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GOP cool to Obama's call for television bipartisan health care talks
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Last Updated: 6:32 PM 02/08/10 - Republicans are giving a frosty reception to President Barack Obama's invitation to televised talks on health care. (Full Story)
Brown taps military specialist as chief of staff
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Last Updated: 3:45 PM 02/04/10 - Massachusetts Sen.-elect Scott Brown has hired a chief of staff.
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Democrats hoping for news in Ill. governor's race
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Last Updated: 1:05 PM 02/04/10 - Illinois voters are hoping for clarity two days after the nation's first primary election revealed no clear winner in the Democratic or Republican races for governor.
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Obama to Democratic senators: `We still have to lead'
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Last Updated: 12:37 PM 02/03/10 - Democrats may have lost their super-majority in the Senate, but President Barack Obama is telling them, "We still have to lead."
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Sen.-elect Brown says he supports abortion rights
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Last Updated: 5:27 PM 01/31/10 - Republican Sen.-elect Scott Brown of Massachusetts says he opposes federal funding for abortions, but thinks women should have the right to choose whether to have one. (Full Story)
Obama hopes to rekindle old magic in State of the Union address
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Last Updated: 10:45 PM 01/26/10 - President Barack Obama will try to revive his "yes we can" image in his first State of the Union address while offering repackaged plans on the economy and terrorism.
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Beau Biden won't run, leaving another Democratic Senate seat in play
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Last Updated: 5:27 PM 01/25/10 - Delaware's state attorney general, Beau Biden, says he's not going to run for the seat that was held for 36 years by his father before becoming vice president. (Full Story)
Supreme Court ruling lauded/ criticized
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Last Updated: 6:43 PM 01/22/10 - “Well, I think it’s a disaster for our democracy and for the American people,” said Elkhart County Democratic Party Chairperson Shari Mellin. “I think it just puts legislative seats up for sale basically.”
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Obama to give State of the Union speech January 27
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Last Updated: 7:46 PM 01/18/10 - President Barack Obama will deliver his first State of the Union address on Wednesday, Jan. 27. (Full Story)
US said to eye DC for Gitmo trial
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Last Updated: 6:08 AM 01/15/10 - The Obama administration is considering a trial in Washington for one of the most notorious Guantanamo Bay terrorism suspects. (Full Story)
Lawyer says Palin takes Fox News commentator job
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Last Updated: 5:00 PM 01/11/10 - Sarah Palin is taking her conservative message to Fox News. (Full Story)
Obama wants quicker handling of threats
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Last Updated: 6:34 PM 01/07/10 - President Barack Obama says when it comes to terror threats against the nation, "the buck stops with me." And he's ordering changes in the way information on potential threats is handled. (Full Story)
Some lawmakers want Gitmo-to-Yemen transfers stopped
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Last Updated: 6:31 PM 01/03/10 - Some lawmakers say the U.S. should reconsider the decision to send Guantanamo terror suspects back to Yemen, given the al-Qaida activity in that country. (Full Story)
Obama plan could limit records hidden from public
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Last Updated: 6:12 AM 12/21/09 - President Barack Obama plans to deal with a Dec. 31 deadline that automatically would declassify secrets in more than 400 million pages of Cold War-era documents by ordering government-wide changes that could sharply curb the number of new and old government records hidden from the public. (Full Story)
Health Care bill clears key Senate test
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Last Updated: 6:04 AM 12/21/09 - Landmark health care legislation backed by President Barack Obama has passed its sternest Senate test, overcoming Republican delaying tactics on a 60-40 vote that all but assures its passage by Christmas. (Full Story)
White House calls summit a 'great step forward'
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Last Updated: 5:43 PM 12/20/09 - The Obama administration is hailing the agreement reached at the climate summit in Denmmark as a "great step forward." (Full Story)
After winning over Nelson, Dems face Monday test vote on overhaul
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Last Updated: 10:24 PM 12/19/09 - Democrats will have an opportunity to show if their health care contingency holds in a critical test vote in the Senate early Monday morning. (Full Story)
Obama hopes to seal the climate deal in Copenhagen
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Last Updated: 4:28 AM 12/18/09 - President Barack Obama has arrived in Denmark to join fellow world leaders on the final day of an international climate conference. (Full Story)
Senate GOP denied on spending filibuster attempt
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Last Updated: 5:24 PM 12/12/09 - The Democratic-controlled Senate has defeated a GOP filibuster of a huge year-end spending bill. (Full Story)
Dems call for debt limit increase of $1.8-1.9T
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Last Updated: 1:48 PM 12/11/09 - A House Democratic leader says Congress will have to permit at least $1.8 trillion in additional federal borrowing next year to avoid a default on the U.S. debt. (Full Story)
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