Tag: congress
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November 07, 2009 09:42 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has opened debate on President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul that would extend insurance to tens of millions of Americans and enact dramatic changes to . . .
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November 07, 2009 01:52 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's health care initiative has cleared its first big hurdle in the House, with lawmakers voting to advance the debate.
The House voted 242-192 in favor of . . .
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November 07, 2009 12:05 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats clear impasse over abortion holding up vote on health care legislation.
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November 07, 2009 11:29 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats gave the gavel to the longest-serving House member ever as the chamber began debating legislation overhauling the country's health care system.
Rep. John Dingell, a . . .
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November 07, 2009 12:03 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have cleared an impasse over abortion that has been holding up a vote on sweeping health care legislation.
A vote is expected on Saturday — after President . . .
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November 05, 2009 10:53 AM EST --
A Congress of Birds
(Heard on my morning walk)
The birds are assembled in their
Various trees at the edge
Of the forest.
They’re screeing and squawking,
Whistling . . .
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November 06, 2009 04:16 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Barney Frank took a dig Friday at the Republican lawmaker who organized a protest by conservatives against health care legislation.
Frank, a Massachusetts liberal, . . .
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November 06, 2009 06:04 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three lawmakers say Army briefers told them 38 people were wounded in the Fort Hood rampage — eight more than previously reported.
The lawmakers were briefed by Maj. Gen. . . .
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November 06, 2009 07:52 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — A pair of military briefings to members of Congress about the Fort Hood rampage resulted in confusion and conflicting information late Friday on the number of wounded.
Two congressmen . . .
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November 06, 2009 04:26 PM EST --
By Kevin Drum
Democratic losses in Virginia and New Jersey are making Democratic congressmen nervous. What will happen to them a year from now when they stand for reelection?
Exit polls circulating . . .
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November 06, 2009 08:18 PM EST --
Members of congress, Democrat and Republican' fell all over each other in their rush to extend the $8,000 first time homebuyer’s credit, even throwing in a $6,500 credit for existing home owners . . .
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November 05, 2009 09:16 PM EST --
A couple of days ago I went to do some politicizing at a mid town library.
Taking the bus seemed to be the most reasonable way to get there, since it was an easy trip, and with my antiquity working . . .
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February 13, 2009 01:39 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Here is a breakdown of who gained, who lost and who survived in the final economic stimulus bill that the House and Senate are expected to vote on Friday:
Latest up date on the . . .
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November 07, 2009 12:36 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Capping months of months of struggle, House Democrats cleared an abortion-related impasse blocking a vote on sweeping health care legislation late Friday and officials expressed . . .
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November 05, 2009 01:26 PM EST --
In fact if you have an earmark on your ear mam, do not plan on dating a Republican. But, if you will let him put the earmark on your ear, he might become the father of your next child. . . .
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November 06, 2009 03:12 PM EST --
Ah, yes ! The satisfying hum and thrum of the media and self-proclaimed pundits, espousing opinions and interpretations about the midterm elections, now merely a year away; the hyper play by play calling . . .
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January 05, 2009 06:03 PM EST --
Ok, i just posted an article i saw from connie, then my mom got me in the living room and it was on the news, and apparently its not just clothing that's going from thrift stores, its
ANYTHING . . .
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October 27, 2009 11:58 PM EDT --
Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief of CNSNews penned "Obama Told House Democrat He Wasn’t Talking about House Health Bill When He Told Congress ‘Our Plan’ Doesn’t Fund Abortion" . . .
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November 06, 2009 05:26 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House approved legislation Friday aimed at making chemical and water treatment facilities less vulnerable to terrorist attack.
The three-part legislation would give federal . . .
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November 06, 2009 03:02 PM EST --
President Obama today signed the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, HR 3548, which extends unemployment benefits to workers for an additional 14 weeks. Those in states where the jobless . . .
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