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Dems down to the wire lobbying for reform votes
5:35 PM on 03/19/2010
VIDEO - They've made some progress. A fourth Democrat, John Boccieri of Ohio, has switched his vote from "no" to "yes."...
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First lady and feds to food industry: Cut the fat!
5:03 PM on 03/19/2010
VIDEO - The federal government wants more power over what your kids eat at school and not just in the cafeteria...
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11-year-old caught in the middle of health reform mudslinging
3:00 PM on 03/19/2010
OPINION - Marcelas Owens' story can bring realism and relevance to a debate that has been about posturing, bickering and mid-term elections...
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Obama: 'We are going to fix health care in America'
1:40 PM on 03/19/2010
FAIRFAX, Virginia (AP) - President Obama delivered a closing argument for the goal to which he has devoted much of his presidency...
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Obama skips Asia trip to push health care bill
9:16 AM on 03/19/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - A trip to Asia must wait as President Obama's sweeping $940 billion U.S. health care reform plan heads for a long-awaited vote this weekend...
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Maryland trying to secede from the South
9:04 AM on 03/19/2010
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland's official song may include a line about "Northern scum" left over from the Civil War era, but the state isn't feeling so Southern anymore...
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Obama effigy hung at RI school with fired teachers
4:05 PM on 03/18/2010
CENTRAL FALLS, Rhode Island (AP) - A union is condemning an effigy of President Obama that was hung upside down by a teacher at a failing Rhode Island high school...
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Paterson claims he made initial scandal leak
3:05 PM on 03/18/2010
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Paterson says he was the first to reveal to the media a conversation he had with the woman at the center of a domestic violence scandal involving a top aide...
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Obama signs jobs bill: 'By no means enough'
12:15 PM on 03/18/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama has signed into law a package of tax breaks and spending designed to give the U.S. a jobs boost...
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Presidential disrespect goes prime-time in Obama's Fox interview
11:22 AM on 03/18/2010
OPINION - Republicans should realize that when they disrespect the presidency, they are disrespecting themselves...
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House Dems on track for vote on $940 billion health bill
10:20 AM on 03/18/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The bill delivers on President Obama's top domestic priority by providing coverage to more than 30 million people now uninsured...
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Ed Secretary: Ban NCAA teams with low grad rates
9:15 AM on 03/18/2010
Arne Duncan pushed a proposal Wednesday to bar men's college basketball teams from postseason play if they fail to graduate 40 percent of their players...
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Senate votes to change cocaine sentencing rules
9:10 AM on 03/18/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Legislation approved by the Senate would significantly reduce the disparity in sentences handed out to those convicted of crack and powder cocaine charges...
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Lawmakers fight to finish health reform
8:36 AM on 03/18/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pushing toward a history-making vote, Democrats struggled to eliminate lingering complications standing in the way of House action this weekend...
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Baller-in-chief: Obama's 'March Madness' bracket scores well
8:16 AM on 03/18/2010
OPINION - As much as I would have loved to see the president go out on a limb and pick the Baylor Bears to win it all, it's hard to argue against the Jayhawks...
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Conservatives use abortion issue to court African-Americans
8:09 AM on 03/18/2010
OPINION - Conservative shock and awe tactics from anti-choice groups are a desperate attempt to win over voters and obscure the harsh realities that black women face...
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Congressional Black Caucus calls current jobs bill 'inadequate'
4:49 PM on 03/17/2010
VIDEO - Some lawmakers claim that the benefits of the $18 billion jobs bill are not being distributed to the communities that need it most...
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Paterson's press secretary resigns amid scandal
1:05 PM on 03/17/2010
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. David Paterson's press secretary is resigning, making her the fourth top staffer to resign amid scandals that threaten the administration...
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Senate OKs jobs bill for Obama's signature
10:42 AM on 03/17/2010
VIDEO - Companies that hire unemployed workers will get a temporary payroll tax holiday under a bill that easily won final congressional approval Wednesday...
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Kucinich switches vote, will back health reform
10:27 AM on 03/17/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Liberal Rep. Dennis Kucinich says he will support President Barack Obama's health care overhaul bill when the House considers it...
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- Presidential disrespect goes prime-time in Obama's Fox interview
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- Obama effigy hung at RI school with fired teachers
- Paterson claims he made initial scandal leak
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- House Dems on track for vote on $940 billion health bill
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