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Senate Democrats Push Forward On Crucial Health Vote
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A wavering centrist Democrat said Friday he'd stand with Senate Democratic leaders on a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill amid indications other moderates would fall in line.
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Moderate Democrat boosts Senate healthcare bill
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By John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Senate geared up for a fierce battle over a new healthcare reform plan on Thursday as Republicans condemned the bill's price tag and tax
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Albanian town plans statue of Bush
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TIRANA (Reuters) - The small Albanian town of Fushe-Kruje plans to erect a statue of former U.S. President George W. Bush to commemorate his June 2007 visit, when he was feted as a hero in an outpouring
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Poll: Blame for recession shifts
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A 10.6 percent decline in housing starts in October is the latest indicator of continuing economic trouble. STORY HIGHLIGHTS 38 percent blame Republicans, 27 percent blame Democrats In May, 53 percent
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Lib Dems can keep £2.4m donation
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Brown was convicted in his absence in November 2008 The elections watchdog has ruled that the Liberal Democrats can keep £2.4m in donations which it had been suggested came from a fraudster. Michael
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Pelosi calls Karzai 'unworthy partner'
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WASHINGTON - Afghan President Hamid Karzai is an 'unworthy partner' who does not deserve a big boost either in U.S. troops or civilian aid, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. Pelosi,
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Past CNN head, Bush aide named to broadcast board
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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has nominated a former press secretary to President George W. Bush and a past chairman of CNN to the Broadcasting Board of Governors. The independent agency oversees
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Review: The Clinton Tapes, by Taylor Branch
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EST O The President explained, as the Federal Bureau of Investigation later paraphrased the words she heard from Bill Clinton, that during his life he had been two people, and kept up two fronts that
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Gallup: Obama Below 50 percent
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Barack Obama has fallen below 50 percent in the Gallup Poll, an expected but no less significant historical marker. The public's view of this president ranks him in the lower third of modern American
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The Note: Obama Faces Backlash on Jobs, Economy
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Maybe health care is the easy part. Not quite easy, fine. But getting 60 votes on Saturday is, at the moment, among the least of the worries for an administration that's left on the lookout for its friends.
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Dems Fundraise on Palin 'Lies'
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It probably had to happen. The Obama gang is raising money off Sarah Palinâ??and her 'lies.' On Friday morning, Organizing for America, the offshoot of the Obama presidential campaign (which works within
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Barack Obama using Sarah Palin to raise cash
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By Toby Harnden No Comments The man himself ?probably? won?t be reading Sarah Palin?s book but that isn?t stopping Barack Obama?s Organizing for AmericaÃ? sending out pleas for cash using her name. This
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GOP watch: Don't call it a comeback?
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Covering the RGA meeting, wonders if the GOP talk about a comeback is just, well, talk. â??So what if the only thing voters like less than the Democrats in Congress might be the Republicans in Congress?
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Obama agenda: A very rough Thursday
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â??Growing discontent over the economy and frustration with efforts to speed its recovery boiled over Thursday on Capitol Hill in a wave of criticism and outright anger directed at the Obama administration,â?
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Obama Nation Raising Money Off
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Raising Money Off Palin 'Lies' Mother Jones if ment Must Reads: ment I have a cameo appearance in an important scene in the Palin book. Guess what? She didn't get it exactly right. Former Afghani parliament
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John Kerry vs. World Bank
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â??Photo courtesy of the World Bank. John Kerry gave a barn-burner of a speech at the World Bank on Wednesday, laying into development banks for pouring massive sums into dirty energy projects in poor
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Two Arkansas men reflect national health divide
- 9 Hours ago
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Aisha's Fish and Chicken is named for Stanley Walker's 16-year-old daughter; it's a small family business known for its wings, catfish and signature sauce. Walker's daughter, wife, Demetria, and cousin,
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