Archive for September 8th, 2009
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Obama urges students to work hard, stay in school
One of the most unexpected controversies of the Obama administration came to a head Tuesday as the president delivered a hotly debated back-to-school speech to students across the country.
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Fines proposed for going without insurance
Americans who don’t get health insurance once the system is overhauled would be fined up to $3,800 under a proposal that circulated in Congress on Tuesday as Democratic leaders cast doubt on prospects for creating a government-run insurance plan.
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Commentary: Obama as teacher-in-chief
Perhaps we got too used to living in a nation where the president inevitably becomes persona non grata.
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SPIN METER: Once Medicare’s foe, GOP now boosts it (AP)
AP – Weren’t Republicans against Medicare before they were for it?
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Key Dem moderate turns against public plan (AP)
AP – A leader of a pivotal group of moderate House Democrats says he can no longer support a new public insurance plan in a health overhaul bill.
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Clinton: GOP waiting for Democrats to ‘mess up’ (AP)
AP – Former President Bill Clinton says those in his party should ignore any grief from Republicans on health care reform, because the GOP is just waiting for Democrats to “mess up.” -
In school speech, Obama says education key to country’s future
The White House released the text Monday of a controversial back-to-school speech to students from President Obama.
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‘He’s the only 1 we’ve got’; Obama at 8 months (AP)
AP – They’ve heard it all before the tanking economy, the bleeding of jobs, the creeping hardship that never seems to ebb. And the desperate hope that hangs over everything and whispers that maybe, just maybe, tomorrow might be a tiny bit better. -
Obama to tell students to take responsibility (AP)
AP – Take responsibility for your education. Go to class and listen. Don’t let failures define you. -
Time running out for bipartisan health compromise (AP)
AP – Time is running out for a two-party compromise on health care as a bipartisan group of six Finance Committee senators considers a new proposal that might be the last, best hope for an overhaul agreement.
