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Obama scraps Bush-era missile defense for new plan
Friday, 09.18.2009, 08:54am
The United States is significantly overhauling Bush-era plans for a
missile defense shield in Europe, based partly on the latest analysis
of Iran's offensive capabilities, President Barack Obama said Thursday.
President Obama on Thursday says the Bush-era missile defense plan will be replaced with a new system.
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Whats in Baucus health care proposal?
Thursday, 09.17.2009, 08:35am
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Montana, unveiled a summary of his proposed health care plan Monday. Sen. Max Baucus revealed a health care reform plan that does not include a public option but mandates coverage. |
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Health care proposal mandates coverage drops public option
Wednesday, 09.16.2009, 09:13pm
The seemingly elusive effort to reach a consensus on health care
reform got a new boost Wednesday with the long-awaited launch of a plan
believed to have the best hope so far of winning support from centrist
Democrats and Republicans.
Sen. Max Baucus revealed a health care reform plan that does not include a public option but mandates coverage.
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Why the shock about Joe Wilson
Tuesday, 09.15.2009, 12:27pm
When Rep. Joe Wilson interrupted President Obama's speech to a joint
session of Congress by yelling "You lie!" a livid House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi looked as if she was about to jump out of her seat and give her
colleague a five-minute "time out" for misbehavior. Julian Zelizer says there's a long history of strange behavior by angry members of Congress. |
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No more apologies for 'You lie!'
Monday, 09.14.2009, 10:21am
Rep. Joe Wilson said Sunday he will not apologize again for yelling
out that President Obama lied during the president's speech to Congress
last week.
"I am not going to apologize again," the South Carolina Republican said
on "FOX News Sunday" when asked about pending disciplinary steps
against him by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives.
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Dying Blagojevich backer said he overdosed
Sunday, 09.13.2009, 08:03pm
Police are looking into the death of the former chief fundraiser for
ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich as a "death-suicide investigation," an
Illinois mayor said Sunday. Financier Christopher Kelly told police
shortly before he died Saturday that he took an "overdose of drugs,"
said Dwight Welch, mayor of Country Club Hills, Illinois.
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ACORN workers caught on tape allegedly advising on prostitution
Friday, 09.11.2009, 07:58am
Two employees at the Baltimore, Maryland, branch of the liberal
community organizing group ACORN were caught on tape allegedly offering
advice to a pair posing as a pimp and prostitute on setting up a
prostitution ring and evading the IRS.
The footage, which appears to have been edited in places, was recorded and posted online Thursday.
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Republicans unswayed by Obama speech
Thursday, 09.10.2009, 02:02pm
President Obama on Thursday sought to build on what was hoped to be new
momentum on health care reform generated by Wednesday night's address
to Congress.
But top Republicans say he botched the opportunity to
build bipartisan consensus and offer specifics on his plan.
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Wilson shouts to Obama during speech You lie
Thursday, 09.10.2009, 07:07am
A Republican House member shouted "You lie" during President Obama's
health care speech to Congress on Wednesday, and members of both
parties condemned the heckling. After the speech, South Carolina Rep.
Joe Wilson issued a statement apologizing for his outburst.
After the speech, South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson issued a statement apologizing for his outburst.
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Obamas speech a health care game changer
Wednesday, 09.09.2009, 07:25am
After months of criticism that he has failed to outline a specific
health care reform plan, President Obama will address a joint session
of Congress tonight in a speech aides say will be to the point.
At
stake for the president: getting Democratic factions on board with his
plan and convincing Americans of the need for health care reform.
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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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