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11.06.09 Healthcare reform effort grinds slowly in the HouseHealthcare reform vote Saturday may be delayed as Democratic leaders work to make sure they have the necessary 218 votes - including more conservative members of their own party. |
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11.06.09 Healthcare reform: Obama cut private deals with likely foesPresident Obama struck agreements with insurers, doctors, drug companies, and hospitals to keep them from turning against healthcare reform. What are they? |
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11.05.09 Beyond ‘just say no,’ GOP lawmakers launch their healthcare planThe Republican healthcare reform plan revealed Thursday would cover far fewer uninsured Americans than the Democratic House bill. But it would also cost considerably less. |
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11.05.09 Repeat of NY-23? Club for Growth targets Crist in Senate race. |
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11.05.09 AARP, AMA give House healthcare bill an 11th-hour boost |
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11.05.09 Is the House healthcare reform bill unconstitutional? |
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11.04.09 Senate’s holiday gift to workers: extended unemployment benefits |
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11.04.09 Carly Fiorina to take on Barbara Boxer for US Senate seatCarly Fiorina, the former Hewlett Packard CEO, announced her candidacy Wednesday for the US Senate seat held by California Democrat Barbara Boxer. |
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11.03.09 Abortion issue could unravel House healthcare reform billRep. Bart Stupak wants to make sure no public healthcare funds pay for abortions – and he says he has the votes to block the House bill. Abortion-rights activists seek to keep healthcare reform bills 'abortion neutral.' |
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11.03.09 Election Day November 2009: five things to watchLook at the margins of victory, among other things, as the returns for Election Day November 2009 come in. |
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11.02.09 Democrats fear triple blow on Election DayThe Democrats could lose all ‘Big Three’ races on Election Day: the governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey and the special election in New York for a House seat. |
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11.01.09 After leaving New York race, Scozzafava backs a DemocratRepublican Dede Scozzafava's decisions to drop out of the race for New York's 23rd congressional district and endorse a Democrat raise questions about what place moderates have in the GOP. |
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10.29.09 No ‘robust’ public option in House healthcare reform billSpeaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled the House's healthcare reform bill Thursday. She had to compromise with conservative Democrats on the public option in order to win their votes. |
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10.28.09 Executive pay: How much say should Obama ‘czar’ have?High executive pay and bonuses are unseemly after taxpayer bailouts, many Democrats charge. But GOP lawmakers worry about federal 'pay czar' meddling in the workings of capitalism. |
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10.28.09 Obama signs bill expanding hate crimes to sexual orientationGay-rights groups welcomed the move, which expands hate-crime law to include crimes based on gender and sexual orientation. But some legal scholars suggest it's an overreach of federal power. |
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10.28.09 Who is Edward Brooke?Edward Brooke was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor Wednesday. Mr. Brooke was the first African-American elected to the US Senate by popular vote. |
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10.27.09 Congress targets major cause of banking crisis: derivativesThe House Financial Services Committee announced a plan Tuesday to give regulators tools needed to crack down on banks' risky behavior. It will be a tough job, experts say. |
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10.27.09 New York House race lays bare Republican infightingMany national conservative figures are supporting the Conservative Party's Doug Hoffman in a New York special election. Republican Dede Scozzafava is seen as too liberal. |
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10.27.09 Public likes public option for healthcare. Joe Lieberman doesn’t.Poll results tend to show that voters approve of the public option for healthcare. But senators like Joe Lieberman could vote the other way. Reporter Peter Grier talks with CSMonitor.com's Pat Murphy about the public option for healthcare reform and whether it could be part of the final bill. Reporter Peter Grier |
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10.26.09 Senate healthcare bill revives public option. But can it pass?Majority leader Harry Reid said Monday that the Senate healthcare bill will include a public option that states can decline. But it is not clear how he can get the needed votes. |
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10.24.09 Republicans going rogue in upstate New YorkA New York congressional election, featuring a third-party conservative challenging the Republican nominee, tests the future of the GOP. Will the Tea Party insurgency prevail? |
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10.21.09 Senate Democrats join Republicans in rejecting Medicare ‘doc fix’Thirteen Senate Democrats joined Republicans in rejecting a $245 billion 'doc fix’ to prevent cuts in payments to Medicare doctors. |
