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3 hours ago ago from REPUBLICAN REDEFINED
(December 8, 2009 - Photo by Pool/Getty Images North America) With Harry Reid announcing that he has formulated a compromise plan for the Senate Health bill , the healthcare reform effort has once again moved into limbo waiting on the CBO to score the proposal. In the mean time, lawmakers have been anything but quiet as they wait to see the changes for the first time and many of them are hinting, if not outright declaring, that they ...
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13 hours ago ago from Kicking Ass Ann Arbor
Judd Gregg: Standing Between the Uninsured and their Doctors Since 2009 You've read about it on the front pages of the Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Michigan Daily. You've checked the blogs, and you've received the tweets. Most likely, you've even taken a glance at the pamphlets stuffed into your hand as you cross the diag. But as you and your preferred media source continue to contemplate the potential ...
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21 hours ago ago from Arkansas Tonight
Drew Pritt, who has up to this point been running for the Democratic nomination for US Senate, will be dropping out of the race, Arkansas Tonight has confirmed. Instead of running for the seat currently held by fellow Democrat Blanche Lincoln, we have confirmed that Pritt will be running for lieutenant governor. UPDATE 9:50PM: Arkansas Tonight has just obtained the following statement from the Pritt campaign regarding his decision to ...
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23 hours ago ago from Midwest Conservative Journal
You Republicans are just like SLAVEHOLDERS !! Oh and while I've got you, can I get some time off this weekend? Senators and staffers watched CSPAN breathlessly from their offices Wednesday evening as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid indicated they might not have to work this weekend. The Senate has been working at a breakneck pace (for the Senate) on the health reform legislation. Lawmakers worked all last weekend on Democrats' ...
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22 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
Associated Press House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at her weekly news conference on Thursday. WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressed support Thursday for a Senate Democratic proposal to expand Medicare, raising prospects that the two chambers of Congress can work out differences on health-care legislation. The proposal would open Medicare to some people ages 55 to 64, and is a key feature of a deal among senior Senate ...
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21 hours ago ago from Media General - WNCT.com
Search: Keyword Site Web | RSS + - Text Size Print Share This Health care reform inching closer to passage By Amy Kibler | Six & Special Projects Producer Published: December 10, 2009 Updated: December 2009 Supporters of the health care reform bill say they're inching closer to passing the ...
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