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Is abortion your moral bottom line on health reform? - USA Today

March 11th, 2010 · No Comments

Is abortion your moral bottom line on health reform?
USA Today
The conflict over the Catholic church's influence in US health care reform is intense: Will the church's efforts to shut off all access to insurance coverage for abortion, even if people want to pay for it themselves, trump its strong desire to offer …
Lawmaker's clash with fellow Democrats nothing newThe Associated Press

Rally backs health planLos Angeles Times
GOP Senators Warn House: Vote for Senate Health Care Bill Is Vote for …CNSNews.com
Seattle Times -Christian Science Monitor -The Detroit News
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Ohio Woman Who Wrote President of Insurance Woes Back In Hospital - ABC News (blog)

March 11th, 2010 · No Comments

Reuters

Ohio Woman Who Wrote President of Insurance Woes Back In Hospital
ABC News (blog)
Natoma Canfield, the Medina, Ohio cleaning woman and cancer surivivor who could no longer afford to pay for her skyrocketing insurance premiums — and whose letter to the president explaining her predicament President Obama read to insurance executives …
Obama Gets Tough on Health Care FraudNew York Times

Health plans may have to submit rate hikes to regulatorsChicago Tribune
On health, Obama has roadblocks in own partyBoston Globe
Columbus Dispatch -Wall Street Journal -The Associated Press
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Obama’s day: Health care and other stuff - USA Today

March 11th, 2010 · No Comments

USA Today

Obama's day: Health care and other stuff
USA Today
Good morning from The Oval. On this day in 1985, the Soviet Politburo picked a new president, Mikhail Gorbachev; the Soviet Union would cease to exist within seven years. Today, President Obama continues to press for a make-or-break congressional vote …
President to meet with caucuses as he pushes health reformWLOS

Democrats caucus on health careWYMT
Health care push…Schools out…British journalist released9&10 News
13WHAM-TV -KMPH Fox 26 -Financial Times
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PE Executive Encouraged to Join Senate Race - New York Times (blog)

March 11th, 2010 · No Comments

PE Executive Encouraged to Join Senate Race
New York Times (blog)
Encouraged by state and national Republican Party leaders, Dan Senor, an author, private equity executive and Defense Department adviser in the last Bush administration, is seriously considering a political challenge against Senator Kirsten E. …
Rep. Welch decries GOP stalling tacticsRutland Herald

Filibuster Threat? Start TalkingWall Street Journal
Arena Digest: Will Blue Dogs heel?Politico
The News Record -KCAU -Stateline.org
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$100 billion proposal to save city worker jobs - San Francisco Chronicle

March 11th, 2010 · No Comments

New York Times (blog)

$100 billion proposal to save city worker jobs
San Francisco Chronicle
(03-11) 04:00 PST Washington - — With unemployment still stubbornly high despite last year's $800 billion fiscal stimulus, a top House Democrat and Bay Area lawmaker on Wednesday proposed sending cities $100 billion over the next two years to …
Lawmaker's clash with fellow Democrats nothing newThe Associated Press

Pelosi Aides Knew of Massa ConcernsWall Street Journal
Key senators balk at adding student loan overhaul to health-care legislationWashington Post
New York Times -Boston Globe -Los Angeles Times
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Bill Clinton, Bill Gates unite in foreign aid plea - AFP

March 10th, 2010 · No Comments

Chippewa Herald

Bill Clinton, Bill Gates unite in foreign aid plea
AFP
WASHINGTON — Former president Bill Clinton and Microsoft founder Bill Gates called Wednesday on US lawmakers to boost foreign aid to fight diseases like HIV/AIDS and malaria in the world's poorest nations. The leading philanthropists went to Capitol …
Clinton: Improving foreign health is good policyCNN International

Clinton, Gates say US help abroad improves imageThe Associated Press
Bill Clinton, Bill Gates Press US Congress for More Spending on Global HealthVoice of America
Foreign Policy -BusinessWeek
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Senate votes to extend parts of stimulus plan - Kansas City Star

