Congress News
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Obama looks for another win with student loan plan
5:55 PM on 03/21/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - With health care dominating House action, President Obama was looking for another domestic policy victory Sunday - passage of a vast rewrite of college aid for needy students...
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Obama and Dems: 'We're well past 216' votes for health reform
5:44 PM on 03/21/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama and House Democratic leaders struck a last-minute deal Sunday with abortion foes to secure the final few votes needed...
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Obama to Dems: Health reform 'is in your hands'
7:29 PM on 03/20/2010
VIDEO - Victory within reach, President Obama exhorted House Democrats on Saturday to stay true to their party's legacy and make history...
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Health care reform protesters shout N-word at black lawmakers
7:09 PM on 03/20/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Andre Carson told a reporter that as he walked with Rep. John Lewis, a leader of the civil rights era, some chanted "the N-word, 15 times."...
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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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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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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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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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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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Late-innings hardball in health care push
9:25 AM on 03/17/2010
VIDEO - With time and tempers short, everyone's playing hardball in the drive to pass - or stop - Obama's massive health care legislation by the weekend...
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Could 2010 be the year of the black Republican?
8:58 AM on 03/17/2010
OPINION - Conditions may be ripening for a critical mass of black Republicans in the political establishment...
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House Dems defend 'deem and pass' health care plan
5:02 PM on 03/16/2010
VIDEO - Democrats defended plans to push massive health care legislation through the House without a direct vote and Republicans assailed the strategy...
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Obama delays Asia trip to deal with health care
10:06 AM on 03/12/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama has delayed his first international trip of the year to focus attention on the final push to salvage his health care legislation...
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Senate passes jobless aid, business tax breaks
3:54 PM on 03/10/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate voted Wednesday to extend a host of soon-to-expire elements of last year's economic stimulus measure...
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Despite setbacks, Obama remains more popular than Congress
2:32 PM on 03/10/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty fight over health care...
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Obama enters home stretch on health care reform
11:22 AM on 03/10/2010
VIDEO - President Obama is making his closing arguments for a health care overhaul, pushing a new anti-fraud plan...
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Obama supporters rally for health care reform votes
4:22 PM on 03/09/2010
VIDEO - Protesters marched outside a Washington conference of the big insurance companies that are opposing reform on Tuesday...
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Black Republican campaigns on 'fulfilling Bush's vision' on social security
9:44 AM on 03/09/2010
While Washington Republicans are running from plans to privatize Social Security, one GOP House candidate in the south loves the idea and goes a step further...
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Rangel's loss could be Harlem voters' gain
12:02 PM on 03/08/2010
OPINION - Harlem's voters have something they haven't had the benefit of in quite some time: viable options for his potential replacement...
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16-year-old arrested for 'all black people' leave Wal-Mart prank
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (AP) - "This was an extremely disturbing event on many levels," Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean Dalton said at a news conference."...
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- Ed Secretary: Ban NCAA teams with low grad rates
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- Certain carnival dances said to come from the days of slavery
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- Selma, a town rich with history, seeks new legacy
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- Lawmakers fight to finish health reform
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- Late-innings hardball in health care push
- Michelle Obama talks to anti-obesity food giants
- It's 'do or die' week for health care reform - how did we get here?
- Obama delays Asia trip to deal with health care
- Made in America: Black-owned businesses blaze trails on our soil
- GOP questions Boys & Girls Clubs' executive salaries
- Is the average single black woman really worth just $5?
- 'March Madness' isn't amateur, it's big league exploitation
- Why African-Americans are more optimistic despite fewer jobs
- Wealth gap greatest for black and Latino women
- Prosecutor pursuing 'all black people should leave Wal-Mart' remark
- Man posing as cop sexually assaults woman
- Barbershop Buzz: Should 'No Child Left Behind' be left behind?
- Teen dies after being pushed into traffic
- Children help mother deliver fourth child
- Missing woman's body found stuffed into bedframe
- 'Brooklyn's Finest' is flawed but fiercely entertaining
- Why audiences should opt-out of 'Cop Out'
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