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6 hrs ago | Tri-cityherald.com

Expiring health insurance subsidy imperils laid-off Americans

Just before Don Hall and his family left town for Thanksgiving, the laid-off manufacturing supervisor from Castalia, Ohio, wrote a $763.81 check to his health insurance company for his December payment.

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Related Topix: Health Insurance, Health, Life, Thanksgiving, Castalia, OH, Holidays, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Politics, Sherrod Brown, US Senate, Industrial, Consolidated

11 hrs ago | The Huffington Post

Sherrod Brown: Obama Focused On Main Street, But Not All His Advisers Are

Despite carving out a niche for himself as a leading progressive voice in Congress, Senator Sherrod Brown rarely goes in for headline-grabbing proclamations or sharp political rhetoric.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Sherrod Brown, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, State of the Union, Senator Mark Warner

Thu Nov 26, 2009

The News Item

Federal health-care subsidy for unemployed to expire

Bob Casey said Tuesday. With unemployment "incredibly high," Casey said the bill would extend the program through June 30.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Sherrod Brown, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, Health Insurance, Health, Arlen Specter, Republican

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Tribune-Chronicle

Delphi retirees eye House hearing

Delphi Corp. salaried retirees will get another chance to make their case for pension and health care support from the government at a House of Representatives hearing Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Automakers, Delphi, Pension, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Tim Ryan, US Senate, Sherrod Brown, Economics News, Bankruptcy

Point of View

Dem senators at odds over health bill

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

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Related Topix: US News, Nelson, NE, US Politics, Senator Ben Nelson, US Senate, Sherrod Brown, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Columbus Dispatch

Stimulus funds reach Ohio homes

About 110,000 central Ohio customers of American Electric Power soon will have advanced-technology meters, giving them the ability to track when they use the most power and thus reduce their electricity bills.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Mary Jo Kilroy, US Senate, Sherrod Brown, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Ohio, American Electric Power, Energy, Groveport, OH

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Wheeling News

Let Moderates Influence Bill

It has been said that politics is the art of compromise. Not in the mind of Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Sherrod Brown, US House of Representatives, Health Insurance, Health, Mary Landrieu

Mon Nov 23, 2009

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Debbie Stabenow, Democrat, Arlen Specter, Republican, Lamar Alexander, Sherrod Brown, US House of Representatives

Sun Nov 22, 2009

The Boston Globe

Senators voice optimism on public option

Buoyed by their weekend victory on a vote beginning the health care debate, several Senate Democrats expressed optimism yesterday they could find a way to keep a government-run insurance plan in the sweeping bill.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Senator Ben Nelson, US Senate, Democrat, Sherrod Brown, US House of Representatives, State of the Union, Health Insurance, Health

Politico

How health care reform could fall apart

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

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Sherrod Brown, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate

WTOL-TV Toledo

Senate Dems frustrated with sway held by moderates

A Democratic senator says moderates in his party shouldn't be allowed to dictate the terms of the health care debate and that the final bill should include a government-run option for Americans lacking insurance.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Sherrod Brown, US House of Representatives

The Daily Standard

H1N1 may be losing speed

The H1N1 flu virus appears to be slowing its spread across the country, although top officials warn another "wave" could follow.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Politics, US News, Sherrod Brown, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

Sat Nov 21, 2009

DispatchPolitics

Feds choose Ohio official to lead 6-state health region

Cristal A. Thomas has been named a U.S. Health and Human Services regional director.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Ted Strickland, US News, US Senate, Sherrod Brown, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Ohio, IL

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Coshocton Tribune

Ohio health director: H1N1 vaccine has gone to most at risk

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Ohio, Sherrod Brown, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Washington, OH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Thu Nov 19, 2009

New York Times

South Korea Trade Pact Is Revived by Obama

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

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Related Topix: South Korea, World News, Asia, Lee Myung-bak, US News, US Politics, Sherrod Brown, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Arizona Republic

With House plan OK'd, Senate Dems unveil their version of health reform

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.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Healthcare Law, Law, US News, US Politics, Harry Reid, US Senate, Democrat, Sherrod Brown, US House of Representatives

MSNBC

Centrist caught in middle in health debate

Tax dollars for abortion: Fact or fiction? Do health reform headlines leave you saying 'huh?' Msnbc.com separates the rhetoric from the reality.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Sherrod Brown, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, Judd Gregg, Republican, Blanche Lincoln

News-Messenger

Couple visits D.C. to lobby for cancer research

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

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Related Topix: Clyde, OH, Sandusky County, OH, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Sherrod Brown, US House of Representatives, Republican, Deborah Pryce, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Tue Nov 17, 2009

GlobeNewswire

Ohio Housing Conference Celebrates 20 Years of the FHLBank's Affordable Housing Program

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Ohio, US Senate, Sherrod Brown, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Cincinnati, OH, Banking, Financial Services, Columbus, OH

DispatchPolitics

Hunger has Ohio firmly in its grip, stats show

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

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Sherrod Brown, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, Ohio, Agriculture, Science, Family, Kids, Hamler, OH

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