March 10th, 2010 · No Comments

Aljazeera.net

Senate votes to extend parts of stimulus plan
Kansas City Star
WASHINGTON | The Senate voted Wednesday for a $137.9 billion package extending parts of last year's economic stimulus measure, including help for the jobless and money to help states pay for health care for the poor. …
Ad campaign aims to persuade Markey to vote against health-care reform billThe Coloradoan

Rep. Welch decries GOP stalling tacticsRutland Herald
Republicans see only 14 percent; Democrats 3 percent in primariesAlvin Sun Advertiser
CNSNews.com -Swing State Project -MLive.com
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US Senate candidate from Florida faces questions - MiamiHerald.com

March 10th, 2010 · No Comments

FOXNews (blog)

US Senate candidate from Florida faces questions
MiamiHerald.com
Republican US Senate front-runner Marco Rubio brags on his website that he didn't officially request budget pork in his last four years as a leader in the Florida House. But during Rubio's eight years in office — including the final two …
Porkus Rubio?Capitol News Service

Times-Union poll confirms Rubio with huge GOP senate leadFlorida Times-Union
What Marco Rubio's TV ad tells us about 2010Washington Post (blog)
Palm Beach Post -Politico -The Washington Independent
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Tea Partiers Scramble to Keep Up With Obama Health Care Blitz - FOXNews

March 10th, 2010 · No Comments

Reuters

Tea Partiers Scramble to Keep Up With Obama Health Care Blitz
FOXNews
President Obama has set an aggressive schedule for completing work on the bulk of the year-in-the-making health care package and may be getting the jump on the raft of Tea Party events set for the coming weeks. …
Rasmussen and Schoen: Why Obama Can't Move the Health-Care NumbersWall Street Journal

The Unkindest CutAtlantic Online
Obama and health care: When's the vote?USA Today
BusinessWeek -AOL News -Baltimore Business Journal
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Stupak challenged for Democratic nomination - Detroit Free Press

March 10th, 2010 · No Comments

In-Forum

Stupak challenged for Democratic nomination
Detroit Free Press
WASHINGTON – Michigan's Bart Stupak, a Democratic congressman who could help bring down health care reform over an abortion provision, is getting a primary challenge this year. Connie Saltonstall of Charlevoix said today she plans to …
Stupak gets primary challengerMichigan Messenger

Democratic activist to challenge Stupak for seatThe Detroit News
Stupak gets a primaryPolitico
The Associated Press -Seattle Times -Christian Science Monitor
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Will lackluster Lazio fade away? - Albany Times Union

March 10th, 2010 · No Comments

New York Observer

Will lackluster Lazio fade away?
Albany Times Union
ALBANY — Republicans are having a second thought about gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio. His name is Steve Levy. Top party officials convened Tuesday morning at the Fort Orange Club to meet with Levy, …
Oregon Republicans Hope This Is Their YearOPB News

Democrats might regret sheriff's raceTheHerald
G.O.P. Sounds Out a Democrat for GovernorNew York Times
Wall Street Journal -Chambersburg Public Opinion -MiamiHerald.com
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Health Care Costs, Not Profits, Driving Premium Increases, Analysts Say - FOXNews

March 9th, 2010 · No Comments

Kansas City Star

Health Care Costs, Not Profits, Driving Premium Increases, Analysts Say
FOXNews
Health insurers are a frequent and easy target, of course, but the question is whether their profits are responsible for higher health care costs or whether they're just a symptom of them. Picking up on President Obama's attack Monday on …
Parliamentary hurdle could thwart latest health care overhaul strategySan Jose Mercury News

Health Care's Obstacle: No Will to CutNew York Times
Health care ad cyclorama to clog airwavesUSA Today
Wall Street Journal -Reuters -Baltimore Sun
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Obama backs Giannoulias for U.S. Senate - ABC7Chicago.com

