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		<title>Republicans jump on report from Medicare agency that says Democratic bill would boost spending</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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GOP leaps on study of rising health care costs

WASHINGTON — Overall spending on health care would rise as a result of legislation approved a week ago by the House, and billions of dollars in projected savings contained in the measure will be difficult to maintain, according to a report by a top official at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE INFLUENCE GAME: Abortion rights groups fight to maintain influence in health care debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
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THE INFLUENCE GAME: Abortion rights groups rebound
WASHINGTON — Abortion rights groups, outflanked and outnumbered in the health debate, are scrambling to regain lost ground after the House passed a health bill with strict abortion limits.
They&#8217;re blanketing Capitol Hill with lobbyists, petitions, letters and phone calls in efforts to defeat the restrictions in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republican lawmaker says House Democrats rejected GOP proposals to improve health care bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Republican bashes Dems over health care proposals
WASHINGTON — House Democrats missed opportunities to improve the House-passed health care bill when they rejected Republican ideas to limit lawsuits and give states more flexibility to enact innovative changes, a GOP lawmaker said Saturday.
Delivering the Republicans&#8217; weekly radio and Internet address, Rep. Mark Kirk of Illinois [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pelosi: Amendment in House&#8217;s health care overhaul bill would further limit access to abortion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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Pelosi: Health bill would limit abortion access
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that she agrees with critics who say an amendment included in the health care bill passed by the House would additionally limit access to abortion.
Pelosi acknowledged the scope of the amendment despite the fact that she said one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First lady seeks to assure older women health care legislation will benefit them</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Simmons</dc:creator>
		
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Mrs. Obama: health overhaul will help older women
WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama sought to assure older women on Friday that efforts to overhaul health care won&#8217;t undercut the benefits they receive through Medicare, saying her husband considers the government-run program a &#8220;sacred part of America&#8217;s social safety net.&#8221;
Mrs. Obama, championing the health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republican National Committee&#8217;s health insurance covers elective abortions for its employees</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Simmons</dc:creator>
		
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RNC health insurance plan covers abortions

WASHINGTON — The Republican National Committee&#8217;s health insurance plan covers elective abortions for its employees, an option Republicans strongly oppose in health overhaul legislation that Democrats are trying to push through Congress.
Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele learned of the policy&#8217;s abortion coverage Thursday through a news report and immediately instructed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Roundtable says health legislation _ if done right _ can cut costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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CEOs say health legislation could cut costs

WASHINGTON — The Democratic health care bills in Congress — if done right — have the potential to tame runaway medical inflation, a leading business group said Thursday in a report immediately hailed by President Barack Obama.
The Business Roundtable, which represents big company CEOs, said some of the changes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health care issues: Controlling medical costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
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Health care issues: Controlling medical costs

A look at key issues in the health care debate:
THE ISSUE: How can Americans control medical costs without it leading to rationing of health care?
THE POLITICS: There&#8217;s broad agreement that health care costs are too high and that if left unchecked, they could bankrupt the government, not to mention businesses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP sources: Reid considering higher payroll tax on wealthy for health care</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
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AP sources: Reid eyes payroll tax hike on wealthy
WASHINGTON — Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering a plan for higher payroll taxes on the upper-income earners to help finance health care legislation he intends to introduce in the Senate in the next several days, numerous Democratic officials said Wednesday.
These officials said one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mo. Senate candidate Carnahan gives mixed review to health care bill; Blunt opposed it</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Carnahan excited, concerned about health care bill

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Robin Carnahan said she is both excited and concerned about legislation passed by the House that would overhaul the nation&#8217;s health care system.
Carnahan, Missouri&#8217;s secretary of state, has previously expressed general support for a health insurance overhaul but has shied away [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE INFLUENCE GAME: In parishes and in the Capitol, Catholic bishops shape health care bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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THE INFLUENCE GAME: Bishops shape health care bill
WASHINGTON — The call came in from Rome, just as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her top lieutenants were scrambling to round up scarce votes to pass their sweeping health overhaul.
Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, was on the line for Pelosi, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton tells Senate Democrats that imperfection is OK in health care bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
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Bill Clinton urges Senate passage of health bill
WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pass health care legislation by year&#8217;s end, pointedly telling skittish lawmakers that an imperfect bill is preferable to another failure like the one he and the party endured in 1994.
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		<title>AP-GfK Poll: Obama governing an increasingly dispirited country a year after euphoric election</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama still has the approval of a majority of Americans, but it&#8217;s an increasingly pessimistic nation.
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		<title>Kennedy says he&#8217;s troubled by criticism from RI bishop over abortion, health care reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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Kennedy says he&#8217;s troubled by bishop&#8217;s comments

