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8 hrs ago | StartupJournal

Bill Clinton Presses Senators to Pass Health Bill

Close NOVEMBER 12, 2009 WASHINGTON -- Former President Bill Clinton came to Capitol Hill Tuesday to underline for Democrats the political consequences of failing to pass a health overhaul, saying doing nothing was the worst outcome.

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Related Topix: US News, Bill Clinton, History in the News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Senator Ben Nelson, US Senate, Democrat, Nebraska

16 hrs ago | NewsBusters.org

NBC's Todd Calls Liberal Senators Lieberman and Sanders Ideological 'Polar Opposites'

Only in the mind of a liberal media journalist would Sen. Joseph Lieberman and Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, 2008 Presidential Election, Today, Entertainment, Television, Barack Obama, Blanche Lincoln, Democrat

Yesterday | Washington Blade

Don't Ask' repeal may come in 2010 as amendment

The effort to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" will likely come next year as an amendment to the Defense Department spending bill, rather than through a standalone bill, according to gay Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Barney Frank, Democrat, Gay/Lesbian, US News, Representative Patrick Murphy, Tammy Baldwin

Yesterday | NBC Connecticut

Who's Who of Gubernatorial Candidates

The list is growing for Republicans and Democrats wanting to be Connecticut's next Governor.

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Related Topix: Connecticut, Connecticut Government, US Politics, US News, US Senate, 2008 Presidential Election, M. Jodi Rell, US Governors

Thu Nov 12, 2009

The Day

How much Sen. Joe will the Dependent Democrats tolerate?

You have to wonder why the Senate Democrats are keeping Sen. Joe Lieberman in the party caucus and letting him chair the Homeland Security Committee, a plumb chairmanship that I am sure many veteran Senate Democrats, who actually call themselves Democrats, would love to have.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, 2008 Presidential Election, John McCain, Barack Obama

Altoona Mirror

Investigate shooter's radical ties

Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., is right to abandon political correctness in his desire to know what effect, if any, Islamic terrorists had on the man accused of killing 13 people and wounding 29 others at Fort Hood, Texas.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Violent Crime, Fort Hood, TX

Ctnewsjunkie.com

Dodd Bested By Three Republicans In Latest Poll

Dodd and Lieberman Still Not Talking About Public Option. 'I'll Let Joe Speak For Himself' Ricci Back In Court Vote Baby, Vote! Dodd and Lieberman Still Not Talking About Public Option.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Rob Simmons, Republican, US House of Representatives, Christopher Dodd, US Senate, Democrat

Raw Story

GOP senator 'hopes, prays' HCR bill fails

Appearing on CBS program Face the Nation on Sunday, Senator Lindsey Graham warned the House health reform legislation that passed Saturday night is a "disaster" for private choice, adding that he hopes and prays Democrats' reforms do not become law.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Lindsey Graham, Face the Nation, Entertainment, Television, 2008 Presidential Election, Dennis Kucinich

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Nurse.com

Special Coverage: Healthcare Reform

Nov. 11 Former President Bill Clinton spoke to Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill Tuesday, urging them to resolve their differences and pass a healthcare overhaul bill by year's end.

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Related Topix: US News, 9, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Healthcare Law, Law, Health Insurance, Health, US Senate

KYTX-TV News

Congressional hearings sought on Ft. Hood shootings

Sen. Joseph Lieberman said Sunday he intends to launch a Senate committee hearing on whether the Fort Hood shootings were a terrorist act and if the Army should have taken pre-emptive steps due to reported signs of Islamic extremism by the suspected gunman.

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Related Topix: US Senate, US Politics, Fort Hood, TX, US News

Hartford Courant

West Hartford: Connecticut Group Meets To Oppose Government Run Health Care

Submitted by Alisa Gaudiosi, Connecticut Campaign for Responsible Health Reform, on 2009-11-09.   Alisa Gaudiosi Bill Carew, a Simsbury resident and President of Ovation Benefits in Farmington, makes a presentation to The Connecticut Campaign for Responsible Health Reform group opposing the legislation and increased costs to small employers at ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Connecticut, Simsbury, CT, Farmington, CT, West Hartford, CT, Hartford Metro

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Reuters

Connecticut governorship in play as Rell drops out

President Barack Obama's Democratic Party, which lost two state governorships last week, drew hope for winning the governor's office in Connecticut next year after the Republican incumbent said she would not run for re-election. Jodi Rell, in office since 2004, said on Monday she would not seek another term, setting the stage for a wide-open ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, 2008 Presidential Election, Connecticut, Connecticut Government, Barack Obama, University of Connecticut

WPDE

Police arrest 6 protesters at Lieberman's office

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 12:45 p.m. Read more: National , Politics , U.S. Capitol Police , Sen.

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Related Topix: US Senate, US Politics, US News

Christian Science Monitor

Fort Hood suspect: Portrait of a terrorist?

Ties surface between chief suspect in the Fort Hood rampage and a jihadist cleric in Yemen, giving impetus to arguments that the tragedy was a terrorist act.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Terrorism, Fort Hood, TX, US Politics, US News, US Senate

SF Gate

Health reform faces biggest hurdle: the Senate

In the Senate, where proposals differ substantially from the House-passed measure on issues like a government-run plan and how to pay for coverage, the bill is stalled while budget analysts assess its overall costs.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Washington, DC, US Politics, US Senate

Mon Nov 09, 2009

St. Augustine Record

Health battleground shifts

Republicans Monday had new hope that they could influence health care deliberations -- influence that so far has eluded them -- as the debate moves to the Senate, where the rules and the politics can work to their advantage.

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Related Topix: US News, Small Business, Personal Finance, Susan Collins, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Olympia Snowe, Bob Corker

New York Times

Rell Won't Run in '10 in Connecticut

An emotional Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced Monday she will not run for re-election next year, stepping away from the job after a difficult budget battle with Democrats and an ever-darkening state economic crisis.

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Related Topix: Connecticut, Connecticut Government, US Politics, US News, US Senate, M. Jodi Rell, US Governors

Examiner.com

Fort Hood suspect might not have acted alone

As Senator Joseph I. Lieberman vows to have the Senate itself investigate the shootings at Fort Hood , disturbing new evidence suggests that Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the chief suspect in the shootings, might not have been acting entirely alone.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Essex County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Greater London County, England, Falls Church, VA

ABC News

Officials: U.S. Aware of Hasan Efforts to Contact al Qaeda

U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Killeen Metro, Killeen, TX, US Politics, US News, US Senate

Sun Nov 08, 2009

WIBW-TV Topeka

Obama: Health Care Baton Now Passes To Senate

President Obama on Sunday praised the "historic" House vote to pass a bill overhauling the nation's ailing health care system, and said now it is time for the Senate to "take the baton" and complete its work.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mike Pence, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicare, Health, Health Insurance, US Senate

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