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    Health Reform Profiles: A 6-Month Check-Up

    Oct 05, 2010 04:00 AM EDT

    ... each of the six, along with many other people in similar situations across the country. Now, nine months later, health care reform has moved from bill to law. Even as Republicans vow to repeal it, significant consumer-protection provisions have begun to go into effect -- including new rules that ban ...

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    The '99ers' Share Their Stories

    Aug 06, 2010 02:22 PM EDT

    you receive a first physical interview, if you pass that, you receive a second physical interview and then you wait to see if you landed the job, while consistently applying for new open job postings. I have been told they receive 200 to 400 or more resumes for each single ...

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    U.S. health care system field guide: Terms and Key Players

    Jul 07, 2010 03:42 PM EDT

    Key Players Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. As chair of the Senate Finance Committee, Baucus is in charge of the committee that will be responsible for drafting one of two versions of a Senate health care reform bill. Baucus, a 30-year veteran of the Senate, is known as a ...

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    Early Morning Compromises in Congress Advance Wall Street Reforms

    Jun 25, 2010 04:00 AM EDT

    ... the bill before leaving for the July 4 recess, but, after a near party-line vote, Democratic leaders will need some Republican support. In an interview today with PBS' "Nightly Business Report," House Financial Services Chair Barney Frank acknowledged compromises were made to ensure the bill's passage. REP. BARNEY ...

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    Is Taxpayer Money Behind Profits at Goldman Sachs?

    Feb 12, 2010 11:08 PM EDT

    ... Across from the construction site that was once the World Trade Center, Goldman Sachs' new world headquarters. To help foot the $2-plus billion construction bill, Goldman got New York City and State to bless a $1.65 billion tax-free so-called liberty bond issue, plus another $66 million ...

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    Topic Archive of Making Sen$e with Paul Solman

    Dec 31, 2009 05:00 AM EDT

    ... big banks, but Robert Kelly, chief executive officer of Bank of New York, says that's a big mistake. (February 2, 2010)Watch Unmasking Interest Rates, Honky-Tonk Style Paul Solman explains how interest rates are set, with a little help from economic country musician Merle Hazard. (January 27, 2010 ...

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    News Wrap: Senate Health Fight Nears End

    Dec 22, 2009 05:00 AM EDT

    ... 60 votes they needed for passage. The chairman of the Health Committee, Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, summed it up this way: "The principle of this bill overrides everything." HARI SREENIVASAN: Jim Lehrer will have an interview with President Obama on health care and other issues tomorrow night on the "NewsHour ...

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    Cost Estimates Prove Key to Health Reform Debate

    Nov 12, 2009 07:48 PM EDT

    This week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is waiting to hear back from one of the most influential yet least well-known figures in this year's health care reform debate: Douglas Elmendorf, the director of the Congressional Budget Office.

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    Clinton Looks to Ohio, Texas for Rebound in Tough Race

    Feb 27, 2008 11:15 PM EDT

    Sen. Hillary Clinton told the NewsHour Wednesday that she remains optimistic about her chances in next week's Texas and Ohio primaries as she battles Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination. Clinton details her campaign outlook and the prospects for a general election race against presumptive GOP nominee John McCain.

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    President Bush Nominates New Fed Chairman

    Oct 24, 2005 05:13 PM EDT

    President Bush on Monday selected Ben Bernanke, chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, to replace Alan Greenspan at the head of the Federal Reserve.