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As the US House of Representatives and now the US Senate ram Obamacare down the throats of Americans by partisan votes, 56% now oppose health care proposed by Obama and Congressional Democrats.

Reporting from Washington - Only a day after Senate Democrats voted to move into a historic debate on overhauling the nation's healthcare system, key centrists made it clear Sunday that the party was still a long way from delivering on its promise to provide near-universal insurance coverage and contain medical costs.

With so many players divided on key issues, there's no guarantee that Reid can pass a bill at all.

The Ohio Housing Conference celebrated the contributions of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati to affordable housing in Ohio, observing 20 years of the FHLBank's Affordable Housing Program at an awards luncheon on Tuesday.

Senate Democrats on Sunday sparred with each other over how to fix the nation's troubled health care system, the moderates threatening to scuttle legislation if their demands weren't met and the more liberal members warning their party leaders not to bend.

On NBC 's "Meet the Press," David Gregory moderates a discussion about the Senate's $849 billion health care bill with Senators Richard Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, Dianne Feinstein , Democrat of California, Kay Bailey Hutchison , Republican of Texas, and Joe Lieberman , an independent of Connecticut.

Harry Reid sealed the biggest legislative victory of his career Saturday night with a kiss.

The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, met on Monday night with a group of liberal Senate Democrats who urged Mr.

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC's "This Week" - Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and Ben Nelson, D-Neb.; Reps.

The House passed their version of the bill two weeks ago in a rare Saturday session.

WASHINGTON -- Ohio residents deemed most at risk for the H1N1 virus should have been vaccinated by now, and vaccination efforts now are focusing on a larger at-risk population, the state health director said.

President Obama and Lee Myung-bak, the president of South Korea, arriving at a news conference in Seoul on Thursday.

More than six years ago, Lt. Col. Dominic "Rocky" Baragona was serving in Iraq when he was killed after his Humvee was struck by a supply truck driven by an employee of a Defense Department contractor.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid presented an $849 billion health-care overhaul package on Wednesday that would extend coverage to 31 million Americans and reform insurance practices while adding an array of tax increases, including a rise in payroll taxes for high earners.

Bus safety advocates and congressional leaders say they will continue to push long-stalled bus legislation even after the U.S. Transportation Department released plans this week to strengthen motor coach safety rules.

CLYDE -- Warren and Wendy Brown are in Washington, D.C., this week to make sure money is being appropriated for childhood cancer research.

More than 607,000 Ohio households -- 13.3 percent -- struggled to feed themselves last year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The U.S. Transportation Department announced Monday that it will toughen bus safety regulations by requiring seat belts, recording devices and other features, weeks after an investigation of a fatal Texas crash resulted in a scathing review of safety rules.

Ohio legislators were split over the health care reform bill that passed the House of Representatives earlier this month by a narrow 220-215 vote, clearing the way for the Senate to debate and vote on its own version of the legislation.

Submitted by StuffQueerPeopl... on Mon, 11/16/2009 - 1:18pm. On Tuesday, Nov. 3, Ohioans elected 10 public officials from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, bringing in a record number of progressive LGBT voices, with positions ranging from school board to municipal court judge.