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Health Care Debate Enters Final Stage

By Andrea StoneMar 15th 2010 – 6:27PM
AP

AP

WASHINGTON (March 15) -- Declaring that "every proposal has been put on the table, every argument has been made," President Barack Obama made a last-ditch appeal Monday for his health care reform plan as Democratic leaders huddled behind closed doors here to ferret out enough ayes for a vote later this week. In a rally at...

Controversy Brews Ahead of Tea Party Convention

By Steve PendleburyFeb 1st 2010 – 11:33AM
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(Feb. 1) -- One of the organizers of the first National Tea Party Convention is steamed about criticism of this week's event. Judson and Sherry Phillips, creators of Tea Party Nation, have been under fire for weeks over their convention, which opens Thursday at the Opryland hotel and features Sarah Palin as the keynote...

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Appeals Court Rules Seniors Who Receive Social Security Can't Reject Medicare

By The Huffington Post News Editors Feb 07th 2012 - 12:16PM

A federal appeals court says American seniors who receive Social Security cannot reject their legal right to Medicare benefits in a rare case of someone suing to get out of a government entitlement.

DickArmey News From the Web

  • 02/09/12 Court says Medicare beneficiaries can't opt out if... Source: News-Medical.Net Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey is among the five senior citizens who sued to stop their automatic eligibility for Medicare.
  • 02/07/12 Appeals Court Rules Seniors Who Receive Social... Source: The Huffington Post A federal appeals court says American seniors who receive Social Security cannot reject their legal right to Medicare benefits in a rare case of someone suing to get out of a government entitlement.
  • 02/06/12 The ‘Legislative Wall': Dick Armey's Top Five Tea... Source: Think Progress As most independent groups focus on the presidential nomination contest, FreedomWorks for America is focused on electing far-right Republicans to the U.S. Senate.
  • 02/06/12 Game Over. Newt Gingrich.Hasn't experience taught him... Source: Gay Patriot Indeed, we may have to call upon a skilled therapist to understand not why Newt whined about his loss, but why, he, with nearly forty years experience on the public stage, would fail to realize how such an outburst could hurt him.
  • 02/05/12 Dick Armey "feels bad" for Gingrich Source: CBS News Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey had few good things to say about the two leading Republican presidential candidates.

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