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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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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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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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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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It's 'do or die' week for health care reform - how did we get here?
8:37 AM on 03/16/2010
OPINION - While it may feel like déjà vu all over again, democrats actually are closer than ever to passing health care reform...
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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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Conservative blogger: 'GOP does note want a black man the Senate'
2:43 PM on 03/03/2010
Despite paeans to diversity, the Republican Party clearly does not want a black man -- or any minority candidate -- in the Senate...
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Bunning gives in, Senate OKs jobless benefits
9:04 AM on 03/03/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Putting a lone senator's cantankerous challenge behind it, the Senate is back to work on a $100 billion-plus bill reviving popular tax breaks and extending longer and more generous jobless benefits...
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Ford won't run against Gillibrand in NY for Senate
6:31 AM on 03/02/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Tennessee congressman Harold Ford Jr. said he won't challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in this fall's Democratic primary because he doesn't want to divide and weaken the party...
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Lone GOP Senator blocks unemployment benefits extension
10:21 AM on 02/26/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate failed late Thursday to extend programs for laid-off workers, jeopardizing unemployment benefits scheduled to expire over the weekend...
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Obama outwits GOP on health care, now it's Senate Dems' turn
8:18 AM on 02/26/2010
OPINION - This week's televised health care summit reminded America that President Obama is smarter than nearly every Republican on earth...
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Obama's last stand on health care reform
8:41 AM on 02/25/2010
OPINION - For the first time in a while, Obama is taking the lead and seizing the reins in the health care debate...
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Reid seeks extension of jobless aid until end of 2010
5:40 PM on 02/23/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is pressing to extend unemployment benefits and health insurance subsidies for the jobless through December...
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Jobs bill advances, but is the Senate still paralyzed?
8:41 AM on 02/23/2010
OPINION - Think of what could be accomplished if Republicans accepted President Obama's hand more often than they give him a cold shoulder...
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Democratic jobs bill advances past GOP filibuster
6:56 PM on 02/22/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - A bipartisan jobs bill cleared a GOP filibuster on Monday with critical momentum provided by the Senate's newest Republican, Scott Brown of Massachusetts...
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Obama to offer health bill to ease impasse as bipartisan meeting approaches
4:50 PM on 02/19/2010
WASHINGTON -- President Obama will put forward comprehensive health care legislation intended to bridge differences between Senate and House Democrats...
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Harold Ford responds to NY tax return controversy
9:31 AM on 02/15/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Tennessee congressman and undeclared U.S. Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr. says he'll file his first state tax return as a New Yorker this April...
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Senate likely to be less diverse after elections
9:41 AM on 02/05/2010
CHICAGO (AP) - That historically all-white club known as the U.S. Senate is likely to lose what little diversity it has after November's elections...
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Obama to Democrats: We must lead
11:42 AM on 02/03/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Obama implored Senate Democrats on Wednesday to stay aggressive in pushing their agenda despite the loss of one vital seat...
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Nation's 1st primary sets stage for Illinois showdown
10:03 AM on 02/02/2010
CHICAGO (AP) - The governor's office isn't the only GOP target. They also hope Democratic disarray will let them capture the Senate seat formerly held by President Obama...
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Rangers manager: I used marijuana, amphetamines
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) - A day after acknowledging he failed a drug test for cocaine last year, Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington admits he used marijuana and amphetamines while he was a player...
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