March 9th, 2010 · No Comments

Kansas City Star

Obama backs Giannoulias for U.S. Senate
ABC7Chicago.com
A view of the White House and South Lawn area, Friday, June 23, 2006, in Washington. (AP photo) (AP Photo / (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)) March 9, 2010 (WASHINGTON) (WLS) — The White House made clear Tuesday that the Obama administration endorses Illinois …
Woes at family bank loom over Ill. Senate raceThe Associated Press

Banking On Corruption In The Windy CityInvestor’s Business Daily
Giannoulias Gets White House Support, SortaNBC Chicago
FOXNews (blog) -msnbc.com -WCIA-3 News
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ID Card for Workers Is at Center of Immigration Plan - Wall Street Journal

March 8th, 2010 · No Comments

Feet in Two Worlds (blog)

ID Card for Workers Is at Center of Immigration Plan
Wall Street Journal
Lawmakers working to craft a new comprehensive immigration bill have settled on a way to prevent employers from hiring illegal immigrants: a national biometric identification card all American workers would eventually be required to …
Immigrant rights group slam Obama, Democrats for slow action with legalization …Washington Post

Obama caught in lag between identifying, solving problemsWashington Examiner
Immigration Advocates To Obama: Stop Deportations Now!Talk Radio News Service
The Nation. (blog) -Council on Foreign Relations -Jornal.us News Agency (blog)
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Cornyn Makes Clear NRSC Won’t Play In Florida Primary - CQPolitics.com

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TPMDC (blog)

Cornyn Makes Clear NRSC Won't Play In Florida Primary
CQPolitics.com
National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn (Texas) on Monday all but expressed his regret for getting behind Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) last May in the Sunshine State's open-seat Senate race. …
Cornyn tries to thread the needle on FLmsnbc.com

Cornyn Won't Campaign For Crist Against RubioCBS 4
Cornyn on Crist, Hutchison, Lincoln and morePolitico
CNN Political Ticker (blog) -Salon -The Hill (blog)
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ACORN Registration Workers Charged With Felony Voter Fraud - FOXNews

March 8th, 2010 · No Comments

WTAQ

ACORN Registration Workers Charged With Felony Voter Fraud
FOXNews
Five Wisconsin residents, including two who worked for community organizing group ACORN, were charged Monday with election fraud relating to the 2008 presidential election. Five Wisconsin residents, including two who worked for community organizing …
Prosecutors: ACORN 2008 Milwaukee Voter Drive "Marred by Fraud"Today’s TMJ4

5 People Charged With Election Fraud During Nov. 2008 ElectionWISN Milwaukee
Five charged in election fraud investigationWKOW-TV.com
Journal Times -WTAQ -WQOW TV News 18
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Pa. Sen. Arlen Specter is penning a book - USA Today

March 8th, 2010 · No Comments

New York Times (blog)

Pa. Sen. Arlen Specter is penning a book
USA Today
Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter, who switched to the Democratic Party last year, is writing a book about his experiences. Specter, who wrote about his battle with Hodgkin's disease in 2008, was asked by reporters Monday whether he was thinking of …
Obama Turns Up the VolumeNew York Times (blog)

Tea-party activists greet Obama with protest at Arcadia | Philadelphia …Philadelphia Inquirer
Concern about health care draws large audience to Obama's speechMontgomery Newspapers
MyFox Philadelphia -Boston Herald -phillyBurbs.com
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Obama health care road trip…Leveling the playing field in schools - 9&10 News

March 8th, 2010 · No Comments

9&10 News

Obama health care road trip…Leveling the playing field in schools
9&10 News
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama heads to Philadelphia today to talk up his health care overhaul. Obama is trying to build enough support to push the legislation through without Republican support in Congress. That includes convincing skeptical …
The health care campaign begins (again)Washington Post (blog)

