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  • House leaders push toward health vote by Easter

    WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democratic leaders are pushing to finish far-reaching health legislation and hold a climactic vote in the next three weeks, aiming to overcome reluctance from the rank-and-file lawmakers while answering President Barack Obama’s challenge for swift action. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said today that Democrats would like ... more »

    • Mar. 4, 2010
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  • Official: Plane crash pilot left anti-IRS Web note

    (AP Photo/Austin-American Statesman, Alberto Martinez) AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A pilot furious with the Internal Revenue Service crashed his small plane into an office building that houses federal tax employees in Austin, Texas today, setting off a raging fire that sent workers fleeing as thick plumes of black smoke poured into the air. A U.S. law ... more »

    • Feb. 18, 2010
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  • Coroner: Pneumonia, drugs killed Murphy

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brittany Murphy died from pneumonia, but anemia and prescription drugs also played a role, coroner’s officials said today. The primary cause of death was community-acquired pneumonia, with contributing factors of iron deficiency anemia and “multiple drug intoxication,” according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office. The death was ... more »

    • Feb. 4, 2010
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  • Obama’s goal: Get agenda moving, people believing

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will devote most of his first State of the Union address today to fixing an economy that has sapped the nation’s spirits and eroded his standing, with calls for tax cuts for small businesses and more restraint from a government that keeps piling up ... more »

    • Jan. 27, 2010
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  • Pelosi: House lacks votes to OK Senate health bill

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi said today that she lacks the votes to quickly move the Senate’s sweeping health overhaul bill through the House, a potentially devastating blow to President Barack Obama’s signature issue. Pelosi, D-Calif., made the comment to reporters after House Democrats held a closed-door meeting at which ... more »

    • Jan. 21, 2010
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  • Mass. loss costs Obama votes to propel health care

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A stinging loss Tuesday in Massachusetts has cost President Barack Obama and the Democrats their 60-vote Senate majority, sending health care overhaul to the emergency room in fragile condition. The president’s top domestic initiative is not dead by any means, and leaders vowed to push ahead as if ... more »

    • Jan. 20, 2010
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  • Coakley, Brown cast votes today

    BOSTON (AP) — Voters thronged to the polls in Massachusetts today in a special election Republicans hope will be a national game-changer, slowing down President Barack Obama’s agenda and loosening the Democratic grip on the U.S. Senate. As dawn broke in the frosty Northeast, the GOP publicly relished the possibility that ... more »

    • Jan. 19, 2010
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