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Legislation
New York Times:
Senate Democrats moved to the brink of a crucial preliminary victory on health care legislation as Senator Mary L. Landrieu said she would vote to bring the bill to the floor.
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Wall Street Journal:
Debate resumed Saturday in the Senate over health-care legislation, as the chamber moved toward an evening vote on whether to bring the bill to the floor. An influential centrist Senate Democrat said Friday he would vote to m (Read More)
Crooks and Liars:
Can Harry pull it off - without giving away the story? Of course we'll be covering today's events here at C&L, so stay around for updates:Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tonight faces the first big te (Read More)
New York Times:
Senate Democrats made a case for legislation to revamp the nation’s health care system in a parade of floor speeches aimed at cementing party unity ahead of a first crucial vote.
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New York Times:
This year in the Senate, even popular bills and generally acceptable executive branch nominees have had to traverse a time-consuming procedural thicket.
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The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
WASHINGTON — A crucial first Senate vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in a rare Saturday night session looms as a test of Democratic unity and the president's prestige.Democratic leaders are optimistic of (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Sunday Outlook:
As a citizen, a father and a physicist, climate change tops my list of worries. As chief executive of the Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), one of the country's largest energy companies, I'm also finding it to be a form (Read More)
New York Times:
The health care bill that the majority leader, Harry Reid, hopes to bring to the floor for debate is an improvement from the Senate Finance Committee’s bill.
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New York Times:
Congress and the president should forge a compromise on the estate tax that would protect the family farmer and business owner, but impose appropriate taxes on the wealthy. (Read More)
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NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias:
Remember earlier this year when the new era of hope and change was ushered into Washington, D.C. and President Barack Obama made the statement on day one his policies would "represent a clean break from business as usual"? (Read More)
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Huffington Post:
Guest post by Daniel Castro, Senior Analyst, Information Technology and Innovation FoundationThe recent disclosure of a confidential Congressional document has at least one congressman calling for a ban on peer-to-peer (P2P) (Read More)
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As the federal government readies the third iteration of Einstein, privacy concerns over the intrusion detection system were voiced at a Senate hearing on Tuesday.Philip Reitinger, Department of Homeland Security deputy under (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - In Congress:
As a health reform bill endorsed by President Obama marches toward its first Senate floor vote on Saturday, his opponents stepped up efforts to define the legislation as big-government ambition run amok that will interfere wi (Read More)
New York Times:
Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, one of three wavering Democrats, said Friday that he would vote to start debate on a giant health care bill.
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New York Times:
A variety of economists say that economic stimulus legislation is helping an economy in free fall a year ago to grow again and shed fewer jobs than it otherwise would.
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FOXNews.com:
More than 150 Christian leaders, most of them conservative evangelicals and traditionalist Roman Catholics, issued a joint declaration Friday reaffirming their opposition to abortion and gay marriage and pledging to protect r (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Business:
Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid said Thursday that the first crucial vote on a $848 billion health-care overhaul package would likely take place Saturday.
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The Library Copyright Alliance has released International Copyright: Why It Matters to Libraries.Here's an excerpt:One of the most important issues for libraries at the present time is the need to reinforce copyright limitati (Read More)
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