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Jun 18 2012
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Supreme Court review of health care under microscope (and stopwatch)
If you thought the ways to analyze the Supreme Courts marathon arguments about President Obamas health-care law had been exhausted, you were wrong.
A Texas trial consultant with an unflagging interest in all things high court-related has taken a stopwatch and magnifying glass to all six hours and 14 minutes (and seven seconds) of the relevant back-and-forth of the late March arguments
Washington Post
Aug 25 2013
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Ted Cruz doubles down on threat to defund Obamacare, proposes alternatives
Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday doubled down on his call to arms in “defunding Obamacare,” even if Senate Democrats are highly unlikely to approve any short-term spending deal this September that impugns President Obama’s signature domestic achievement. Mr. Cruz, Texas Republican, said that if the GOP-controlled House could pass a continuing resolution that strips the Affordable Care Act of funding
Washington Times
Aug 24 2013
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Obama: NSA surveillance programs ‘loaded gun’ that can be abused if unchecked
President Obama strongly defended National Security Agency surveillance programs on Friday morning but acknowledged that, if unchecked, they could easily be abused. “There are legitimate concerns that people have that technology is moving so quick that, at some point, does the technology outpace the laws that are in place and the protections that are in place?” Mr. Obama told CNN’s Chris Cuomo
Washington Times
Jun 07 2012
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An Off Note as Bill Clinton Sings Obama’s Praises
As President Obama seeks re-election, he has one advantage that former President Bill Clinton did not have in 1996: a popular Democratic predecessor to vouch for him  Mr. Clinton. The former president had only Jimmy Carter, who remained a political pariah after his own one-term presidency.
New York Times (News)
Jun 15 2012
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Thanks Obamacare: 83% of Doctors Surveyed Say They May Quit
The Doctor Patient Medical Association has released a new survey of about 700 doctors, and the results are bleak. Scary bleak. Among other dismal figures, Doctors' Attitudes on the Future of Medicine: What’s Wrong, Who’s to Blame, and What Will Fix It found that 83% of respondents are contemplating leaving the industry if Obamacare is fully implemented, owing to its disastrous projected
Townhall
Feb 15 2014
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The Remarkable Parallels Between Obamacare And George W. Bush's Medicare Part D
No one would credit the Obama administration with handling the rollout of the Affordable Care Act efficiently or with aplomb. Website malfunctions produced bad enrollment numbers and bad enrollee data. Consumers were struck by the narrow networks of insurers. There was general confusion over the implementation of the law and, when the president moved to extend deadlines, he was criticized for
HuffPost
Jun 06 2012
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Calif. Voters OK Term Limits Change, Incumbents
In a statewide primary that tested incumbent strength after election reforms, voters largely stuck with established names Tuesday, setting up several contests in which members of the same party will face off this fall. They also shortened the tenure of state lawmakers in Sacramento and put limits on public pensions in two of California's largest cities.
NPR (Online News)
Jan 31 2013
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Obama Confident Immigration Reform Passes This Year
President Barack Obama expressed confidence on Wednesday that he would sign comprehensive immigration reform into law by the end of this year.
In an interview with Univision's Maria Elena Salinas, Obama explained that significant details of a bill still must be worked out by lawmakers, including the structure of a pathway to citizenship for many of the 11 million undocumented immigrants
ABC News (Online)
Jun 03 2012
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In Wis. gubernatorial recall, Barrett upbeat despite polls
Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett said Sunday that his campaign, despite running behind incumbent Gov. Scott Walker in the latest polls, has the momentum going into Tuesdays bitterly contested recall election.
“Im going to win it, Mr. Barrett said in an appearance on CNNs “State of the Union on Sunday.
Washington Times
Jun 07 2019
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Trump dropping back into harsh reality after royal treatment abroad
He was treated to full royal pageantry in London, an aerial tour of the sites of the Normandy landings in France and a round of golf at his luxury resort on the coast of Ireland. Now, it’s back to reality for Donald Trump.
A growing number of political troubles will greet the president as he returns to Washington, fresh off a five-day swing through France, Ireland and the United Kingdom
Politico