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Sen. Max Baucus has helped carry health care reform this far. He's hoping he'll be in town today to make sure it moves forward in the face of fierce Republican opposition. Baucus and Sen. Jon Tester are part of a key bloc of centrist Democrats who are...
Tags: health care, Senate Finance Committee, Max Baucus, Max Baucus, care reform, Sen. Jon Tester, Salem
Gov. Bob Riley pardoned a Thanksgiving turkey on Friday as part of an annual tradition in Alabama that dates back to 1949. The event, held at the governor's Montgomery mansion, marks the 60th time an Alabama governor has issued a pardon for a turkey --...
Tags: Bob Riley, Alabama, health care, care reform, Montgomery, Thanksgiving, Blankets, Riley, Domestic turkey, Bedding, Linens, Human Interest, Democratic Party, Healthcare reform in the United States, Medicaid, Health Medical Pharma, Politics, Social Issues
The president urged Congress to pass the bill without delay because of the urgency involved. According to the president, the stimulus would revive the American economy and prevent unemployment from exceeding 8 percent. Nine months later, America’s economy...
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The library was in danger of closing this summer because of funding issues. Kirk Jones, Marquette's senior vice president of human resources, made the check presentation to the library. Jones grew up in Robbins and said Marquette has more than 100 accounts...
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US Representative Patrick Kennedy's confrontation with Providence Bishop Thomas J. Tobin over abortion and health-care reform has soaked up quite a bit of ink. But the fight is just the most dramatic fallout of a larger effort by the nation's Catholic...
Tags: Catholic Church, Ted Kennedy, care reform, John F. Kennedy, Patrick J. Kennedy, abortions political, Boston, Abortion, Fertility, Nancy Pelosi, Pro-choice, Pro-life movement, Human rights, Bioethics, Abortion debate, Politics, Social Issues, Religion Belief
The House vote earlier this month finally gave reform a working framework not only for the purposes of Senate consideration but also public debate. Yet critics, including Republicans in Kansas' congressional delegation, continue to claim things about...
Tags: health care, care reform, Belleville
The Senate health-care bill unveiled Wednesday night by Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, is not exactly the cure for all of what ails America. But the 2,074-page document significantly expands access to medical care for Americans who currently lack...
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Leaders of faith groups are calling for greater religious respect in the often vociferous health care reform debate. Heads of Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and interfaith organizations are standing together to voice support for diversity of religious views,...
Tags: health care, care reform, Mellman Group, religious respect, group survey, Portland, Abortion, Religion and abortion, Health care reform in the United States, Reproductive rights, Healthcare reform, Social Issues, Religion Belief
More than 100 people gathered outside Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Milwaukee on Friday, and led by a veteran of the civil rights movement, raised their voices in a prayer for the passage of health care reform. "We pray that the people of this nation...
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Most tea party protests against health care reform feature a standard cast of characters. Revolution-era patriots in greatcoats and tricorne hats; LaRouchies handing out pictures of Obama with a Hitler mustache; the people with the giant fetus signs;...
Tags: AAPS, health care, Tea Party Express, care reform, San Francisco