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How health care reform could fall apart
With so many players divided on key issues, there's no guarantee that Reid can pass a bill at all.
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Harry Reid
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Two Southern moderates key to Saturday vote
Landrieu and Lincoln hold the keys to the kingdom.
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Blanche Lincoln
Gregg: 'Political pandering' on Fed
Gregg says he’s worried that politicians on the Hill are sacrificing the Fed’s historic independence.
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Baron Hill
Ethics committee admonishes Burris
Ethics panel concludes the Illinois senator used “inappropriate” and “less than candid” statements.
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McCain doesn't love climate bill
“Their start has been horrendous,” McCain says of the climate bill effort. “Obviously, they’re going nowhere.”
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Hispanics blame Rahm for immigrant ban
Members of the Hispanic Caucus says Emanuel's mark is all over the push to block insurance for illegals.
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Rahm Emanuel
Senate confirms controversial judge
Democrats overcome GOP filibuster on David Hamilton.
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Reid announces Saturday test vote
But he won't say if he's got 60 for his health bill.
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Pelosi dismisses Miranda question for terrorists
Speaker doesn't answer whether U.S. should provide a lawyer and read Miranda rights to bin Laden if he were captured.
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Nancy Pelosi
Pelosi: I stand by House language
Pelosi says she'll "stand by" House proposals in dispute over illegal immigrants' access to insurance.
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Nancy Pelosi
Flake denounces defense earmarks
Flake's resolution would condemn defense appropriators for failing to protect the dignity of the House.
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Ensign dodges Holder in Vegas
Behind-the-scenes moves to keep Holder away from Ensign shows how sensitive the issue has become.
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John Ensign
Obama uncertain on attending summit
Don’t count on Obama joining other leaders in Copenhagen for the Climate Change Conference.
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Dems back power to break up firms
Committee approves Kanjorski amendment on “too big to fail” financial companies.
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GOP women rip mammogram study
Republican congresswomen say that a new study could lead to undetected cases of breast cancer.
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Reid scrambles for 60 health votes
But he's still waiting for all-important cost estimates.
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Lieberman pushes Ft. Hood inquiry
Connecticut independent says Senate can't sit back for administration to investigate the shootings.
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Joe Lieberman
Rep.: Expand fed regulators' power
"No firm should be considered to be 'too big to fail,'" Rep. Paul Kanjorski says.
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Paul Kanjorski
A Lobbyist gets constituent concerns
Ken Bentsen knows something about how Congress deals with financial regulations.
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Terror trials may impact midterms
Republicans seek a campaign advantage in the W.H. decision to transfer Gitmo detainees to U.S. soil.
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Collins slams W.H. on Ft. Hood briefing
She says information provided by DOD and the FBI Tuesday “raised many troubling questions.”
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Susan Collins
Illinois GOP seeks to block Gitmo transfers
Rep. Aaron Schock seeks an across-the-board ban on all federal funds from being used for the facility.
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Aaron Schock
Hoyer, Reid aim for Dec. 18 close
But neither chamber has figured out the endgame for health care reform or must-pass appropriations bills.
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Steny Hoyer
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Permanent 'doc fix' unlikely
The prospects for a bill that would shore up Medicare payments to doctors are looking dim.
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Byrd to capture longevity record
When the clock strikes midnight tonight, he will become the longest-serving member of Congress ever.
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Senate GOP will try to block nominee
Top GOP-ers on the Senate Judiciary Committee will try to block the admin’s first nominee to the federal bench.
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Republican National Committee
Climate in line behind health, finance
Kerry: Health and finance reform will come first.
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Sessions to try to filibuster Obama judicial nominee
Top Republican on Senate Judiciary will try to block Obama administration’s first nominee to the federal bench.
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Pete Sessions
Webb bails on cap-and-trade
The Virginia senator is the latest moderate Dem to raise significant concerns with the climate bill.
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SEIU protests Goldman's D.C. offices
About 100 protesters gather outside the Washington offices of investment banking giant Goldman Sachs.
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Illinois GOP seeks to block Gitmo move
Illinois Republicans continue their barrage against moving Gitmo detainees to their state.
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Fights erupt over Dodd reform bill
Dodd's financial reform bill sets up clashes among multiple stakeholders.
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Christopher J. Dodd
Chevron's lobby campaign backfires
Chevron's aggressive effort to prevent judgment and reverse a deeply damaging story backfires.
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Health reform's hidden land mines
Dems gloss over nagging details of just how limited reform’s reach would be for some Americans.
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House GOP: Ill. could be Jihadist hub
They say Illinois will become “ground zero for Jihadist terrorist plots" if Gitmo detainees go to prison there.
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Jefferson gets 13 years in prison
Ex-lawmaker in freezer cash case receives harshest sentence ever for member of Congress.
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Hutchison won't resign Senate seat
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is expected to announce today that she will not resign her Senate seat.
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Kay Bailey Hutchison
SEIU's Stern to lead Goldman protest
Targeting investment bank’s D.C. offices, protesters will demand the end of 'the too Big to Fail Doctrine.'
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GOP reacts angrily to trial move
Dems are OK with the idea that the alleged mastermind of Sept. 11 will be judged by a jury of New Yorkers.
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Polls: Dodd's fighting for political life
His decision to retain Banking gavel may be backfiring.
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Christopher J. Dodd
GOP claims ACORN in financial trouble
But ACORN rejects memo as a partisan slap.
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ACORN sues over funding cut
The group sues to overturn a law that stripped money from the group in wake of a series of scandals.
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21 lawmaking days left for House
It will put in a couple of five-day work weeks as Dems rush to finish their agenda before Christmas.
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Democratic National Committee
Deal makers pushed limits
Last-minute deals on the House health reform vote didn't escape notice.
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GOP tries to recapture town hall anger
GOP hopes events spark grass-roots opposition.
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Republican National Committee
Reid: Coburn move 'illogical'
He criticizes Oklahoma GOP-er for backing war funding while blocking health care funding for vets.
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Tom Coburn
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Dodd pitches major financial overhaul
The 1,136 page bill proposes banking super-regulator, major crack down on banks.
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Christopher J. Dodd
Committees launch Ft. Hood probes
But the House and Senate Armed Services Committees are holding off, for now, on an inquiry.
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Vets join front lines of climate fight
Selling the military community on the importance of climate change hasn't been automatic.
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