Archive for September 13th, 2009
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Obama to push Wall Street oversight
President Barack Obama will try Monday to revive a stalled push for stricter oversight of Wall Street, using the anniversary of Lehman Brothers’ collapse to argue for sweeping regulatory changes.
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Snowe Urges Obama Drop Public Plan in Health-Care Overhaul Plan (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg – Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) — Republican Senator Olympia Snowe of
Maine said there is âno wayâ a health-care overhaul that
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Wilson: No more apologies for outburst against president
Rep. Joe Wilson said Sunday he will not apologize again for yelling out that President Obama lied during the president’s speech to Congress last week.
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Sebelius: Swine flu shots may start early October (AP)
AP – The nation’s health secretary says Americans could begin receiving swine flu vaccine shots as early as the first week of October which is sooner than expected. -
GOP senator: Public option on health care is dead (AP)
AP – A Republican lawmaker says it’s clear to him that the White House is ready to abandon a government-run public health insurance option.
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Gibbs: Public option 1 way to meet coverage goal (AP)
AP – White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says it’s not true that a health care overhaul will affect people who already have insurance. -
Election trouble brewing for House Dems in 2010 (AP)
AP – Despite sweeping Democratic successes in the past two national elections, continuing job losses and President Barack Obama’s slipping support could lead to double-digit losses for the party in next year’s congressional races and may even threaten their House control.
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Afghan detainees allowed to question detention (AP)
AP – The Pentagon has begun putting into place a new program under which hundreds of prisoners being held by the military in Afghanistan will be given the right to challenge their detentions, a defense official said Sunday. -
Obama says status quo no solution on health care (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama assailed critics of his health care initiative Saturday, seeking to grab the megaphone from his opponents and boost momentum in his drive for congressional passage of his chief domestic priority.