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy says recent comments by Rhode Island&#8217;s Roman Catholic bishop questioning the congressman&#8217;s faith because of his stance on abortion and health care reform were &#8220;very disconcerting.&#8221;
Kennedy, a Catholic and congressman from Rhode Island, had planned to meet Thursday with Providence Bishop Thomas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health care moves to the Senate, Bill Clinton goes to the Capitol to meet with Democrats</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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Bill Clinton urges Senate Dems to pass health care
WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pass health care legislation by year&#8217;s end, pointedly telling skittish lawmakers that an imperfect bill is preferable to another failure like the one he and the party endured in 1994.
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		<title>Former President Clinton cites economy in urging Senate Democrats to pass health care bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
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Clinton urges Senate Dems to pass health care bill
WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton is urging Senate Democrats to put aside their differences and pass a health care overhaul bill.
Clinton, who failed in his reform bid nearly 20 years ago, spoke to lawmakers Tuesday at their weekly luncheon. Emerging from the closed-door session, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wyoming&#8217;s Sen. Enzi critical of House health care bill, says will increase insurance costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Wyo. Sen. Enzi critical of House health care bill

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi says legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives would increase the cost of health insurance.
The Wyoming Republican is a member of the Senate finance and health committees, and he&#8217;s been closely involved in negotiations over health care reform.
Enzi said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans say Oregon Democratic congressman&#8217;s health care vote makes him target in 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Cain</dc:creator>
		
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GOP targets Ore. Dem lawmaker&#8217;s health care vote

SALEM, Ore. — National and local Republicans are betting that Oregon Rep. Kurt Schrader&#8217;s vote for a national health care reform bill will make him vulnerable in 2010.
Republicans say the freshman Democrat&#8217;s vote will cause him problems with moderate and independent voters in the 5th District because the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health care moves to the Senate, Bill Clinton heads to the Capitol to meet with Democrats</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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Bill Clinton meets with Senate Dems on health care
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are looking to former President Bill Clinton to jump-start their push to overhaul America&#8217;s health care system, hoping a battle-scarred veteran of past health care fights can motivate their ranks to finish the politically tricky job this time.
Clinton, whose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Medical Association members reaffirm support for health system reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
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HOUSTON — The American Medical Association on Monday rebuffed dissident members and voted to stick with support for ongoing health reform efforts, while reiterating wariness over proposals that threaten doctors&#8217; pocketbooks and independence.
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		<title>AP sources: Former President Bill Clinton to speak to Dem senators about health care overhaul</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
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AP sources: Bill Clinton to speak to Dem senators
WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton plans to visit Capitol Hill on Tuesday to discuss health care legislation with Senate Democrats.
Officials says the former president is scheduled to speak during the Democrats&#8217; weekly caucus. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity late Monday because they [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
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Pelosi discusses health care bill on Seattle tour

SEATTLE — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that while she opposes an anti-abortion amendment to the House version of the health care bill, it was necessary for the measure to pass.
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		<title>Pelosi tours Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, discusses health insurance reform</title>
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Pelosi tours Seattle hospital, discusses reform

SEATTLE — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi toured Swedish Medical Center in Seattle on Monday, calling it an example of what&#8217;s right with health care.
The California Democrat says it was appropriate to visit Swedish as her first public appearance after the House passed the health care bill over the weekend.
She says [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion coverage is latest hot button as Senate faces health care debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — Abortion opponents in the Senate are seeking tough restrictions in the health care overhaul bill, a move that could roil a shaky Democratic effort to pass President Barack Obama&#8217;s signature issue by year&#8217;s end.
Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., said Monday he could not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utah lawmaker mulls run against US Rep. Matheson over opposition vote on health care bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
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Utah&#8217;s Matheson may get Dem rival over health vote

SALT LAKE CITY — A Democratic state lawmaker said Monday he may run against U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson because of his vote against health care legislation.
State Sen. Scott McCoy of Salt Lake City said he and other Democratic activists are disappointed and frustrated with Matheson for joining [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion foe seeks curbs in Senate health bill, similar to limits in bill passed by House</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Abortion foe seeks curbs in Senate health bill

WASHINGTON — Abortion opponents in the Senate want tough restrictions in the health care overhaul bill, similar to the limits passed by the House this past weekend.
The issue could roil an already shaky Democratic effort to pass a health care bill by year&#8217;s end for President Barack Obama.
Democratic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stock show higher opening as global markets rise, investors eye consumers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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Stock open sharply higher on Wall Street
Stocks are opening sharply higher on Wall Street after a weekend meeting of world financial leaders raised hopes for the economy.

U.S. stock index futures are following overseas markets, which rose Monday after officials from the Group of 20 countries agreed to keep economic stimulus measures in place.
Investors are awaiting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health care issues: Tax increases for overhaul</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
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A look at key issues in the health care debate:
THE ISSUE: What taxes will increase if Congress overhauls health care?
THE POLITICS: All of the health care packages are expensive — the House bill is projected to cost $1.2 trillion over 10 years and the Senate Finance Committee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government option faces uphill fight in Senate version of heath insurance reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — The most senior African American in Congress offered some unsolicited advice Monday to President Barack Obama on how to get his signature health care bill through a balky Senate: knock their heads together.
&#8220;The president could take a few pages from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Ed Rendell says Philadelphia transit strike is over, system to be running Monday morning</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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Philadelphia transit strike ends
PHILADELPHIA — Gov. Ed Rendell says a transit strike that shut down Philadelphia&#8217;s buses, subways and trolleys for nearly a week is over.

