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Senate, Obama spar over health plan's pet projects
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says he wants projects helping specific states yanked from the health care bill Congress is writing. Democratic senators, being senators, beg to differ.
Nations:U.S. People:Harry Reid John Kerry Mitch McConnell Patrick Leahy Christopher Dodd Max Baucus Activities:2005 Hurricane Katrina 2009 US Health Reform 111th Congress Obama Admin. Source:(AP)
2010-03-13
Senate talks close in on deal for Wall Street regs
WASHINGTON - More than a year after Lehman Brothers' collapse set off a financial panic, Senate negotiators appear close to resolving a narrow dispute that was holding up broad legislation to set new rules for Wall Street.
People:Richard Shelby Bob Corker Christopher Dodd Barack Obama Source:(AP)
2010-03-02
Lautenberg's illness could hurt Senate Democrats
WASHINGTON - Concerns about New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg's health pose yet another challenge for Democrats struggling to retain control of the Senate.
Nations:U.S. People:Christopher Dodd Edward Kennedy Joseph Biden Barack Obama
2010-02-20
Bayh the latest exit as moderates leave Congress
WASHINGTON - The moderate middle is disappearing from Congress. Evan Bayh is just the latest senator to forgo a re-election bid, joining a growing line of pragmatic, find-a-way politicians who are abandoning Washington. Still here: ever-more-polarized colleagues locked in gridlock - exactly what voters say they don't like about politics in the nation's capital.
Nations:U.S. People:Bill Clinton Barbara Boxer Evan Bayh Christopher Dodd Edward Kennedy Newt Gingrich Activities:111th Congress
2010-02-16
Obama would OK health bill minus items he pursued
WASHINGTON - Signaling he'd meet critics part way on health care, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he's willing to sign a bill even if it doesn't deliver everything he pursued through a year of grinding effort at risk of going down as a dismal failure.
Nations:U.S. People:Bill Clinton Mitch McConnell John Boehner Christopher Dodd Barack Obama Activities:2009 US Health Reform Obama Admin. Source:(AP)
2010-02-09
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