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House votes strict ban on abortion subsidies
Washington Post - 3 Hours ago
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan House coalition voted Saturday to prohibit coverage of abortions in a new government-run health care plan that Democrats would establish to compete with private insurers. The
House Passes Health Care Reform Time
House votes for ban on abortion subsidies Los Angeles Times
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House passes landmark health-care reform bill
Washington Post - 3 Hours ago
One Republican votes for plan Senate will act next on legislation PHOTOS PreviousNext Pictured from left to right, House Majority Whip Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.); Chris Van Hollen of Kensington (D-Md.);
House passes sweeping U.S. healthcare overhaul Reuters
Health reform bill passes CNN
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U.S. House narrowly passes health care reform bill
CNN - 5 Hours ago
The House narrowly passed its health reform bill on Saturday. STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: House passes health-care reform bill with mostly Democratic support Amendment passes banning most abortions under public
U.S. House approves bill to overhaul healthcare Reuters Africa
House passes health care bill Wichita Eagle
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Japanese FM says no base deal during Obama visit
Washington Post - 4 Hours ago
Obama is scheduled to arrive Friday, and a meeting with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is on the agenda. Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said Sunday on TV Asahi that 'an agreement between the heads of state
Japanese protest US base before Obama visit AFP via Yahoo!
Japanese protest over US base before Obama visit Yahoo! Canada
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Obama to attend memorial for Fort Hood victims
San Francisco Chronicle - 4 Hours ago
President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service Tuesday honoring victims of the Ford Hood shootings, an attack he described as "all the more heartbreaking and all the more despicable" because it
Fort Hood releases names of casualties Setxhomepage.com
Fort Hood offers prayers for victims of mass shooting Yahoo! India
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US health care bill backed by House of Representative
Telegraph - 3 Hours ago
The US House of Representatives has approved the broadest domestic health care overhaul in a half-century, clearing an important hurdle for President Barack Obama as he seeks to implement his top domestic
11/7 House Tackles Health Care Reform Setxhomepage.com
Obama's US health care bill backed by House of Representative Telegraph
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Pelosi Remarks at Press Conference Following Passage of the Affordable Health Care
Reuters - 3 Hours ago
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic leaders held a press conference following the House passage of H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act.
Pelosi Remarks Following House Democrats' Meeting with President Obama Cincinnati Business Journal
In Pelosi's House, 64 Democrats Sell Women Out Huffington Post
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Netanyahu heads to US hoping for Obama meet
France24 - 2 Hours ago
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gestures during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on October 31. Netanyahu heads to Washington on Sunday to address
Netanyahu to Meet Obama Monday Israel National News
Netanyahu heads to US hoping for Obama meet (AFP) Yahoo! News
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CNN interview: Obama's half-brother
CNN - 5 Hours ago
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Va. GOP still struggling to attract minorities
Washington Post - 5 Hours ago
According to exit polling, 67 percent of white voters backed the Republican over Democrat R. Creigh Deeds. He got a larger share of the white vote than any Republican in Washington Post exit polls dating
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Obama's healthcare reforms passed
ITN - 5 Hours ago
President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare reforms have been passed by the US House of Representatives. The Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed the legislation, with a 220-215 vote in favour
Obama hopes to sign healthcare reform bill by yearend Russian Information Agency Novosti
Barack Obama's healthcare reform bill passes first hurdle Times Online
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Can't Obama hire you?
Washington Post - 7 Hours ago
Yet the national unemployment rate has now hit 10.2 percent, helping explain why Republicans won the governors' races in Virginia and New Jersey last week, just a year after the party's 2008 drubbing.
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Obama visits Hill as U.S. health care vote looms
CNN - 9 Hours ago
Questions about an abortion-related provision had threatened to derail the health care bill in the House. STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: 35 Democrats plan to vote no on legislation that needs 218 votes to pass
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House debates GOP healthcare proposal
Los Angeles Times - 10 Hours ago
Reporting from Los Angeles and Washington - The House kicked off a contentious debate on healthcare legislation as Democratic Party leaders appeared confident they had enough votes to bring the measure
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Obama wraps up Afghan review, eyes final options
Reuters India - 9 Hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is wrapping up deliberations on war strategy in Afghanistan and is considering final Pentagon options that include sending about 30,000 more troops,
Obama wraps up Afghan review CHINAdaily
Obama wraps up Afghan review, eyes final options (Reuters) Yahoo! News
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Obama's health care bill clears major hurdle
Telegraph - 78 Minutes ago
The US House of Representatives has approved the broadest domestic health care overhaul in a half-century, clearing an important hurdle for President Barack Obama as he seeks to implement his top domestic
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GOP healthcare plan isn't about helping the uninsured
Los Angeles Times - 118 Minutes ago
oll Is any healthcare reform proposal better than none? Yes. The important thing is putting something on the table. Maybe, as long as the proposal isnÃ?t completely silly. No. If you aren't serious about
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Clinton leaves for Europe, Asia
France24 - 6 Hours ago
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday left for Europe and Asia largely to consult with US partners on curbing North Korea's and Iran's nuclear ambitions as well as on stabilizing Afghanistan.
News: Clinton To Begin Europe-Asia Tour Sunday Forex TV
Forex: Clinton To Begin Europe-Asia Tour Sunday Forex TV
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Cool Obama makes US yearn for Bush
Telegraph - 2 Hours ago
Barack Obama's reaction to bad news is to play it so cool that Americans yearn for a bit more drama - and some even for his predecessor, writes Toby Harnden in Washington. Toby Harnden's American Way
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Obama by the numbers
Los Angeles Times - 4 Hours ago
Polls and election results show that rising unemployment and partisan politics have chipped away at the president's popularity. President Obama didn't get much time last week to savor the gauzy one-year-after
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Bill Clinton, George W. Bush cancel appearances in L.A., N.Y.
Los Angeles Times - 6 Hours ago
Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush on Saturday abruptly pulled out of a joint appearance scheduled for this winter in Los Angeles after growing unhappy with the way the event was being
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Obama to send additional troops to Af
DDI News - 87 Minutes ago
US President Barack Obama is wrapping up deliberations on war strategy in Afghanistan and is considering final Pentagon options that include sending about 30,000 more troops to the war-torn country, said
Obama nearing decision on troops Charlotte Observer
Obama nearing decision to send more troops to Afghanistan Central Utah Daily Herald
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African Americans march against Obama
NEWS.com.au - 5 Hours ago
DECRYING Barack Obama as "white power in black face", hundreds of African Americans marched on the White House today to protest policies of the first black US president, and demand that he bring US troops
African Americans come down on Obama Kazakhstan News
African Americans come out against Obama Malaysia News.net
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Obama's Asia tour kicks off at critical time on home front
Wichita Eagle - 3 Hours ago
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will leave the country for a four-nation tour of Asia starting Wednesday despite a host of domestic concerns, including the massacre at Fort Hood, a sharply rising
Asia opens to Obama on debut tour Sky News Australia
Obama may delay Asia tour by a day CHINAdaily
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There Is -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
National Review - 6 Hours ago
some late-night analysis in " Critical Condition ," our health-care policy blog.
If This Passes -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez National Review
Health Care -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez National Review
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