FACT CHECK: Premiums would rise under Obama plan
(AP)
AP - Buyers, beware: President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul will lower premiums by double digits, but check the fine print.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:31:37 GMT
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Parliamentarian is rock star in health care debate
(AP)
AP - When Congress battles over thorny bills, parliamentarian Alan Frumin has been known to sleep in his office — on call 24/7 as the Senate's Solomon, divining the answers.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:36:04 GMT
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Recent cases show challenge of US terrorists
(AP)
AP - One was a drywall contractor and father, another a petite woman who cared for the elderly, another a U.S. military officer. The most alarming thing about a string of recently arrested terror suspects is that they are all Americans.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:23:52 GMT
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House Dems under pressure to deliver
(Politico)
Politico - Some members are getting calls from Obama – for others the pressure tactics are less friendly.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:39:56 GMT
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GOP pushes back on Dodd schedule
(Politico)
Politico - Most of the unhappy Republicans express their displeasure in temperate terms – but not all.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:42:35 GMT
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Late-innings hardball in health care push
(AP)
AP - With time and tempers short, everyone's playing hardball in the drive to pass — or stop — President Barack Obama's massive health care legislation by the weekend.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:24:30 GMT
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Obama, Irish leaders celebrate St. Patrick's
(AP)
AP - Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen is looking to boost his flagging political fortunes in a St. Patrick's Day meeting with President Barack Obama.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:28:28 GMT
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US Senate bill introduced to punish China on yuan
(AFP)
AFP - Facing election-year pressure over unemployment, US senators have introduced legislation that would impose tough new penalties on China if it failed to revalue its currency.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:02:10 GMT
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,385
(AP)
AP - As of Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at least 4,385 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:36:37 GMT
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Obama may soon get to nominate second Supreme Court justice
(AFP)
AFP - President Barack Obama may have the chance within months to nominate a second justice to the US Supreme Court as the most senior member John Paul Stevens has hinted that he might be leaving.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:04:58 GMT
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Petraeus says Iran nuke won't happen this year
(AP)
AP - The top U.S. commander in the Middle East says Iran's efforts to obtain a nuclear weapon have been delayed "a bit" and that Iran won't get a nuclear weapon this year.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:58:25 GMT
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Most US forces in Afghanistan to be under NATO
(AP)
AP - A major reorganization of allied forces in Afghanistan will centralize both American and other foreign troops under the direct command of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the senior U.S. and NATO commander in the theater.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:50:49 GMT
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Ukraine to pass law scrapping NATO ambitions
(AP)
AP - Ukraine's new governing coalition in parliament said Tuesday it will pass a law against joining military alliances such as NATO, a move that is sure to please Russia while tilting Ukraine away from its previous pro-Western course.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:29:44 GMT
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Senate poised to clear jobs bill for Obama
(AP)
AP - Companies that hire unemployed workers get a temporary payroll tax holiday under a bill headed for likely Senate passage Wednesday.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:21:49 GMT
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Senate one-year hiatus on earmarks fails, splits GOP
(McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly defeated a bid to freeze spending earmarks for a year.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:43:00 GMT
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Members Savor Part in Irish Peace Process
(CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - On this St. Patrick's Day, members of Congress who care about Ireland have a lot to celebrate.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:10:19 GMT
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Toyota Criticism Mounts on Eve of Recall Hearings
(Bloomberg)
Bloomberg - Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp.’s handling of
recalls came under mounting criticism on the eve of the
automaker’s U.S. congressional testimony, including charges that
the company misled the public on the adequacy of its recalls.
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:28:42 GMT
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