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Democrats Still Short of Votes on Health Care Bill

17 hours 41 minutes ago |Politics Daily

(March 14) -- After months of deadlines that have come and gone, White House officials and congressional leaders expressed confidence Sunday that they will get the votes they need this week to pass a ...

11 Takeaways From the Coffee Party's Debut

18 hours 18 minutes ago |AOL News

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(March 14) – It calls itself the Coffee Party, a name chosen to reflect its founding goal: to provide disaffected citizens with a less-angry alternative to the Tea Party. And on Saturday, the w ...

Liberals Hope to Stimulate Obama With Coffee Party

1 day 11 hours ago |AOL News

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NEW YORK (March 13) -- In coffee shops -- and at least one bar -- people fed up with the Tea Party movement gathered Saturday to discuss issues and launch what they call the Coffee Party. Inspired by ...

Latest Round-Up of Obama Poll Ratings

20 hours 39 minutes ago |Politics Daily

(March 14) -- The latest round-up of President Obama's job approval or favorability ratings by state updates or adds Colorado, Florida,, Illinois, Louisiana, Ohio, Missouri, New Hampshire, Pennsylvan ...

Utah GOP Leader Resigns After Hot Tub Confession

1 day 7 hours ago |AP

SALT LAKE CITY (March 13) - Utah's House majority leader resigned from the Legislature Saturday, two days after acknowledging he paid a woman $150,000 to keep quiet about a nude hot-tubbing incident ...

Hillary Clinton Rebukes Israel for Settlements Surprise

1 day 11 hours ago |Politics Daily

(March 13) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ruffled some feathers this week with her sharp criticism of Israel after the Israeli government announced a new wave of Jewish settlements in East Jer ...

Reid's Wife Out of Intensive Care Following Car Accident

1 day 13 hours ago |AP

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (March 13) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife has been transferred out of a Virginia hospital's intensive care unit and is improving after she was seriously injured in an a ...

Henry Kissinger Recovering in South Korea Hospital

1 day 22 hours ago |AOL News

(March 13) -- Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was taken to a hospital Saturday after suffering abdominal pain during a visit to the South Korean capital , according to several reports. ...

Catholic Hospitals Back Health Care Reform Bill

1 day 15 hours ago |Politics Daily

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(March 13) -- The head of the national association of Catholic hospitals, which holds great sway in the health care debate, on Saturday threw her support behind the contested Senate reform bill in a ...

Why Health Care End Game Is Hijacking Washington

2 days 14 hours ago |AOL News

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(March 12) -- Health care reform or bust. After stalemate followed stalemate for roughly a year of lawmaking and politics, the fight to change national health care rules and insure millions more Ame ...

Texas Yanks Thomas Jefferson From Teaching Standard

2 days 10 hours ago |AOL News

(March 12) -- Widely regarded as one of the most important of all the founding fathers of the United States, Thomas Jefferson received a demotion of sorts Friday thanks to the Texas Board of Educatio ...

Utah GOP Leader Paid Woman $150,000 After Skinny-Dip

2 days 12 hours ago |AP

SALT LAKE CITY (March 12) - A late-night confession by Utah's House majority leader about sitting nude in a hot tub with a minor 25 years ago has shocked this conservative state's political establish ...