Published: February 22, 2010
Outlook no brighter for Obama's new health plan
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WASHINGTON – Starting over on health care, President Barack Obama knows his chances aren’t looking much more promising. A year after he called for a far-reaching overhaul, Obama unveiled his most detailed plan yet on Monday. Realistically, he’s just hoping to win a big enough slice to silence the talk of a failing presidency.
The 10-year, [...]
Published: February 22, 2010
Democratic jobs bill advances past GOP filibuster
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WASHINGTON – A bipartisan jobs bill cleared a GOP filibuster on Monday with critical momentum provided by the Senate’s newest Republican, Scott Brown of Massachusetts.
The 62-30 tally to advance the measure to a final vote on Wednesday gives both President Barack Obama and Capitol Hill Democrats a much-needed victory — even though the measure in [...]
Published: February 21, 2010
Obama version of health reform expected Monday
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WASHINGTON – The White House readied its last-ditch effort to salvage health care legislation Sunday while the Senate’s Republican leader warned Democrats against the go-it-alone approach.
The White House was expected to post a version of President Barack Obama’s plan for overhauling health care on its Web site on Monday, ahead of his critical and daring [...]
Published: February 21, 2010
Documents: Toyota boasted saving $100M on recall
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WASHINGTON – Toyota officials claimed they saved the company $100 million by successfully negotiating with the government on a limited recall of floor mats in some Toyota and Lexus vehicles, according to new documents shared with congressional investigators.
Toyota, in an internal presentation in July 2009 at its Washington office, said it saved $100 million or [...]
Published: February 21, 2010
Homeland chief: Domestic extremism is top concern
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WASHINGTON – Americans who turn to terrorism and plot against the U.S. are now as big a concern as international terrorists, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Sunday.
The government is just starting to confront this reality and does not have a good handle on how to prevent someone from becoming a violent extremist, she said.
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Published: February 13, 2010
New uncertainty surrounds Sept. 11 trial
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WASHINGTON – The Obama administration appears increasingly unsure what to do with professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed after officials indicated they are reconsidering not just where he should go on trial, but whether he should face civilian or military justice.
Both Attorney General Eric Holder and White House spokesman Robert Gibbs did not rule [...]
Published: February 13, 2010
What's worse than health care overhaul? No changes
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WASHINGTON – What could be worse than health care overhaul? No health care overhaul.
It’s anybody’s guess whether President Barack Obama’s health remake will survive in Congress.
But there’s no doubting the consequences if lawmakers fail to address the problems of costs, coverage and quality: surging insurance premiums, more working families without coverage, bigger out-of-pocket bills, a [...]
Published: February 7, 2010
Sarah Palin assails Obama at 'tea party' gathering
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Sarah Palin, in a speech that was short on ideas but big on enthusiasm, took aim at President Barack Obama and the Democrats, telling a gathering of “tea party” activists that America is ripe for another revolution.
Noting his party’s dismal showing in elections since Obama moved into the White House a year [...]
Published: February 7, 2010
La. lt. gov. replaces Nagin as New Orleans mayor
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NEW ORLEANS – Frustrated by term-limited Mayor Ray Nagin’s leadership of New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina, voters elected Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu to succeed him Saturday, turning to a political scion to speed up the city’s recovery.
Landrieu, 49, became the majority-black city’s first white mayor since 1979, the year his father Moon left the [...]
Published: February 7, 2010
G-7 officials stress unity on global economy
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IQALUIT, Nunavut – Top international finance officials renewed their commitments to keep spending to support a global rebound while playing down differences over new U.S. approaches on bank reform.
Finance ministers and central bank presidents of the Group of Seven major industrial economies normally seek to strike a united front at their meetings to avoid upsetting [...]
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