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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California announces the health care overhaul bill on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Dingell takes gavel as House debates health plan
Posted: November 7, 2009 1:22 p.m.
Democrats gave the gavel Saturday to the longest-serving House member ever as the chamber began debating legislation overhauling the country’s health care system.
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House Democrats say vote on health care may slip
Posted: November 6, 2009 11:32 a.m.
House Democrats acknowledged they don’t yet have the votes to pass an overhaul of the nation’s health care system, and signaled they may push back the vote until Sunday or early next week.
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Obama to sign bill extending homebuyers credit
Posted: November 5, 2009 2:14 p.m.
The White House says President Barack Obama on Friday morning will sign a bill that expands a popular homebuyers tax credit and extends unemployment benefits.
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Kerik pleads guilty to lying to White House
Posted: November 5, 2009 12:19 p.m.
Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik pleaded guilty Thursday to lying to the White House and said he would also admit to tax crimes.
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House expecting ‘close’ health-care vote, Hoyer says
Posted: November 5, 2009 11:27 a.m.
Democratic leader Steny Hoyer predicted that the House will narrowly pass the most sweeping overhaul of U.S. health-care policy in four decades as Democrats sought to resolve concerns about abortion and medical care for illegal aliens.
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Democrats advance hotly contested climate bill
Posted: November 5, 2009 8:56 a.m.
Democrats have ignored a Republican boycott and pushed a climate bill through a key committee by a 10 to 1 vote.
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Senate OKs up to extra 20 weeks of jobless aid
Posted: November 5, 2009 5:13 a.m.
The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to provide the jobless with up to 20 weeks in additional unemployment benefits and expand a first-time homebuyer tax credit to include a far larger pool of people entering the dormant housing market.
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Huckabee touts vote results
He says GOP governorship wins show party on rebound
Posted: November 5, 2009 5:11 a.m.
Victories in several of Tuesday’s off-year elections signaled a resurgent Republican Party, according to Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and unsuccessful contender in the 2008 race for the Republican presidential nomination.
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House leaders finalize health bill; vote looms
Last amendments filed, so debate is up next
Posted: November 5, 2009 5:05 a.m.
Undeterred by Republican election triumphs in Virginia and New Jersey, Democratic leaders put the U.S. House on a path to vote as early as Saturday on the most sweeping overhaul of health-care policy in four decades.
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In Egypt, Clinton tries to calm settlement uproar
Posted: November 5, 2009 4:56 a.m.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday in a move to rescue shrinking Middle East peace prospects and regain the confidence of Arab nations angry that the United States has not pressed Israel harder to stop building settlements.
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Bloomberg narrowly wins in New York
Posted: November 3, 2009 10:13 p.m.
Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a troubling sign for the president and his party heading into an important midterm election year.
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$112 million in stimulus cash spent by state, report finds
Posted: November 3, 2009 4:34 p.m.
Arkansas officials say more than a third of the $322 million federal stimulus money the state received this year has been spent.
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Merkel meets Obama, then speaks to US Congress
Posted: November 3, 2009 8:51 a.m.
President Barack Obama is thanking German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her country’s “sacrifice” in keeping forces in Afghanistan.
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Cheney: No idea who leaked Plame ID
Posted: October 30, 2009 5 p.m.
Vice President Dick Cheney told the FBI that he had no idea who leaked to the news media that Valerie Plame, wife of a Bush administration critic, worked for the CIA.
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House unveils health care plan with public option
Posted: October 29, 2009 11:24 a.m.
U.S. House leaders on Thursday unveiled an $894 billion plan to create a government-run health-insurance program, require Americans to buy coverage and impose a new tax on the wealthiest Americans.
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