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Renewing Promise of 'Change,' Obama Tries to Reset Agenda |
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January 28, 2010 |
President Obama renewed virtually all his campaign promises in the State of the Union address Wednesday night. Now he's got to deliver.
The road to restoring public confidence in Washington and in his ability to lead it starts Thursday in Tampa, where Obama will hold a town hall meeting and discuss federal investment in mass transit. The visit comes as the president vows to make the economy and jobs creation his top focus in 2010, while continuing to press ahead with his ambitious agenda on everything ranging from health care reform to education to immigration reform.
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Nancy Pelosi's health-care strategy |
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January 27, 2010 |
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Hours before she was to host President Obama's State of the Union address, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi laid out a road map for winning final approval of comprehensive health-care reform. Her message: "We need to get this done. Process, I don't care about. But we need to get this done, one way or another." Click
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Democrats place new roadblock to health care bill |
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January 26, 2010 |
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WASHINGTON Two centrist senators Tuesday threw up a roadblock to salvaging President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, as Democrats agonized over whether to push forward or shift to idle until political resistance subsides.
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Despite vows, Dems following
similar script on health reform |
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January 24, 2010 |
Parallels between Obamas and Clintons 1994 health efforts emerge despite great pains taken by Democrats.
Democrats have taken great pains to avoid the healthcare missteps Bill Clinton made, but this year is looking more and more like a rerun of 1994.
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Ten Reasons health reform stalled |
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January 24, 2010 |
President Barack Obamas hope for healthcare reform is in peril, and its not all because of Scott Browns win in Massachusetts.
The tough spot in which Democrats find themselves is the result of a dozens of decisions made over the past year.
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Decision time looming for new Democratic healthcare strategy |
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January 23, 2010 |
As prospects for sweeping healthcare reform dim, Democrats say they expect to have a clearer view of what their options are in the coming days.
For now, the general consensus is for the party to calm down and think the matter through.
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Democrats see healthcare finish line |
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January 14, 2010 |
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President Barack Obama and House Democrats claimed significant
progress Thursday as momentum appeared to increase for a swift final
action on healthcare reform.
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Obama seizes reins in daylong House-Senate healthcare meeting |
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January 13, 2010 |
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President Barack Obama sought to muscle House and Senate Democrats
to reach an accord on healthcare reform during a daylong White House
meeting Wednesday.
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President Signals Flexibility on Health Plan Tax |
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January 11, 2010 |
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WASHINGTON President Obama told union leaders at a private White House meeting on Monday that he remained committed to taxing high-cost insurance policies as a way to drive down health costs. But he also signaled that he was willing to amend the proposal to make this work for working families, a senior administration official said.
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Dems intend to bypass GOP on health compromise |
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January 4, 2010 |
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WASHINGTON House and Senate Democrats intend to bypass traditional
procedures when they negotiate a final compromise on
health care
legislation, officials said Monday, a move that will exclude
Republican lawmakers and reduce their ability to delay or force
politically troubling votes in both houses.
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