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Obama’s War Speech Wins Over Some Skeptics

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

A month ago, Donnie Jones, a 40-year-old Republican who lives outside Dallas, told pollsters that he was not sure President Obama had a plan for the war in Afghanistan. But after hearing the president speak Tuesday night, Mr.

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G.O.P. Memo Tells How to Derail Senate Health Bill

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Senate Republicans know they face an uphill battle in trying to derail the Democrats’ health care legislation. So Senator Judd Gregg, Republican of New Hampshire, has circulated a memo to remind his colleagues of the various parliamentary weapons available to them throughout the debate. “Dear Republican Colleague,” Mr.

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Democrats willing to skip Christmas recess to pass Health Reform

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Democratic senators said they told Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) Wednesday that they are willing to stay in session through the Christmas break to finish the health care reform bill. Accusing Republicans of stalling tactics, Democrats emerged from a caucus meeting vowing to complete the bill by the end of the year.

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Democrats will skip Christmas recess to pass Health Reform

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Democratic senators said they told Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) Wednesday that they are willing to stay in session through the Christmas break to finish the health care reform bill. Accusing Republicans of stalling tactics, Democrats emerged from a caucus meeting vowing to complete the bill by the end of the year

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Obama’s many victories defined 2009

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

.It's hard to find a positive word in the lie factories as of late. We hear more about gate crashing and acorns than we do about the many triumphs of #44. But if anything can be said about the Obama era, it is off to a powerful start.

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MIT: Americans would pay less under Senate health care plan

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

A new analysis by a leading MIT economist provides new ammunition for Democrats as the Senate begins formally debating the historic health-reform bill being pushed by President Barack Obama. The report concludes that under the Senate’s health-reform bill, Americans buying individual coverage will pay less than they do for today's typical individual market coverage, and would be protected from high out-of-pocket costs.

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In the brain, seven is a magic number

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Having a tough time recalling a phone number someone spoke a few minutes ago or forgetting items from a mental grocery list is not a sign of mental decline; in fact, it's natural. Countless psychological experiments have shown that, on average, the longest sequence a normal person can recall on the fly contains about seven items.

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Obama to unveil plan to add troops in Afghanistan

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

War-weary Americans will support more fighting in Afghanistan once they understand the perils of losing, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday, announcing he was ready to spell out war plans virtually sure to include tens of thousands more U.S. troops

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Centrist Senators oppose health bill ‘as is’

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

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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Senate Democrats Clinch Vote for Health Bill Debate

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats said they had clinched the votes needed on Saturday to propel major health care legislation to the floor for weeks of full debate, as the majority party’s two last hold-outs said that they would not block consideration of President Obama’s top domestic initiative. The centrist Democrat was the lone holdout

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