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Democrats and their allies formally moved their healthcare bill to the Senate floor tonight, rebuffing Republicans and ensuring that lawmakers will get a long and acrimonious debate on the overhaul of the healthcare system. (Read More)
MSNBC:
Two moderate lawmakers announced their support to begin debate on health care legislation, giving Senate Democrats the 60 votes needed to overcome a key hurdle and push the bill forward. Democratic - Health care - Legisla (Read More)
CNN:
Iraqi lawmakers on Sunday plan to take another shot at ending the impasse over a proposed election law -- a political crisis sparked by the veto of a newly passed measure this week by one of the country's leaders.
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WASHINGTON � The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcemen (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
The Democratic Party's broad ruling coalition is starting to fracture as lawmakers come under increasing pressure from the left to respond to voter anger over joblessness and Wall Street bailouts. (Read More)
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LAS VEGAS — A new study by the Meals on Wheels Association of America shows roughly six million seniors are at risk of being hungry.The charity says in the study that poverty also correlates with hunger, but most seniors who (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Lawmakers will assemble on Capitol Hill Saturday night for yet another key vote on health care legislation. WSJ health reporter Janet Adamy says that just like last time, Democrats are in a race against time to secure the vot (Read More)
Huffington Post:
Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu, one of three lawmakers being wooed by Democratic leaders to back health-care legislation, won the inclusion of an extra $100 million in federal aid for low-income people in her state.Landrieu, (Read More)
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DENVER — At a time of budget cuts, Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter's administration last year paid employees and outside contractors $1.1 million to lobby Colorado lawmakers on legislation ranging from renewable energy tax credit (Read More)
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SF Gate:
West Virginia's Legislature ended its special session Friday with tweaks to the gas tax and state energy policy among the final bills to pass. Party-line debates and votes marked the House's approval of both those measures. T (Read More)
SF Gate:
Arizona legislators are still struggling to conclude their special session on the state's budget troubles but already are working on ideas for another one that could be held in December to do more to close the $2 billion shor (Read More)
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As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and Asians. Military - United State (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Thursday’s shouting match between Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and lawmakers on the Joint Economic Committee raised eyebrows but Mr. Geithner isn’t the first Treasury Secretary to find himself publicly sparring with a (Read More)
SF Gate:
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman signed into law $334 million in budget reductions on Friday, after lawmakers overwhelmingly approved the cuts during an emergency session in which there was little disagreement over how to close th (Read More)
Reuters:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - NYSE Euronext , LCH.Clearnet, BATS Global Markets and other firms partnered with banks have urged two U.S. legislators to drop a proposed "rigid" cap on dealer ownership of clearinghouses, according to a (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York lawmakers headed home Thursday without agreement on how to address the state's fiscal crisis.The Legislature was in session all week – at a cost of about $70,000 a day – but couldn't agree on how to cl (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Business:
U.S. consumers may not save money and could wind up paying higher credit card costs if lawmakers force payment networks including Visa and MasterCard to cut fees charged to merchants, a government watchdog said.
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