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3 hrs ago | Des Moines Register

Senate panel OKs FDA reforms

Washington, D.C. - Food processors both domestically and abroad would face greater scrutiny by regulators under legislation advanced in the Senate.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Food and Drug Administration, Tom Harkin, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Richard Durbin

Sat Nov 21, 2009

The Post Chronicle

New Therapy For Brain Cancer Is Developed

U.S. scientists say they've developed the world's first brain cancer treatment that involves directly spraying a chemotherapy agent onto the tumor.

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Related Topix: Cancer, Health, Brain Cancer, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Science / Technology

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Boston.com

Pagliuca: Kennedy would be with me on health care

Democrat Stephen Pagliuca said Thursday the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy would side with him and not political rivals Martha Coakley and Michael Capuano in the nation's health care debate.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Michael Capuano, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, 2008 Presidential Election, US Senate, Mitt Romney

Thu Nov 19, 2009

MediLexicon

Abortion Rights At Center Of Debate In Mass. Senate Race

Conflicts over Rep. Bart Stupak's antiabortion amendment to the House health reform bill have helped put the issue of abortion rights at "center stage" in Massachusetts' special election to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Michael Capuano, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, Representative Niki Tsongas, Bart Stupak, Nancy Pelosi, Health

Democracy for New Mexico

Here Comes the Senate's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tonight unveiled the Senate version of health care reform legislation as an amendment to H.R. 3590, and named it the " Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act " . According to the CBO score , the bill would spend $849 billion over 10 years to insure 31 million Americans who currently lack coverage, and would ...

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US News, US Senate, Democrat, US Politics, Mary Landrieu, Senator Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln

Wed Nov 18, 2009

WCCO

Byrd Shatters Record For Congressional Service

Victoria Kennedy , widow of the late Senator Edward Kennedy, speaks with Senator Robert Byrd , D-WVA, after the hearse bearing the remains of Senator Kennedy arrived at the US Capitol on Aug.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Robert Byrd, US Senate, Democrat, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

Apple and pumpkin pie contest at the Haverhill YMCA

If you're a kid who loves getting his fingers into pies, the Haverhill YMCA at 81 Winter St.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA, Haverhill, MA, Baked Goods, Life, Dessert, Food, Pies, US News, US Senate, Democrat, US Politics, Michael Capuano, US House of Representatives

Tue Nov 17, 2009

USA Today

Byrd becomes longest-serving Congress member

The Senate is a resolutely superlative place, so it was resolved that the august body on Wednesday will open its session by saluting Sen.

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Related Topix: US News, Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, US Senate, Democrat

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Free Republic

Fight Or Tease?

Afghanistan: Troop morale is plummeting as they wait - and wait - for a war policy.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat, Michael Capuano, US House of Representatives

Colorado Statesman

Denver Democrats' Edward M. Kennedy Dinner

Denver Democrats, gathered for their first annual Edward M. Kennedy dinner last weekend, were witness to the announcement that the long-awaited historic - and contentious - health care reform bill championed by the late U.S. Senator from Massachusetts had narrowly passed the House of Representatives, 220-215. The news, delivered by dinner guest ...

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Related Topix: US News, Denver Metro, US Senate, Democrat, Diana DeGette, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Senator Michael Bennet, Barack Obama

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Fox News

Abortion Access in Bill Drives Race to Replace Kennedy

Two of the leading Democratic candidates to replace Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy, who died of brain cancer in August , are battling over who is better suited to wear his mantle.

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Related Topix: Abortion, US News, US Senate, Democrat, US Politics, Michael Capuano, US House of Representatives, Healthcare Law, Law, Bart Stupak

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Marry in Massachusetts

Blogs and Togs

Lawdy, look at the laws! As a colony, Massachusetts was alone in forbidding clergy from performing marriages.

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Related Topix: Blog News, US Politics, Michael Capuano, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Government, Wedding

LancasterOnline

Vote Every Incumbent Out 2010

I RECEIVED THIS IN AN EMAIL, AND THOUGHT I WOULD PASS THIS ALONG... I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA! COPY AND SEND THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW AND ASK THEM TO DO THE SAME! THANKS.. WE NEED TO TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY NOW! Elections to the United States Senate will be held on November 2, 2010, for at least 36 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Arlen Specter, Senator Michael Bennet

Fri Nov 13, 2009

MassLive.com

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorses Congressman Michael Capuano for Ted Kennedy's Senate seat

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., endorses Rep. Mike Capuano, D-Mass., right, in his bid for the U.S. Senate seat held by the late Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., in Boston, Friday morning, Nov.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Michael Capuano, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Nancy Pelosi, US Senate, Boston, MA Metro, Boston Metro

Boston Herald

Election? What election?

But that hardly squares with the news that 93 percent of Democratic voters who were surveyed in a new Suffolk University poll could not even name the date of the primary for the special election to fill the late Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Suffolk University, US Senate, Democrat, Opinion

Thu Nov 12, 2009

WSHM - News - News Now

Khazei tries to land Colbert as debate moderator

Democrat Alan Khazei is trying to import a moderator for a debate between the candidates vying to succeed the late Sen.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Democrat, Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report, Comedy, Entertainment, Television

Medical News Today

Mass. Senate Candidate Coakley Opposes House Reform Bill Because Of Abortion Restrictions

Main Category: Abortion Also Included In: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Article Date: 12 Nov 2009 - 3:00 PST Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley -- one of four candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for the state's U.S. Senate seat -- said she opposes the House health care reform bill because of restrictions on federal ...

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Related Topix: Abortion, US Politics, Michael Capuano, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Government, Bart Stupak, Health

Journal Gazette

Bishops help shape health care legislation

The call came in from Rome, just as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her top lieutenants were scrambling to round up scarce votes to pass their sweeping health overhaul.

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Related Topix: Abortion, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Immigration Reform, US News, US Senate, Democrat, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Bart Stupak

Wed Nov 11, 2009

On Top Magazine

Obama Official Testifies In Favor Of Gay Protections Bill

The Obama administration strongly endorsed Senator Jeff Merkley's gay protections bill at its first hearing on Capitol Hill.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, US Politics, US News, Senator Jeff Merkley, US Senate, Democrat, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Transgendered

Tue Nov 10, 2009

WCVB-TV Needham Heights

Senate Candidates Sound Off On Abortion Clause

Democrats in the U.S. Senate race came out swinging Tuesday in what may be the biggest controversy in the race to date: abortion.

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Related Topix: Abortion, US News, US Senate, Democrat, US Politics, Michael Capuano, US House of Representatives

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