Tag: government
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November 07, 2009 07:16 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Oh, how the tables have turned.
Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years . . .
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November 07, 2009 07:52 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years . . .
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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 06:06 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is heading to Capitol Hill for talks with House Democrats as they scramble to find enough votes to pass landmark legislation to overhaul the nation's health . . .
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November 07, 2009 09:42 AM EST --
Distribution, by state, of juvenile offenders sentenced to life in prison without parole, and the number of juvenile offenders serving such sentences for crimes in which no one was killed:
StateLifeLife-nonfatalcrimesAla.620Ariz.320Ark.730Calif.2504Colo.480Conn.90Del.71Fla.26677Ga.80Hawaii40Idaho40Ill.1030Ind.20Iowa446Ky.50La.33517Md.130Mass.570Mich.3460Minn.20Miss.242Mo.1160Mont.10Neb.241Nev.160N.H.30N.C.440N.D.10Ohio20Okla.480Pa.4440R.I.20S.C.261S.D.90Tenn.40Texas40Utah10Va.480Wash.280Wis.160Wyo.60Federal . . .
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November 07, 2009 01:52 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama: 'This is our moment to deliver' on health care overhaul
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November 07, 2009 01:52 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama urges House to 'answer the call of history' and pass health care bill
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November 07, 2009 01:52 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House: Obama to attend memorial service Tuesday at Fort Hood.
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November 07, 2009 02:28 PM EST --
Text of President Barack Obama's remarks Saturday at the White House on health care legislation:
Good afternoon, everybody. I just want to say a few words about the landmark vote that the House of Representatives . . .
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November 07, 2009 12:05 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has arrived on Capitol Hill as he tries to round up Democratic votes for his health care overhaul.
The House plans to vote Saturday evening. Republicans . . .
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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 03:06 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea are the dominant issues for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her trip to Europe and Asia, which begins with a stopover in . . .
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November 07, 2009 01:57 PM EST --
America is a democracy – perhaps a little less democratic these days – but a democracy nonetheless. Many people complain about the government without seeing the irony that, in democracies, . . .
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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 07, 2009 03:39 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is attending a memorial service at Fort Hood on Tuesday and now won't get to his planned first stop in Asia next week until one day later than expected. . . .
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November 06, 2009 07:02 PM EST --
Everyone has an equal right to an opinion, but all opinions are not equal. Make yours informed.
I ran across this excellent compilation of links to real information and wanted to pass it on to . . .
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November 03, 2008 05:54 PM EST --
Here's some more good web sites that track what our government is doing with our money and stuff:
1. http://www.fedspending.org/
2. http://www.opencongress.org/
3. . . .
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November 06, 2009 02:06 PM EST --
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The House Republicans just released their version of health reform. It's a disaster -- so outrageous that Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has dubbed it . . .
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