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Jan 07 2013
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Obamacare: A few changes coming in 2013
Some 50 million Americans still lack health insurance. That will change for the greater majority when the Affordable Health Care Act, or Obamacare, as it's more commonly known, rolls out over the next couple of years. While the bulk of the law goes into place in 2014, you'll see a few changes this year. However, much of 2013 will be dedicated to health facilities and government offices getting
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Jun 28 2012
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Supreme Court decision moves health-care debate squarely into political sphere
The Supreme Courts momentous decision Thursday to uphold the Affordable Care Act prompted swift responses from the two presidential candidates, moving the debate squarely into the political sphere and setting it up to figure prominently for the remainder of the campaign.
President Obama, speaking from the East Room of the White House, celebrated the Supreme Courts decision and offered a
Washington Post
Dec 01 2014
News
Ferguson Won’t Heal
Here, on the streets of Ferguson and St. Louis, you can already feel the rest of the world forgetting. Today, President Obama will hold in Washington a series of Ferguson-related meetings. He will meet with local law enforcement leaders, faith leaders, and focus on working together to “build trust to strengthen neighborhoods across the country.” What he will not do, evidently, is to come to
Politico
Jun 26 2012
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Sarah Palin revives 'death panel' message
Three years after Sarah Palin boiled up the rage in the health care debate with “death panel remarks, the former GOP vice presidential candidate is proudly sticking by her claim in a Facebook post Monday afternoon. Palin charged in a August 2009 Facebook post that the Democrats health care bill would empower a “death panel of government bureaucrats who can decide who lives or dies. The 2009
Politico
Oct 19 2013
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A defeated GOP wants to unite, move on, fight another day
In a large conference-style room in the basement of the U.S. Capitol, Republican members of the House, exhausted from more than two weeks of battling on the shutdown and debt ceiling crisis, met for one last time. They met in a room that had often been filled with contentious debate, snickering rebels, quiet observers and frustrated moderators. But on the night the House voted to reopen the
CNN Digital
Oct 01 2023
Headline Roundup
Senate Passes Temporary Spending Measure, Averts Government Shutdown
Late Saturday, Congress voted to pass a continuing resolution (CR) that authorizes funding of the U.S. government until November 17, avoiding a shutdown.
The Details: The bill, which was signed by President Biden, passed the Senate 88-9, and the House 335-91. It notably doesn’t include further assistance to Ukraine, but does include $16 billion for assisting victims of natural disasters
The Hill
Associated Press
Fox News Digital 
Mar 11 2024
Headline Roundup
Trump Calls TikTok a National Security Threat But Opposes Ban
On Monday, 2024 Republican frontrunner and former President Donald Trump called TikTok a national security threat but opposed banning the app.
Details: Trump stated that despite data security risks posed by TikTok's Beijing-based parent company, “There’s a lot of good and there’s a lot of bad” with the platform. He argued a ban would empower Facebook, an “enemy of the people.” This
New York Daily News
Forbes
New York Post (News) 
Jun 13 2013
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FBI director defends surveillance programs, clashes with legislator
FBI Director Robert Mueller said Thursday that secret government surveillance programs disclosed by leaks of classified information have been conducted in adherence with the U.S. Constitution and federal laws. "The legality has been ensured" by the Department of Justice, and special federal courts set up to handle surveillance issues "ruled and monitored these programs and again, ensured the
CNN Digital
Jun 04 2015
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Bernie Sanders pushes jobs programs to fight crime
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernard Sanders on Thursday pushed for more federal spending on youth jobs programs, saying persistent high unemployment for minority youth that he said fuels the United States’ mass incarceration of young black people.
The Vermont senator introduced a bill that would provide $4 billion in federal grants to states and local governments for summer
Washington Times
Oct 07 2013
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Government Shutdown Enters Second Week, No End In Sight
The government shutdown entered its second week with no end in sight and ominous signs that the United States was closer to the first default in the nation's history as Speaker John Boehner ruled out any measure to boost borrowing authority without concessions from President Barack Obama.
The uncompromising talk rattled financial markets early Monday with the Dow dropping more than 100
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