Tag: politics
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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 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 04:55 AM EST --
Mahendra Kumar Singh, TNN 7 November 2009, 01:40pm IST
NEW DELHI: In yet another blow to her predecessor Lalu Prasad's legacy, railway minister Mamata Banerjee has removed the chairmen of all railway . . .
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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 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 07, 2009 09:42 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack.
Terrance Graham, implicated in armed . . .
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November 07, 2009 01:16 PM EST --
America is the most powerful and influential nation in the history of man yet in this land of opportunity adult illiteracy is a growing national shame. Daily, men and women in essential national . . .
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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 01:16 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amputations. Combat stress. Divorce. Suicide. For every physical and mental strain on service members, there's often a military therapist at their side.
With the U.S. fighting . . .
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November 05, 2009 04:49 PM EST --
Today I spoke with a man who attended the Michele Bachmann's Tea Party rally near the capitol in Washington DC. He was an honest man. With honest concerns. Most of which were based . . .
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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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