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What will Specter do with the rest of his Senate term
Thursday, 05.20.2010, 12:18pm
After being beaten in his bid to keep his seat, Sen. Arlen Specter
will make the most of the remainder of his term in office, some
observers predict.
"This is not a guy that is going to take his
last several months in the body and coast," said Norm Ornstein, a
congressional scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. "He's going
to live it to the fullest."
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Bill Clinton is back and looking good
Tuesday, 04.20.2010, 01:11pm
With the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing this week,
former President Bill Clinton has been back in the news with timely
reminders of the costs of extreme anti-government rhetoric and his
perspective on the partisan wars in Washington.
After a speech
at the Center for American Progress on Friday, an ABC News "This Week"
interview on Sunday and an op-ed in ...
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Lawmakers take health care debate home
Monday, 03.29.2010, 11:31am
President Obama is expected to sign the final health care legislation
into law this week, but while the action wraps up on Capitol Hill, the
heated debate over reform shows no sign of cooling down.
With
lawmakers back in their districts for the spring work period, the
conversation just moves to a different platform.
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Dems still chasing votes on health care bill
Friday, 03.19.2010, 12:33pm
The House is expected to vote Sunday on the health care bill passed
by the Senate in December. Republicans have vowed to do
everything they can to kill the bill. Here's the latest on where
the debate stands.
Democratic leaders
continue to try to round up the 216 necessary votes to pass the bill.
According to CNN's latest count, 29 Democrats plan to vote against the
legislation. Thirty-eight Democratic "no" votes are needed to kill the
bill.
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White House considers military trial for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Friday, 03.05.2010, 11:32am
White House advisers are considering recommending alleged 9/11
mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed be tried in a military court instead
of a civilian one in New York City, a senior administration official
told CNN on Friday.
In November, Attorney General Eric Holder announced his intention to try Mohammed in a New York civilian court.
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Reconciliation showdown ahead on health care
Monday, 03.01.2010, 10:41am
With the health care summit showing no sign of getting either side
to budge, lawmakers are staking out positions in the battle many
believe is imminent: a presidential effort to push legislation through
without Republican support.
On the political talk shows Sunday,
Democratic and GOP leaders fought over budget reconciliation, the
parliamentary procedure that could allow a vote in the Senate and
circumvent a GOP filibuster.
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A chance for bipartisanship or election strategy?
Tuesday, 02.09.2010, 10:19am
As Senate Democrats look to pass a jobs bill before Presidents Day,
experts say the debate is an opportunity to see if calls for
bipartisanship will be answered.
With high unemployment -- now
at 9.7 percent -- and polls showing Americans desperate for economic
relief, the White House and the Democratic leadership are looking for
ways to quell fears and get legislation passed as the midterm elections
near.
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Where does the Tea Party go from here?
Monday, 02.08.2010, 11:50am
As the National Tea Party Convention concluded this weekend, it's
clear that the Tea Partiers are propelled by two competing claims -- a
principled commitment to fiscal conservatism and a serious case of
Obama Derangement Syndrome.
The first group remains true to the
roots of the movement as it emerged almost one year ago amid bailout
backlash.
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Edwards' mistress seeks return of alleged sex tape
Friday, 02.05.2010, 08:46am
The legal battle over a sex tape allegedly showing former Sen. John
Edwards and former mistress Rielle Hunter is expected to further unfold
in a North Carolina court Friday.
Former Edwards aide Andrew
Young and his wife, Cheri, are expected to appear in court to contest a
temporary restraining order forbidding them from disseminating the
videotape and seeking its return to Hunter.
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White House reveals secret cooperation with AbdulMutallab family
Wednesday, 02.03.2010, 08:54am
Senior Obama administration officials revealed late Tuesday they've
secretly gained the cooperation of family members of Umar Farouk
AbdulMutallab to help get the Christmas Day airline bomb suspect
talking.
The cooperation effort has led to actionable
intelligence that could help prevent terror attempts on U.S. soil, the
senior officials said.
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President Obama at a town hall meeting earlier this week pushing his health care reform plan
"The fact of the matter is there are not the votes in the United States Senate for a public option. There never have been," Conrad said on "Fox News Sunday."
His comment signaled a shift in the health care debate, with Obama and senior advisers softening their support for a public option by saying final form of the legislation is less important than the principle of affordable coverage available to all.
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