Whaling ships from Japan left today for Antarctic waters on an annual five-month voyage in pursuit of about 1,000 minke whales and a small number of endangered fin whales. The seasonal hunts, during the Antarctic summer, are highly controversial
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Japan embarks on annual whale hunt; can Sea Shepherd be far behind?
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Senators Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) and Joseph Lieberman (I-Connecticut) say they do not support the health care legislation in its current form. Both have issues with the government run insurance option, or public option.
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Centrist Senators oppose health bill ‘as is’
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WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 success, but they need every Democrat and both independents to vote ''yes,'' and two moderates remained uncommitted ahead of the roll call, which is expected around 8 p.m. The vote will determine whether debate can go forward on Majority Leader Harry Reid's 2,074-page bill to dramatically remake the U.S
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WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 success, but they need every Democrat and both independents to vote ''yes,'' and two moderates remained uncommitted ahead of the roll call, which is expected around 8 p.m.
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Initial Senate Vote Looms on Health Legislation
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WASHINGTON – Former President Bill Clinton knows just how high the political stakes are in the fight to overhaul America's health care system. His failed attempt to revamp the delivery of medical care contributed to the Republican takeover of the House and Senate in 1994
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After his lone GOP “yes” vote on the U.S. House’s health care reform bill helped its approval by only a two vote margin yesterday, right wing sites such as Free Republic and others have already launched a campaign against Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA), branding him a “traitor” and calling for his deportation back to Vietnam, among other unrepeatable things.
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About That Renegade Republican….
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After a long, hard, bloody, awful debate that brought out the worst in our national conversation, the Democratic health care package just passed by a House vote of 220-215 . An anti-abortion federal funding amendment sealed the deal
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House Democratic Health Care Package: Passed
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WASHINGTON — Handing President Obama a hard-fought victory, the House narrowly approved a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s health care system on Saturday, advancing legislation that the Democrats said could be their defining social policy achievement. After a daylong clash with Republicans over what has been a Democratic goal for decades, lawmakers voted 220 to 215 to approve a plan that would cost $1.1 trillion over 10 years and that Democrats said would provide relief to Americans struggling to buy or hold on to health insurance.
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Landmark Health Care Reform Bill Passes House 220-215
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After a long, hard, bloody, awful debate that brought out the worst in our national conversation, the Democratic health care package just passed by a vote of 220-215 .
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Democratic Health Care Package: Passed
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