President Obama speaks Monday on health care reform and women's achievementsGaea Times (blog)

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GOP leader to unveil TV ad in Greensboro - Greensboro News & Record

March 8th, 2010 · No Comments

Central Florida News 13

GOP leader to unveil TV ad in Greensboro
Greensboro News & Record
GREENSBORO — The city is one of five markets where the Republican National Committee will air a new minute-long television ad that pitches the GOP platform and asks for donations. RNC Chairman Michael Steele will visit the city today to …
RNC Chairman Steele: GOP should focus on issuesThe Associated Press

Republican National Committee chairman addresses local Lincoln Day gatheringMemphis Commercial Appeal
RNC Chairman Steele stops in NC to talk about new TV ad, Republican initiativeMy Fox 8
Florida Today -Central Florida News 13 -WREG
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Mitt Romney, version 2012 - Boston Globe

March 8th, 2010 · No Comments

FOXNews

Mitt Romney, version 2012
Boston Globe
No more of Barack Obama's pathetic groveling for the world's greatest nation. No more apologies to the Muslim world. No more suggestion that America encounters problems it can't solve. With his new book, “No Apology: The Case For …
Romney Ties Decision on Presidential Bid to Outcome of November ElectionsFOXNews

Romney criticizes Obama — againSalt Lake Tribune
Mitt Romney Interviewed by Chris WallaceRight Pundits
UPI.com -Washington Post -Huffington Post (blog)
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Mr. President, Congress: The Time for Immigration Reform Is Now - Huffington Post (blog)

March 7th, 2010 · No Comments

Mr. President, Congress: The Time for Immigration Reform Is Now
Huffington Post (blog)
Last week, nearly 350 advocates from Latino organizations affiliated with the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), descended on Capitol Hill and conducted Congressional visits with a clear message: the time for immigration reform is now, and those who …

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Reconciliation simplifies approval for health bill - USA Today

March 7th, 2010 · No Comments

Boston Globe

Reconciliation simplifies approval for health bill
USA Today
Q: What does President Obama mean when he says he wants an "up or down" final vote on health care? A: He wants the House and Senate to pass a final health care bill by a simple majority, but in order to do that Congress would need to use a process …
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, ObamaCareWall Street Journal

Wash. Senate passes $890 million tax packageSeattle Times
Reconciliation: why healthcare reform 'nuclear option' is deadlyChristian Science Monitor
Financial Times -HeraldNet -FOXNews
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Budget debate gives Brady, Quinn chance to spar - Bloomington Pantagraph

March 7th, 2010 · No Comments

WGIL Radio News

Budget debate gives Brady, Quinn chance to spar
Bloomington Pantagraph
Republican state Sen. Bill Brady, left, of Bloomington and Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn, right, will have a chance to draw their battle lines in the gubernatorial race as Quinn presents his state budget this week. (Brady photo- The Pantagraph/LORI ANN …
Quinn wants to cut funding for cities, villages, pensions and state policeChicago Tribune

Illinois BudgetWIFR
Major statewide campaigns off to shaky startsThe State Journal-Register
Chicago Daily Herald -Chicago Sun-Times -KWQC 6
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Early filings for Cuyahoga County Council races show few Republicans - Plain Dealer

March 7th, 2010 · No Comments

AFP

Early filings for Cuyahoga County Council races show few Republicans
Plain Dealer
Plain DealerCuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, at a June 2009 meeting, complains about Republicans and the Plain Dealer addressing county Republican chairman Rob Frost, back to camera. …
Party-Switcher Parker Griffith to Deliver GOP AddressCBS News

Past primaries dog 5 county GOP hopefulsFort Wayne Journal Gazette
Republicans may get chance to lead in the Washington state LegislatureHeraldNet
Mankato Free Press -Huntington Herald Dispatch -MiamiHerald.com
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Obama’s health care pitch to Democrats: Trust me - The Associated Press

