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Crash leaves Reid’s wife with broken neck, back
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were hospitalized Thursday after they were involved in a car accident, according to Reid's office. Harry Reid - Party leaders of the United States Senate - Senate - United States - Government
Continue reading...Obama gives Nobel money to charity
11. March 2010
President Barack Obama is donating the $1.4 million from his Nobel Peace Prize to helping students, veterans' families and survivors of Haiti's earthquake, among others. Barack Obama - Nobel Peace Prize - President of the United States - President - United States
Continue reading...Dems try to finish health care reform
11. March 2010
Health care reform takes center stage Thursday as President Obama and top congressional Democrats work behind closed doors to nail down a final agreement.
Continue reading...House votes to impeach federal judge
11. March 2010
The House of Representatives voted unanimously Thursday to impeach a federal judge from Louisiana.
Continue reading...House GOP adopts yearlong earmark ban
11. March 2010
House Republicans agreed Thursday to adopt a ban on congressional earmarks in spending bills for next year, upping the ante with Democrats in the political battle over fiscal responsibility and pork barrel spending.
Continue reading...Health care deadlines: Dead on arrival?
11. March 2010
President Obama has set them -- and they've repeatedly been missed. But with Easter recess coming, Obama's latest deadline to pass health care reform legislation could be his last one.
Continue reading...House Dems face tough go on health care reform
11. March 2010
House Democratic leaders hoping to pass a health care reform bill by the Easter congressional recess face increasingly difficult odds, as several of the party's rank-and-file have come out against the Senate's plan.
Continue reading...Ex-freshman, veteran kingpin cause Dem woes
11. March 2010
One is a former Democratic freshman little known outside his Corning-Olean-Pittsford, N.Y., district. The other, a 20-term Democratic kingpin from Harlem, is widely known to New Yorkers and anyone following tax legislation. Democratic - Harlem - New York - Politics - United States
Continue reading...House Dems plan ban on earmarks to for-profits
11. March 2010
House Democrats said Wednesday that they will ban earmarks directed to for-profit companies.
Continue reading...WWII Women fliers honored
11. March 2010
Some 65 years after their service, a group of former civilian women pilots whose unheralded work was key to helping the U.S. effort in World War II are honored with the Congressional Gold Medal.
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11. March 2010
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