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Senator Clinton. . . Bill?

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Senator Clinton. . . Bill?

16,000 L.A. guns to be crushed today & turned into steel rebar

Officials today will destroy 16,000 guns confiscated from criminals and collected from numerous gun buy-back programs across L.A. County.

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History is made as Sonia Sotomayor is approved

The Senate panel charged with her nomination has voted 13 to 6 to approve her for a vote by the full Senate next week as the next justice of the Supreme Court and the first Hispanic justice. added by: eldamon 9 responses

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Senate Finance Committee drops Dem health goals, including public option

After weeks of secretive talks, a bipartisan group in the Senate edged closer Monday to a health care compromise that omits a requirement for businesses to offer coverage to their workers and lacks a government insurance option that President Barack Obama favors, according to numerous officials.

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House GOP leader: Don’t expect plan by recess

House Republican Whip Eric Cantor charged on Thursday that too much of the burden of bankrolling a new health care system would fall on small businesses at a time when job creation is virtually nonexistent. At the same time, the Virginia Republican said he doubts that a version of the plan in the House can win passage before members of Congress leave for their August recess. “If they're going to get this passed next week, it's going to have to be a changed bill,” he said

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Real battle over health care reform about to begin

WASHINGTON (CNN) — As President Obama presses the House and Senate to finalize their own versions of health care reform, the real battle over the issue is just heating up — and it's about to get very personal.

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5,000-pound shark washes ashore on Long Island

NEW YORK (CNN) — A 26-foot-long dying shark washed ashore Tuesday on a Long Island beach, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation said.

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Sotomayor: My ‘Wise Latina’ Comments Not So Different from Samuel Alito

This is getting out of hand! One comment in a speech is the only thing Republicans have against the most experienced judge to appear in front of the US Senate for Supreme Court Confirmation in three generations. do you think she will get confirmed

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Hearings: Sotomayor defends ‘wise Latina’ comment

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor defended herself Tuesday against charges that her speeches and rulings show racial bias, telling a Senate panel vetting her nomination that critics had misunderstood her record.

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Budget deficit tops $1 trillion for first time (AP)

AP – WASHINGTON — The federal deficit has topped $1 trillion for the first time ever and could grow to nearly $2 trillion by this fall, intensifying fears about higher interest rates, inflation and the strength of the dollar.

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