Recent 2008 US Election
Dems face historic House vote on health care (AP)
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AP - House Democrats predict that a rare Sunday session will produce one of the most significant legislative triumphs in decades. Passage of a historic bill to overhaul the nation's health care system would provide coverage to millions of people who currently don't have it. (original story)
Bernanke: Keep Fed as watchdog of small US banks (AP)
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AP - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke made a fresh pitch Saturday to retain oversight of small banks, contending that what the Fed learns from that role helps it assess the overall health of the entire U.S. financial system. (original story)
Democrats say they have votes to pass healthcare (Reuters)
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Reuters - Democrats in the House of Representatives said on Saturday they had secured enough support to pass a sweeping healthcare overhaul and would dump a controversial plan to avoid a direct vote on the Senate bill. (original story)
House Democrats appear headed to pass Senate health care overhaul (McClatchy Newspapers)
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McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — With Democrats increasingly confident they have enough support, the House of Representatives planned for an historic vote Sunday that would enact the most dramatic changes in the nation's health care system in decades. (original story)
House GOP calls for Fannie, Freddie phase out (Reuters)
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Reuters - Republicans in the House of Representatives on Friday recommended the country's top two mortgage finance companies, the recipients of a massive government bailout during the height of the financial crisis, be phased out in four years in order to restore stability to the housing market. (original story)
Sen Dodd urges Justice probe of Lehman accounting
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee on Friday wrote to the Justice Department urging establishment of a task force to probe possible violations of the law at Lehman Brothers and other firms. (original story)
LaHood's Japan trip to focus on Toyota safety (AP)
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AP - Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says he'll go to Japan this summer for talks with Toyota executives about the sudden acceleration problem plaguing some Toyotas. (original story)
Dems to hold straight vote on health care (AP)
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AP - House Democratic leaders will have a straight up-or-down vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. (original story)
House committee deciding terms of health care vote (AP)
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AP - House Democrats are moving closer toward enacting President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. (original story)
Obama close to health law success that eluded past (AP)
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AP - Rarely does the government, that big, clumsy, poorly regarded oaf, pull off anything short of war that touches all lives with one act, one stroke of a president's pen. Such a moment now seems near. (original story)
Judith Clarke-Copeland is a wife and mother from Nashville who became a political news junkie while on bed rest during pregnancy. It's been over 10 years, but now the feeling is the more news on politics out there to binge on, the more it makes you want to vomit (spout out comments at random, shouting them out to virtual people).
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