The jobs bill 17.6 billion dollar was approved by USA senate members.
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Jobs Bill 17.6 Billion Dollar Approved By Senate Breaking News
New Dem Worry: GOP Taking Credit For Health Care Reform
Health care reform advocates are concerned that passing a scaled-back version of reform legislation — an option being considered by President Obama and Democratic Party leaders — could end up playing into the hands of Republican electoral politics. On Thursday, House Democrats debated two ways of getting a health care reform bill passed
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Obama To Meet With House Republicans In Spirit Of Bipartisanship
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to address an issues retreat of House Democrats this week, but will also speak later to House Republicans in a fresh gesture of bipartisanship.
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Iranian protesters are dying for freedom – where is Barack Obama?
I wrote back in June about the shameful silence of the Obama administration during the mass street protests that greeted Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s fraudulent re-election victory as President of Iran. As White House spokesman Robert Gibbs ludicrously put it, the administration was “impressed by the vigorous debate and enthusiasm this election generated.” Or in...
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Health care: Two ‘public option’ backers hint at yielding
Two House Democrats who favor a government-run insurance plan, a central element of health care legislation passed in their chamber, ...
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Pacquiao weighs in one pound lighter than Cotto (Reuters)
Reuters - Challenger Manny Pacquiao weighed in just one pound lighter than Miguel Cotto as the Filipino was greeted by deafening cheers from his supporters on the eve of Saturday's WBO welterweight title fight.
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Strippers-on-a-truck promotion halted in Las Vegas
A Las Vegas strip club has agreed to stop an advertising promotion in which it hauled bikini-clad exotic dancers around in a truck with clear plastic sides.
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Republican bashes Dems over health care proposals (AP)
House Democrats missed opportunities to improve the House-passed health care bill when they rejected Republican ideas to limit lawsuits and give states more flexibility to enact innovative changes, a GOP lawmaker said Saturday.
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Woman dies after SUV runs into area lake
A Johnson City woman has died after the sport utility vehicle she rode in plunged into Boone Lake.
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Semi-Private Womb
Selling out abortion rights for health care reform.
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