WASHINGTON — A final agreement nearly in hand, President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders are about to embark on one last sales job that will determine the outcome of the president’s signature health care overhaul. It will come down to a phenomenal effort by congressional leaders and the White House to win over skittish lawmakers after a year of incendiary debate, even as Obama keeps up campaign-style appearances designed to fire up public support.
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Obama Pushing Health Care End-Game
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has chosen a suburban St. Louis high school to make his closing argument for a health care overhaul, pushing a new anti-fraud plan as he cranks up the pressure on skittish Democratic lawmakers to act fast. Obama is to speak Wednesday at St.
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Amy Siskind: Why I Still Stand With Blanche Lincoln
Senator Blanche Lincoln finds herself in the political version of a perfect storm. Her home state of Arkansas is centrist. Predictably, Republicans are chastising her vote for Obama’s health care legislation.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-09 20:35 Jobless aid, tax breaks clear hurdle in US Senate (Interactive Investor)
WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) – Democratic efforts to spur job creation advanced in Congress on Tuesday as a $149 billion package of tax breaks and unemployment aid cleared a procedural hurdle in the Senate.
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Endorsed: Advantage or burden? (Times Leader)
Former Lackawanna County commissioner Joseph Corcoran might have the endorsement of his home county’s Democratic Committee in his bid for a seat in the state Senate, but it might be more of a hindrance than a help.
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Robert Kuttner: We’re in Trouble When the Radical Is Paul Volcker
You couldn’t blame Paul Volcker for feeling ill-used. He was one of the first of the financial Brahmins to endorse Barack Obama, back when Hillary Clinton was a sure thing for the nomination
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Tom Vander Ark: Caro Dorvil: A Great American Story (For Now)
Carl Dorvil started Group Excellence in his SMU dorm room. The son of Haitian immigrants, Carl never took his education for granted
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Obama Turns Up The Heat For Health Care Overhaul: AP
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is trying to persuade a weary public and wavering Democrats to get behind his frantic, late-stage push on health care, while Republicans dig in and demand starting from scratch after a year’s worth of work. “Now, despite all the progress and improvements we’ve made, Republicans in Congress insist that the only acceptable course on health care is to start over
2010
Simon Johnson: Does The Obama Administration Even Want To Win In November?
Increasingly, senior administration officials shrug when you mention the November mid-term elections. “We did all we could,” and “it’s not our fault” is the line; their point being that if jobs (miraculously at this point) come back quickly, the Democrats have a fighting chance — but not otherwise. It may be true, at this point, that there is little fiscal policy can do that would have effects fast enough; and monetary policy is out of the administration’s hands
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Video: Levin takes over key house panel
Veteran Michigan Democratic Congressman Sander Levin took the gavel as acting Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee after Charlie Rangel of New York took a leave of absence. NBC’s Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News)
