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For Health Insurers' Lobbyist, Good Will Is Tested »
Posted by: engineer 3 months, 3 weeks ago in News
For the insurance industry, long an opponent of health care reform , it was a striking change: with a new administration coming to Washington, insurers agreed ...
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GOP Honors Tea Party Marchers -- And Inflates Their Numbers »
Posted by: Tumultuous 1 month ago in Political Opinion
Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) and 75 other House Republicans have introduced a resolution "expressing gratitude and appreciation to the individuals and families who participated in ...
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Health care debate degenerates into brawls, death threats - Politics AP - MiamiHerald.com »
Posted by: ybdogsct 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
Around the country, the debate over overhauling the nation's health care system has grown increasingly bitter and more divisive.
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Media Bias? What Media Bias? - The Van Jones (non) feeding frenzy »
Posted by: pc25 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Political Opinion
From a Nexis search a few moments ago:
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Total words about the Van Jones controversy in the New York Times: 0.
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Jesse Jackson Jr. Pays Campaign Funds to Chicago Alderman Wife - Bloomberg.com »
Posted by: y_soitenly 6 months, 1 week ago in News
May 21 (Bloomberg) -- Representative Jesse Jackson Jr .’s
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congressional campaign organization has paid his wife at least
$247,500 since 2001, including at least $95 ...Read (384) | Share | Discuss (10) | Read Full Story at bloomberg.com
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Bush rejects Pelosi charges of CIA lies - Washington Times »
Posted by: monicachenoa 5 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine | Former President George H.W. Bush, who as CIA director helped restore morale at the spy agency after a series of scandals in ...
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Lender was Sold and Homeowner was Foreclosed »
Posted by: altnrg 11 months, 1 week ago in News
Working with lenders, moreover, with a third party of investor involved, may lead to an undesirable foreclosure that is surely surprising to homeowners.
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WHAT CONSTITUTES FRONT-PAGE NEWS »
Posted by: Tumultuous 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Political Opinion
Behold the media's glaring double standard. Today, the Post puts the "tens of thousands" of Obama-hating tea bagger protesters on A1; makes it the ...
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Obstacles ahead for Obama's gay rights goals - CNN.com »
Posted by: david_nwpa 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Political News
As thousands gathered Sunday in Washington for a march and rally focused on gay rights issues, lawmakers showed that some of the demonstrators' key goals ...
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Many With Insurance Still Bankrupted by Health Crises »
Posted by: Aidenag 5 months ago in News
Health insurance is supposed to offer protection both medically and financially. But as it turns out, an estimated three-quarters of people who are pushed into ...
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GOP senators push for term limits - CNN.com »
Posted by: UnusualSuspect 2 weeks, 2 days ago in Political Opinion
A handful of Republican senators have proposed a constitutional amendment to limit how long a person may serve in Congress.
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Could the U.S. Be Drawn into a New Korean War? - TIME »
Posted by: y_soitenly 5 months, 1 week ago in Political News
To fear a new Korean War is historically inaccurate, because, in fact, the last one never ended: the world's most dangerous border, across which ...
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U.S. charges 10 alleged cartel leaders - Crime&courts- msnbc.com »
Posted by: y_soitenly 3 months, 1 week ago in Arts & Entertainment
Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced indictments against 10 suspected Mexican drug cartel leaders accused of bringing drugs to U.S. cities that generated nearly $6 ...
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Rev. Moon's Troubled Generation Next »
Posted by: ameliog 2 weeks, 2 days ago in Political Opinion
In a normal world, the question of who will succeed a crazed cult leader like the 90-year-old Rev. Sun Myung Moon would not be an ...
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Wall Street Giants Show Reluctance to Donate to Democrats »
Posted by: engineer 1 month, 1 week ago in Political News
The Wall Street giants that received a financial lifeline from Washington may have no compunction about paying big bonuses to their dealmakers and traders. But ...
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