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The calendar is looming as the biggest obstacle as the White House and congressional Democrats race to complete an overhaul of the U.S. health-care system.

Polls and election results show that rising unemployment and partisan politics have chipped away at the president's popularity.

The House of Representatives last night became the first U.S. legislative chamber to pass an overhaul of the health-care system, with the aim of expanding coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and curtailing costs.

After Saying Snowe Is 'Welcome' In The GOP, Steele Suggests He'll 'Come After' Her For Supporting Stimulus This week on MSNBC, Gov.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty plans to present the image of a common-sense conservative who can win in Democrat territory when he introduces himself today to a key political focus group, a hall full of Iowa Republican Party activists.

"Moderates? Let me see... Let me count," Maine Senator Olympia Snowe, one of three remaining New England Republicans in Congress, says with a laugh when asked if GOP moderates are dying off as much from friendly fire as they are from Democratic challenges.

Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., talks to journalists before the weekly caucus luncheons on Capitol Hill in Washington Nov.

A look at key issues in the health care debate: THE ISSUE: Republicans are the minority party in both houses of Congress.

Joe Lieberman has announced he'll probably endorse both Republican and Democratic candidates in 2010, and that's left us wondering who'd want a stamp of approval from Connecticut's moldy moderate.

Get on the health overhaul bandwagon, or don't count on our help in your re-election. That's the hardball message liberal groups are hurling at moderate Democratic senators in a battle that is dividing their party.

Political satire and comedy is an established tradition. But two spoofs lately have crossed the line and done a disservice to our democratic system.

A spokesman for Sen. Joe Lieberman refuted a report Tuesday that the Connecticut senator struck a secret deal with Majority Leader Harry Reid in which he promised not to block a final vote on health care reform.

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America's two political parties often seem to compete for the title of which can be the most foolish.

A look at key issues in the health care debate: THE ISSUE: Why are there so many different health care proposals being discussed on Capitol Hill, and what exactly does Obama support? THE POLITICS: There are five bills in the Senate and House, one from each of the congressional committees with jurisdiction over health care.

Sen. Olympia Snowe and Sen. Harry Reid may have finally butted heads over government run health care.

Last spring, you signed a bill that made Maine the fifth state in this country to legalize same-sex marriage .

President Obama pushed hard today to convince small business owners that they would gain from health care reform.

Unknown Source: Bangor Daily News Wordcount: Oct. 29--PRESQUE ISLE, Maine -- In small numbers but with a strong voice, MoveOn members at a gathering in the city Wednesday afternoon stressed that U.S. Sen.

The accolades rang all afternoon, and by Tuesday morning the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada was collecting signatures in an online petition thanking Reid "for standing with all of us." Some see Reid's move as a cynical ploy to get the left off his back and shore up his base in advance of a difficult 2010 reelection bid.