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Dems sweeten health bill, set showdown Sunday vote (AP)
March 19, 2010
AP - Historic health care change in the balance, Democrats plowed fresh billions into insurance subsidies for consumers on Thursday and added a $250 rebate for seniors facing high prescription drugs, last-minute sweeteners to sweeping $940 billion legislation headed for a climactic weekend vote.
New Dem lawmakers feeling heat on health care (AP)
March 19, 2010
AP - Freshman Rep. Steve Driehaus is getting it from all sides on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
Student aid linked to health care gets a trim (AP)
March 19, 2010
AP - Congressional Democrats on Thursday trimmed their original student loan plans, reduced spending for community colleges, and eliminated early childhood money from a broad rewrite of a college aid bill piggybacked on to fast-track health care legislation.
Amanpour: A surprise — and a risk (Politico)
March 19, 2010Politico - New "This Week" host defies Washington's Sunday talk show conventions.
Retired gen. rips DADT repeal (Politico)
March 19, 2010Politico - Former commander says gays in military contibuted to "worst massacre in Europe since World War II."
Obama backs senators' immigration overhaul outline (AP)
March 19, 2010
AP - President Barack Obama, facing criticism from advocates of immigration reform, pledged Thursday "to do everything in my power" to get immigration legislation moving in Congress this year.
Netanyahu calls Clinton to defuse tensions (AP)
March 19, 2010
AP - Hoping to defuse a fight between friends, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton agreed Thursday to meet next week in Washington to confront an embarrassing dispute over Israeli land claims.
Healthcare bill to cut deficit: CBO (Reuters)
March 19, 2010Reuters - Congressional budget analysts said on Thursday a broad healthcare overhaul would cut the U.S. deficit over 10 years and sharply expand insurance coverage, boosting the momentum for final passage in the House of Representatives.
A symbol of the slave trade joins US and Cuba (AP)
March 19, 2010
AP - It will be the rarest of sights: a black-hulled, two-masted replica of a slave-carrying schooner slipping into Havana's harbor flying two flags — those of the United States and Cuba.
Idaho high court: No new trials for 6 on death row (AP)
March 19, 2010AP - The Idaho Supreme Court has denied requests from six death row inmates who said they were entitled to new trials because a U.S. Supreme Court ruling made after their convictions called on juries, not judges, to impose the death penalty.
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