The governor announced early Monday that the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority had reached an agreement with its largest labor union on new contract provisions to end the strike. About 5,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health care overhaul divides Democratic senators, so House legislation faces huge hurdles</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate.
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		<title>Philly transit strike in 6th day; no new talks with sides divided over pension, health care</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Philly transit strike in 6th day; no new talks

PHILADELPHIA — Commuters in the City of Brotherly Love have been told to gear up to begin a second week of finding other ways to work following the collapse of a proposed deal to end a six-day-old strike by about 5,000 bus drivers, subway and trolley conductors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democrat senators divided on government health insurance, so House&#8217;s bill has nowhere to go</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON — The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate.
Speaking from the Rose Garden about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With House vote, Obama says it&#8217;s now the Senate&#8217;s turn to advance the health care overhaul</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Sunday it was time for the Senate to &#8220;take the baton&#8221; on health care reform after the House passed its plan for overhauling the nation&#8217;s health care system.
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		<title>Republicans say health care bill shows Democrats didn&#8217;t get the message from voters</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON — Democrats just don&#8217;t get the election message from voters and are pushing a liberal, big government agenda at their party&#8217;s peril, Republican officials said Sunday as they predicted a political price after the majority&#8217;s victory on health care.
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		<title>Obstacles awaiting health care bill in Senate after close House passage of landmark plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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Tough road ahead in Senate for health care bill
WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed far-reaching health care legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard-won victory on his chief domestic priority though the road ahead in the Senate promises to be rocky.
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		<title>Senate to take up health care reform after landmark legislation passes House in close vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled House has narrowly passed landmark health care reform legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard won victory on his signature domestic priority.
Republicans were nearly unanimous in opposing the plan that would expand coverage to tens of millions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health care bill clears House by narrow margin; legislation now moves to the Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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House narrowly passes health care bill
WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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House passes landmark health care bill
WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
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		<title>Obama tells Democrats to answer the call of history; Pelosi predicts passage</title>
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama summoned Democrats to &#8220;answer the call of history&#8221; Saturday as the House pushed toward a vote on a landmark health care bill holding out the promise of coverage for tens of millions who lack it.
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PHILADELPHIA — Negotiations aimed at ending a transit strike in Philadelphia broke off Saturday night over disagreement on pensions and the impact of possible national health care overhaul, and Pennsylvania&#8217;s governor walked away from the negotiations.
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		<title>Obama tells Democrats to answer the call of history as they move toward health care vote</title>
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Obama asks House to vote on health care bill
WASHINGTON — Triumphant Democrats steered landmark health care legislation to the brink of passage in the House late Saturday night, spurred by a summons from President Barack Obama to &#8220;answer the call of history&#8221; and expand coverage to millions who lack it.
After months of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Democratic, House GOP and Senate Democratic health care bills compared</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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House, Senate health care bills detailed
WASHINGTON — A comparison of the health care bills before Congress.
The Democratic-controlled House passed its legislation on a 220-215 vote Saturday night. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
In the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is finalizing legislation merging the work of two committees and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama to House: Time to &#8216;answer call of history&#8217; and pass health care overhaul legislation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Elliott</dc:creator>
		
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Obama to House: Time to finish job on health care
WASHINGTON — In a private meeting on Capitol Hill and from the presidential podium in the Rose Garden, President Barack Obama on Saturday pressed for House passage of a health overhaul bill and told lawmakers &#8220;to rise to this moment&#8221; and &#8220;answer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama statement on health care legislation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
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Obama statement on health care legislation
Text of President Barack Obama&#8217;s remarks Saturday at the White House on health care legislation:
Good afternoon, everybody. I just want to say a few words about the landmark vote that the House of Representatives is poised to take today — a vote that can bring us one step [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health care overhaul bill clears first hurdle in House as test vote passes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
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Health bill clears first hurdle in House
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama&#8217;s health care initiative has cleared its first big hurdle in the House, with lawmakers voting to advance the debate.
The House voted 242-192 in favor of a must-pass procedural measure setting the terms for the debate. All 177 Republicans, joined by Democrats, voted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama says it&#8217;s time for House to &#8220;answer call of history&#8221; and pass health overhaul bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Obama prods House to pass health care bill
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says now is the time for Congress to &#8220;answer the call of history&#8221; and approve legislation revamping the country&#8217;s health care system.
After meeting for nearly an hour with House Democrats, Obama went to the White House Rose Garden and [...]]]></description>
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