Archive for September 12th, 2009
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China: Trade penalties will hurt US relations (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama’s decision to impose trade penalties on Chinese tires has infuriated Beijing at a time when the U.S. badly needs Chinese help on climate change, nuclear standoffs with Iran and North Korea and the global economy. -
Remarks by the President at Rally on Health Insurance Reform
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Obama: More uninsured than you think
In an effort to cast health care reform as helpful to more Americans, President Obama on Saturday pounded home a new statistic: Nearly 50% of people under 65 have gone without coverage for at least one month over a decade.
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GOP’s Brown Gets Massachusetts Senate Boost as Card Bows Out (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com – Scott P. Brown, one of the handful of Republicans in the Massachusetts Senate, announced Saturday afternoon that he is a candidate for the state’s vacant U.S. Senate seat. And his bid for the GOP nomination received a boost late Friday night when Andrew Card — former chief of staff to President George W. Bush — revealed that he will not run in the upcoming special election to replace the late Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.
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Mass. GOP state Sen. Brown to run for US Senate (AP)
AP – Republican state Sen. Scott Brown says he’s running for the late Edward Kennedy’s Senate seat in Massachusetts.
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Obama to add tariffs to some Chinese tire imports
President Obama will place tariffs on imports of some Chinese tires for three years in an effort to curb a surge in exports that has rocked the U.S. tire industry.
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Michelle Obama Makes a Bet with College Kids
The First Lady will deliver their commencement address – under certain conditions
