Obama: Time To Crack Down On Health Care Fraud
[10 Mar 2010 at 4:52pm]
The president denounced waste, inefficiency and downright fraud in the government's health care system on Wednesday as he sought to rally public support for his revamped overhaul plan.
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Senate Approves Measure To Extend Jobless Benefits
[10 Mar 2010 at 2:21pm]
The legislation would give months of continued jobless checks to people who have been out of work for more than half a year and help the unemployed pay for health insurance. The 62-36 vote came over protests from conservatives who say the bill adds too much to the $12.5 trillion national debt.
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House, Senate Tension Stalls Legislation
[10 Mar 2010 at 2:00pm]
The relationship between the House and the Senate is becoming heated, affecting Democratic efforts to get health care and other legislation passed. Norman Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, offers his insight.
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House Holds Rare Debate On Ending Afghan War
[10 Mar 2010 at 1:54pm]
Ohio Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich brought up a resolution Wednesday to pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by the end of this year at the latest. Although the measure did not pass, lawmakers agreed on one thing: The debate itself was important for the Congress to have.
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WWII Female Pilots Honored With Gold Medal
[10 Mar 2010 at 1:34pm]
A long-overlooked group of women who flew military aircraft during World War II were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on Wednesday. Known as Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASP, they were the first women to fly U.S. military planes.
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In 2010, Demographic Trends Favor Democrats
[10 Mar 2010 at 12:00pm]
Ruy Teixeira correctly predicted a Democratic majority in 2008. As 2010 elections draw near, he returns to act as a clairvoyant, with Matt Continetti, associate editor of The Weekly Standard. Matt Bai of The New York Times Magazine fills in for Political Junkie Ken Rudin.
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Sebelius Challenges Insurers To Support Health Overhaul
[10 Mar 2010 at 10:36am]
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said insurers should drop their opposition to health overhaul and instead help fix a broken system, marked by spiraling costs and a lack of consumer choice.
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Few Democratic Governors Are Safe
[10 Mar 2010 at 8:00am]
The president's party typically loses about a half-dozen seats in midterm elections. With 37 governorships at stake this year, that may mean bad news for the Democrats.
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Divisiveness Of Abortion Impedes Health Care Plan
[10 Mar 2010 at 3:00am]
NPR's Julie Rovner and Father Thomas Reese of Georgetown University's Woodstock Theological Center talk to Steve Inskeep about how abortion remains an obstacle to passing health care legislation. They also discuss the influence of Catholic bishops on the health care vote.
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Massa Says Groping Of Male Staffer 'Not Sexual'
[9 Mar 2010 at 5:31pm]
Asked on Glenn Beck's Fox News Channel show, the former New York congressman said his actions toward a male staffer at a birthday party might have been misinterpreted. "I should have never allowed myself to be as familiar with my staff as I was," he told Beck.
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Former Rep. Eric Massa Probed For Groping 'Multiple' Male Staffers
[9 Mar 2010 at 4:05pm]
The Washington Post is reporting that there was more than the single allegation that Massa had harassed a male staffer staffer. Indeed, the WaPo reports, Massa was being investigated "for allegations that he groped multiple male staffers working in his office, according to three sources familiar with the probe."
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Rove's Memoir: 'The Empire Strikes Back'?
[9 Mar 2010 at 4:00pm]
Karl Rove released a memoir Tuesday that many reviewers criticized as being more defense of George W. Bush-era policies than revealing look at the legendary operative once dubbed "Bush's Brain." But most political memoirs share a similar aim: to get a jump on shaping history as it's written.
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In Florida, Gay Adoption May No Longer Be Banned
[9 Mar 2010 at 3:10pm]
Florida is the only state with an outright ban against adoptions by gay people, but that may not be true for long. State courts have overruled Florida law in three cases and approved gay adoptions. The state, however, has appealed the court rulings and says it will continue to fight to uphold the law.
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Examining Rahm Emanuel's Role
[9 Mar 2010 at 2:00pm]
Recent news articles about White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel have portrayed him alternately as someone whose advice President Obama should take more or as the man responsible for recent missteps on health care and Guantanamo Bay. John Dickerson, chief political correspondent for Slate.com, offers his insight.
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