U.S. Sen. Max Baucus of Montana says a health care overhaul will happen this year even if Republicans back out of bipartisan talks under growing public pressure and that the death of Sen.
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Bloomberg – Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) — Threats by President Barack Obama
and congressional leaders to push health-care legislation
through the Senate without Republican support may be undercut by
some Democrats whose support they need.
In a special election for a congressional seat in a solidly Democratic part of San Francisco, health care has been a topic of choice for several candidates.
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Japan’s opposition party returned to power on a pledge to a shift away from deregulation and market-led growth.
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The end of economic decline and political stagnation will take real leadership, not just trading one group of politicians for another.
CQPolitics.com – Under heavy criticism from Democrats for the strong social conservatism detailed in a 1989 thesis, Virginia gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell said voters on Nov. 3 will be swayed by his record as a public official and not for what he called an “academic exercise.”
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Politico – In late July, Arkansas Rep. Vic Snyder was a fired-up partisan, declaring that health care was going to be transformed “under President Obama’s leadership.”
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Reuters – The United States is having more success fighting terrorism under President Barack Obama partly because of his “radically different” approach to foreign policy, National security adviser Jim Jones said on Monday.
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AP – The United States and NATO need a new strategy to defeat the Taliban, the top commander in Afghanistan said Monday as he delivered a classified assessment that is widely seen as the groundwork for a fresh request to add more American forces next year.
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AP – Iowa Republican Sen. Charles Grassley said Monday he remains hopeful a limited health care reform measure can be negotiated, but that a small bipartisan group of senators working on the issue agrees a government-run public option won’t be part of the package.
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In a Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009 file photo, former Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson walks to federal court in Alexandria, Va.
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AFP – The White House fought back fiercely Monday against former vice president Dick Cheney’s charges that President Barack Obama has hurt US national security, as a feud over CIA interrogations deepened.
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