March 7th, 2010 · No Comments

Reuters

Obama's health care pitch to Democrats: Trust me
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Here's what President Barack Obama is telling House Democrats in private pitches about health care legislation: He'll persuade Congress to pass it even if he has to ask deeply distrustful lawmakers to trust him on a promise the White House …
Obama's Last Stand for Health Care ReformFOXNews

The American Debate: | Philadelphia Inquirer | 03/07/2010Philadelphia Inquirer
What a Disaster Looks LikeWall Street Journal
Seattle Times -Reuters -Knoxville News Sentinel
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Advantage: Critz - Politico

March 7th, 2010 · No Comments

Tribune Review

Advantage: Critz
Politico
Mark Critz, the district director for the late Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), won a pivotal early contest Saturday, giving a boost to his bid to become the Democratic nominee for the special election to fill his …
Murtha's former chief of staff favored by Dems in race for seatPittsburgh Post Gazette

Murtha's ex-aide Mark Critz gets Democratic supportTribune Review
Dems back CritzThe Tribune-Democrat
Daily American Online -KDKA -WJAC Johnstown
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Todd J. Gillman: What if Hutchison had piped up earlier? - Dallas Morning News

March 7th, 2010 · No Comments

FOXNews

Todd J. Gillman: What if Hutchison had piped up earlier?
Dallas Morning News
WASHINGTON – Let's talk for a moment about the importance of speaking up when it might make a difference. One thing striking about Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's failed effort to oust an incumbent governor was that until she began running against Rick …
Federal Lawmakers Running for Governor Face Anti-Washington AttacksFOXNews

Anti-abortion advocates ready to keep fighting for PerryFort Worth Star Telegram
Texas Gov. Perry must win in Nov. before 2012 talkThe Associated Press
ReporterNews.com -Washington Examiner -San Angelo Standard Times
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For Brady to have a chance against Quinn, he needs Chicago face time - Chicago Daily Herald

March 7th, 2010 · No Comments

Austin American-Statesman

For Brady to have a chance against Quinn, he needs Chicago face time
Chicago Daily Herald
AP During his first run for governor in 2006, Republican state Sen. Bill Brady told the Daily Herald his favorite song was Neil Diamond's "I Am… I Said." Those lines may well aptly describe Brady's position in the …
Major statewide campaigns off to shaky startsThe State Journal-Register

GOP picks Bill Brady to challenge Illinois governor QuinnChristian Science Monitor
Illinois governor's race: Sen. Bill Brady accepts GOP nominationChicago Tribune
New York Times -Chicago Sun-Times -The Associated Press
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Scott Brown Lends Star Power to McCain - CBS News

March 6th, 2010 · No Comments

Boston Globe

Scott Brown Lends Star Power to McCain
CBS News
Newest Senator Repays Favor from Mass. Campaign to Help Former Presidential Nominee Fend Off Anti-Incumbent Mood Among Voters By Nancy Cordes Many members of both parties on Capitol Hill are facing unexpectedly tough re-election battles. …
Brown, McCain sit courtside at Wildcats gameNECN

McCain, Hayworth Bicker Over Meaning of 'Oscar' Attack AdFOXNews
Rising rhetoric…McCain rally…Toyota vs. critic9&10 News
Tucson Citizen -Boston Globe -Tucson Weekly
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Brown’s election may ending up being a positive for health-care reform - Washington Post

March 6th, 2010 · No Comments

New York Times (blog)

Brown's election may ending up being a positive for health-care reform
Washington Post
Remember how Republican Scott P. Brown's victory in January's Senate race in Massachusetts was supposed to represent a mortal blow to health-care reform? "Probably back to the drawing board," Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis. …
Charmaine Yoest: Abortion and the Health BillWall Street Journal

Abortion coverage dispute divides House DemocratsThe Associated Press
Why can't Congress do more to help create jobs?MiamiHerald.com
Christian Science Monitor -New York Times -Atlantic Online
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