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... In fact, two Democratic senators who voted with their colleagues to end debate and move to a final vote said they would vote against the bill.) The White House had been making a full-court press this week for the bill. President Obama touted it constantly on his three-day ...
... talk about this compromise issue or this "coming to some sort of agreement" issue. He said, "Barack Obama" -- speaking of his own plan: "Barack Obama hates it. Harry Reid hates it. Nancy Pelosi hates it. Now, why would Republicans want to be on the side of Barack Obama, Harry Reid ...
... lousy loans. And Democrats argue strenuously that the goal of home ownership was wholly bi-partisan, from the days of Herbert Hoover and FDR to Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, as journalist Alyssa Katz has explained on our show and these pages. In "Reckless Endangerment" and in the extended ...
... an example think of (House Speaker)Tip O'Neil and Ronald Reagan in (19)83 when they fixed Social Security for a generation, think of Bill Clinton and the Republicans on welfare reform in (19)96. Think of Bill Clinton and the Republicans actually balancing the budget in the late ...
... to the violence that continues to take place inside of Libya. JUDY WOODRUFF: Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who has warned against a third U.S. intervention in a Muslim nation, has publicly said imposing a no-fly zone amounts to an act of war. Gates was asked today during an ...
... only remaining choice lawmakers had was to say "yes" or "no" on the Senate version. "There probably is nobody on this floor who likes this bill and therefore the judgment is, is it better than doing nothing?" Majority Leader Steny Hoyer asked his colleagues. "I will vote for this bill ...
... president was scheduled to meet with Congressional leaders to discuss the future of the Bush tax cuts, which will expire in January and raise tax rates if Congress doesn't act. President Obama still plans to meet Thursday with Congressional Democrats. Republicans asked that the meeting be rescheduled to Nov ...
More than six months after President Obama signed the health care reform bill, how is the overhaul impacting -- or not impacting -- the American public?
Editor's Note: Last month, Congress extended federal unemployment benefits for people who had been out of work up to 99 weeks. But for the millions of Americans who have been jobless longer than that -- the "99ers" -- there will be no more checks coming. Tonight on the NewsHour, Paul Solman talks to 99ers, and...
A continuously updated index of the key terms and players in the ongoing debate over reforming the U.S. health care system.
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