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Congress raises debt ceiling to $12.4 trillion
The Senate voted Thursday to raise the ceiling on the government debt to $12.4 trillion, a massive increase over the current limit and a political problem that President Barack Obama has promised to address next year. Comment?
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada listens as Sen. Charles Schumer , D-N.Y., drives home a point while answering questions on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday after the Senate passed the health care reform bill. Comment?
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Senators across the country continue the debate on Capitol Hill over health care reform. Comment?
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Schumer Urges U.S. Banks to `Get That Money Out There' to Sustain Recovery
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... center of the financial world is at stake.a As a House member in 1987, he had opposed repealing Glass-Steagall. A Democrat, hea s now in his second term as a senator from the state that includes Wall Streeta s biggest firms. a Loopholea Schumer, who ... Comment?
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The Senate voted Thursday to raise the ceiling on the government debt to $12.4 trillion, a massive increase over the current limit and a political problem that President Barack Obama has promised to address next year. Comment?
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State senators praise passage of reform bill
California's senators Thursday offered praise for sweeping health care reform legislation passed by the U.S. Senate and said they would work to strengthen it as a compromise bill is negotiated with the House of Representatives. Comment?
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Landmark health bill heads for finish line
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Senate Democrats passed a landmark health care bill in a climactic Christmas Eve vote that could usher in near-universal medical coverage for the first time in the country's history. Comment?
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Top Pa. prosecutor probes federal health care deal
Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett is looking into the constitutionality of a provision in a federal health care reform bill that lightens Nebraska's funding burden. Comment?
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Obama asked to halt wild-horse roundup in Nevada
Complex, saying opponents failed to demonstrate that removal of the horses would violate federal law. Comment?
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Videos are stars of Democratic debate
Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and six other Democratic presidential contenders wrestled with questions of race, war and gender on Monday in a debate starring a parade of questions posed in YouTube videos. Comment?
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Jackson brings Christmas spirit to Ill. jail
For more than 35 years, the Rev. Jesse Jackson has been hosting traditional Christmas services in a most nontraditional setting - the Cook County Jail . Comment?
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Political Hot Topics: December 25, 2009
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The CNN Washington Bureaua TMs morning speed read of the top stories making news from around the country and the world. Comment?
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Tenuous support may unravel as compromise is negotiated
... the AMA's Wilson said in a telephone interview. A delicate deal on abortion in the Senate, designed to appease Democrat Ben Nelson of Nebraska, could unravel because of objections from House members. Hospitals, meanwhile, want to revisit a deal they ... Comment?
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A Morning of Democratic Glee and Republican Glumness
... "I know there are a lot of people who have an opposing point of view," said Senator Ben Nelson, the Nebraska Democrat who was the key 60th vote for the bill. "The use of information and misinformation has really confused the public. Don't be ... Comment?
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Two Cents Worth: I hope you don't get sick this holiday season?
Below you will find a letter that I think all Nevada voters should read, and they should read it as much for the attitude of Senator Harry Reid's office as for the issue it discusses. Comment?
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Veteran prosecutor in northern Indiana picked for U.S. attorney
President Barack Obama has chosen the interim U.S. attorney for northern Indiana to remain the district's top federal prosecutor. Comment?
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Enter the sea: Plans to handle ocean rise locally are just beginning to advance
... California Coastal Commission Chairwoman Bonnie Neely wrote to U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, asking the California Democrat to consider supporting funding of a comprehensive planning process to help agencies and the public make informed land-use ... Comment?
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Obama's Christmas Story: Senate Health Bill
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After months of negotiations and 24 days of floor debate, Senate Democrats passed a sweeping health care bill on Christmas Eve morning over unanimous Republican objections. Comment?
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First step towards regulating pharmaceutical residues in nation's drinking water
Friday, December 25, 2009 Federal regulators under President Barack Obama have sharply shifted course on long-standing policy toward pharmaceutical residues in the nation's drinking water, taking a critical first step toward regulating some of the contaminants while acknowledging they could threaten human health. Comment?
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A Morning of Democratic Glee and Republican Glumness
... "I know there are a lot of people who have an opposing point of view," said Senator Ben Nelson, the Nebraska Democrat who was the key 60th vote for the bill. "The use of information and misinformation has really confused the public. Don't be ... Comment?
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