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Mitchell Bard: It's Too Early to Celebrate the Senate Health Care Vote

I swear, I find no no joy in being Debbie Downer . I really wish I could celebrate the Senate's 60-39 vote to begin the debate on health care legislation , narrowly holding off the blocking tactic of the Republicans.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, Medicare, Health, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Paul Broun, Ron Paul

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Island Packet

Boeing plant could mean boost for SC defense industry, officials say

Boeing's decision to build an assembly plant in South Carolina for its new 787 Dreamliner could spark development of the state's defense industry and give a boost to military towns like Beaufort.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Lindsey Graham, South Carolina, Beaufort, SC, Charleston Metro, Charleston, SC

The State

From S.C. to D.C., stimulus jobs battle rages

There's no need to go to Washington to hear the increasingly shrill arguments over the number of jobs created by the $787 billion economic-stimulus plan.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, South Carolina, 2008 Presidential Election, Columbia, SC, Columbia Metro, Barack Obama

Sat Nov 21, 2009

New America Media

Hispanic Caucus Troubled by Health Provision on Undocumented Immigrants

Hispanic lawmakers in Washington are blaming the political fallout over a Republican Congressman's infamous outburst in September for the provision in the newly proposed Senate health care bill seeking to block participation of illegal immigrants.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, Illegal Immigration, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, North Carolina, Health Insurance, Health

Slate

What it will cost you to deny health insurance to illegal immigrants.

Rep. Joe Wilson In his Sept. 9 speech to Congress on health care, when President Obama said, "The reforms I'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally," Rep.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, Illegal Immigration, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Health Insurance, Health, 9

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Insurance News Net

Everyone Benefits If Illegal Immigrants Are InsuredLoading...

November 12, 2009 Thursday FINAL EDITION SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 10A LENGTH: 590 words HEADLINE: Everyone benefits if illegal immigrants are insured Remember this little heath care drama from September? President Obama, addressing Congress: "There are also those who claim that our reform efforts would insure illegal immigrants.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Illegal Immigration, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics

Thu Nov 19, 2009

The State

No rebuke for 'admonish,' 2009 Word of the Year

When the U.S. House admonished Rep. Joe Wilson for shouting "You lie!" at President Barack Obama during a health care speech to Congress, it not only lit up talk show lines, but also sent many people scurrying to the Internet in search of a definition.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat, US Governors, Sarah Palin

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Think Progress

Exclusive: Attacks On Health Reform Orchestrated By Yet Another...

The resistance to reforming our nationa s healthcare system has been fueled by entrenched corporate interests.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Bob Inglis, Jack Kingston, Tom Price, Representative Michele Bachmann

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Stimulus jobs listed in House districts that don't exist

The federal Web site that tracks spending from the Obama administration's $787 billion economic stimulus program reports that the program has created thousands of jobs in congressional districts that don't exist.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Jim DeMint, David Obey, Democrat, Barack Obama

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Kansas City Star

Probe continues in Chicago BOE president's death

Divers returned to the Chicago River and investigators scoured cell phone records Tuesday as police declined to call the death of the city's school board president a suicide a day after an autopsy concluded he shot himself in the head.The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, meanwhile, held a rare press conference to address doubts about its ...

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Related Topix: Chicago, IL, Suicide, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives

Facing South

Reps. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) and Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) speak from the same page on health reform

The New York Times reported last week that during the historic House debate on health care reform, statements made by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten in whole or part by lobbyists working for one of the world's largest biotechnology firms.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Heath Shuler, Democrat, North Carolina

NPR

In An Unsettling Year For The S.C. GOP, Jenny Sanford Steps Forward

South Carolina First Lady makes a political statement but doesn't embarrass her party or her state.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Gresham Barrett, US Senate, Jim DeMint, Immigration Reform, Mark Sanford, US Governors

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Daily Progress

At PVCC, panel debates role of disruptive speech

Anti-war protesters try to shout down President George W. Bush at a July 4 naturalization ceremony at Monticello.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, W., Republican, US House of Representatives, George Bush, Barack Obama

National Journal

Senate's Battle Lines: Immigration

In advance of the Senate's health care talks, expected to begin next week, NationalJournal.com will explore the big issues the Senate will debate, their possible solutions and the key votes on each one.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Illegal Immigration, Republican, US House of Representatives, Health Insurance, Health

Sun Nov 15, 2009

StarNewsOnline.com

In House, Many Spoke With One Voice: Lobbyistsa

In the official record of the historic House debate on overhauling health care, the speeches of many lawmakers echo with similarities.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, South Carolina, Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer, Bill Pascrell, Democrat, Representative Phil Hare

The Janesville Gazette - Janesville, ...

Minding our manners

Increasingly, individuals and institutions are seeking ways to burnish the Golden Rule.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, South Carolina, University of South Carolina, Public Relations, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Island Packet

Poll: Wilson's 'you lie' shout at Obama offends some sensibilities

More than 43 percent of Southern Republicans liked it when U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina berated Barack Obama as the president addressed a joint session of Congress in September, according to a Winthrop University poll.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Republican, US House of Representatives, Rob Miller (Robert Lauransom Miller), Barack Obama, Winthrop University

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Salon.com

Can't the GOP just get along?

Even as the Republicans try to shift focus to what they see as the Democrats' loss of political capital, the ruptures in the GOP just won't disappear.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Bob Inglis, Health Insurance, Health, 2008 Presidential Election, Mark Sanford, US Governors

USA Today

Debate on health care - Our view: Everyone benefits if illegal immigrants are insured

Opinionline Archives Our view on health care: Everyone benefits if illegal immigrants are insured The more people who purchase policies, the more costs are spread.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Illegal Immigration, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics

Thu Nov 12, 2009

The State - South Carolina

Scoppe: The thing that's worse than 'you lie!'

U.S. REP. JIM Clyburn stopped by to chat the other day, and as usual I was a little put off by how partisan he is.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Columbia Metro, George Bush, W.

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