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Obama urges Dems to seize moment on health care

March 4th, 2010  |  Published in News

By ALAN FRAM, Associated Press
Last updated: 6:00 p.m., Thursday, March 4, 2010 
WASHINGTON — Support from his own party in doubt, President Barack Obama summoned more than a dozen House Democrats to the White House Thursday, pleading with them to put aside their qualms, seize a historic moment and vote for his massive health care overhaul. 
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Obama calls for reconciliation to prevent filibuster on health-care reform

March 3rd, 2010  |  Published in News

By Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, March 4, 2010; A07

President Obama’s endorsement Wednesday of a risky legislative maneuver to complete health-care legislation sent Democratic leaders scrambling to settle policy disputes and assemble the votes necessary for passage in the coming weeks.
In a speech at the White House, Obama urged Congress to “finish [...]

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New charge on dinner tab is in bad taste

March 3rd, 2010  |  Published in News

The latest hidden mandatory add-on is a “health” charge added to restaurant bills. This scam cropped up first in San Francisco, but you can count on it to spread
By Ed Perkins, Tribune Media Services
February 28, 2010
Nothing succeeds in the travel industry like a bad idea. The latest hidden mandatory add-on is a “health” charge added [...]

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CROWLEY: The truth about the deficit commission

March 3rd, 2010  |  Published in News

Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Recommendation of higher taxes predetermined by membership
By Monica Crowley
A close look at President Obama’s newly announced “deficit commission” shows that instead of creating an independent-minded panel, he’s created his own personal special-interest group, made up of members as in love with big spending and averse to real spending cuts as he is.
Mr. [...]

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Feeling Heat From Ford, GM Reshuffles Managers

March 2nd, 2010  |  Published in News

MARCH 2, 2010, 8:55 P.M. ET
By SHARON TERLEP And NEAL E. BOUDETTE

Ford Motor Co. surpassed General Motors Co. in sales last month for the first time in at least 50 years, presenting a new headache for the government-owned car maker as it struggles to return to profitability.
Hours after the sales results were disclosed Tuesday, GM [...]

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President Obama to Say Democrats Will Use Reconciliation to Pass Senate Health Care Reform Fix, If Not Given Up or Down Vote

March 2nd, 2010  |  Published in News

Political Punch
Power, pop, and probings from ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper
 
March 02, 2010 6:27 PM
 

White House officials tell ABC News that in his remarks tomorrow President Obama will indicate a willingness to work with Republicans on some issue to get a health care reform bill passed but will suggest that if it is [...]

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American reliance on government at all-time high

March 1st, 2010  |  Published in News

Monday, March 1, 2010
By Patrice Hill
The so-called “Great Recession” has left Americans depending on the government dole like never before.
Without record levels of welfare, unemployment and other government benefits as well as tax cuts last year, the income of U.S. households would have plunged by an astonishing $723 billion — more than four times the [...]

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Pelosi: US health overhaul will happen

February 26th, 2010  |  Published in News

            

Feb 26 01:30 PM US/Eastern

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a conference on Capitol Hill on Ja…

Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that President Barack Obama’s historic health care drive was closer to passage after a high-stakes summit with Republicans opposed to the overhaul.
 
As Democrats wrestled with how best to push the ambitious [...]

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Obama, GOP fail to reach accord on health bill

February 25th, 2010  |  Published in News

By CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press Writer Charles Babington, Associated Press Writer – 10 mins ago
WASHINGTON – Giving no ground, President Barack Obama and Republican leaders fought forcefully for their competing visions of historic health care reform Thursday in an exhausting, often-testy live-on-TV debate. Far from any accord, Obama signaled the Democrats were prepared to push ahead for [...]

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Frosty February for Silver and Paterson

February 24th, 2010  |  Published in News

5:59 PM, February 24, 2010 ι By BRENDAN SCOTT
ALBANY – Need another indication of how chilly things have gotten Gov. Paterson and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan)? The two top Democrats haven’t spoken yet in February.
Silver told The Knickerbocker this afternoon that he hasn’t talked to the embattled executive since Jan. 29, when the pair [...]

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