Archive for September 22nd, 2009
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Obama drops demand that Israel freeze settlements
Prodding Israel and the Palestinian Authority to restart talks aimed at a permanent resolution of their decades-old conflict, President Obama dropped a demand for an Israeli settlement freeze, U.S., Israeli and Palestinian officials said.
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House votes to extend jobless benefits (AP)
AP – Jobless workers in imminent danger of losing their unemployment benefits would get a 13-week reprieve under legislation approved by the House on Tuesday. -
In NY Democrats’ bickering, GOP senses an opening (AP)
AP – As New York Gov. David Paterson’s political vitality fades and a court decision over his lieutenant governor choice threatens to weaken his presumed chief rival for the 2010 gubernatorial nomination, Republicans sense a hole opening in the Democrats’ wall of invincibility in the state and are seizing the day. -
GOP raps Dems for hushing insurers on Medicare (AP)
AP – Republican lawmakers rebuked the Obama administration Tuesday for telling health insurance companies to stop warning elderly customers they’ll lose benefits in health care legislation, which some equated to a gag order. -
Remarks by the President at the Clinton global initiative
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Presidential Proclamation-National Hunting and Fishing Day
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Condoms, tampons shielded from tax
A Democratic chairman backed down Tuesday and exempted consumer items of $100 or less — from condoms to contact lenses — from a proposed tax to help pay for health care coverage
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Briefing by Michelle Gavin, Senior Director for African Affairs, on the President’s Lunch with Sub-Saharan African Heads of State
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Remarks by President Obama and President Hu Jintao of China before meeting
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Key Senate panel debates healthcare overhaul (Reuters)
Reuters – Democrats pushed on Tuesday to make insurance reforms more affordable for workers and Republicans decried what they called a rush to judgment as debate began in a key Senate committee on a sweeping overhaul of U.S. healthcare.
