's health care bill wins support from Rep. Kucinich, Catholic nuns; Weekend vote likely
AP Special CorrespondentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation won precious support from a longtime liberal holdout in the House on Wednesday and from Catholic nuns representing dozens of religious orders, gaining fresh traction in...Tags: Medicare, Laws, Government, Employees, Heads of State
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Pennsylvania lawmaker calls health care ad outrageous and untrue, but group refuses to halt it
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — A Pennsylvania lawmaker whose parents recently died of cancer is among the targets of an ad campaign by a conservative group that questions congressional Democrats' interest in preventing the disease. Democratic Rep. Kathy...Tags: Laws, Medical Services, Diseases, Justice System, Elections
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Group: Idaho first to sign law that would sue federal government over health care overhaul
Associated Press WriterBOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho took the lead in a growing, nationwide fight against health care overhaul Wednesday when its governor became the first to sign a measure requiring the state attorney general to sue the federal government if residents are...Tags: Trials, Executive Branch, Washington, Government, Laws
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Kirk takes shot at health care legislation
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk says that if voters choose him this fall, he'll lead the effort to repeal the health care bill should it become law. The five-term North Shore congressman argues that tax increases and Medicaid cuts would come...Tags: Alexi Giannoulias, Elections, Laws, U.S. Presidential Election (2008), Barack Obama
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Obama: Health 'reform' vote is just that
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated with excerpts at 6 pm EDT President Barack Obama, fighting to assemble the votes needed for passage of healthcare legislation after more than a year of pressing Congress for action, says that a vote for......Tags: Washington, Barack Obama, Medical Services, White House, Republican Party
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Health Care Debate Heats Up Locally
The battle over health care isn't only in Washington. Congressmen from our area are the focus of an intense local effort, trying to persuade their votes.
President Obama gave Congress a deadline of the end of this week to take a final vote on health...Tags: Washington, Medical Services, White House, Medical Procedures and Tests, Lawyers
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Senate parliamentarian is rock star during Senate fight over Obama's health care overhaul
WASHINGTON (AP) — In some ways, Senate parliamentarian Alan Frumin has accomplished every senator's dream without the chores of fundraising and vote-seeking that mark the lawmakers' lives in elective politics. Frumin doesn't have to talk to a...Tags: Georgetown University, Laws, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Bill Frist
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Cuccinelli sends letter to Pelosi, urging her not to try "deem and pass" on health care
Daily PressIn a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is questioning the Constitutionality of an obscure legislative maneuver to get health care reform passed without taking a flat vote on the legislation. Dubbed "deem and...Tags: Environmental Politics, Laws, Washington, Medical Services, Republican Party
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FACT CHECK: Obama's claim that premiums would fall under his health plan misses the fine print
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Buyers, beware: President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul will lower premiums by double digits, but check the fine print. Premiums are likely to keep going up even if the health care bill passes, experts say. If cost...Tags: Fines, Insurance, Congressional Budget Office, Laws, Barack Obama
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Democrats Closing in on House Votes Needed for healthcare
President Obama and Democratic leaders saw momentum gather behind their sweeping health care legislation Wednesday, as they picked up commitments of support in the House from Democratic quarters where defections were most feared -- liberals,...Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Medicare, Lifestyle and Leisure, Laws, Doughnuts
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Obama spars with Fox News anchor during interview punctuated by interruptions and chiding
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday took to the Fox News Channel, derided by his White House as a wing of the Republican Party, to sell his embattled health care overhaul in an interview punctuated with interruptions from the...Tags: Laws, Barack Obama, Medical Services, Parties and Movements, Republican Party
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Business Highlights
February wholesale prices drop 0.6 percent WASHINGTON (AP) — Prices at the wholesale level plunged in February by the largest amount in seven months as a big drop in energy prices offset higher food costs. The Labor Department said Wednesday...Tags: Commodity Markets, Government, Washington, Science and Technology, California
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