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Nitty-gritty on healthcare reform: Issues and key players
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAs the Obama administration and Congress prepare to wrestle with the divisive issue of healthcare reform, here is a checklist of the issues and key players to watch in the forthcoming weeks. Obama has said he wants to sign a bill this year, which means...Tags: Defense, Dennis Cardoza, Kent Conrad, Illegal Immigrants, Olympia J. Snowe
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Nitty-gritty on healthcare reform: Key players
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThough Democrats control the House of Representatives, they have not united around any one proposal. They also face opposition from conservative Republicans on several key points: Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said there aren't enough votes to pass healthcare...Tags: Dennis Cardoza, Kent Conrad, Olympia J. Snowe, Los Angeles Times, Maine
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Bob Dole, health: GOP 'open for business'
The Swampby Mark Silva Bob Dole, the Republican candidate for president in 1996 and a former Senate majority leader, said today in Kansas City that Congress should move swiftly on health-care legislation -- that the GOP should demonstrate it's "open for......Tags: Government, Health, Republican Party, Tennessee, Medical Services
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Q&A with Max Blumenthal, author of ???Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party???
Top of the TicketAuthor Max Blumenthal says the Republican Party has become a party of extremists that is losing touch with America.... -
Weekly remarks: GOP Sen. George LeMieux and President Obama debate healthcare
Top of the TicketNew Republican senator from Florida and the freshman president argue over healthcare again still.... -
Obama scolds Wall Streeters, who paid $15,200 each to hear him, at Dem fundraiser (text, video)
Top of the TicketPresident Obama went to New York on Tuesday to raise money for Democratic candidates. And since much of the money in the Big Apple resides on Wall Street, many in the audience at a $30,400-a-couple fundraising dinner last night make...... -
Edward Kennedy dies at 77; 'liberal lion of the Senate'
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the Massachusetts Democrat and icon of American liberal politics who was the last surviving brother of a legendary political family, died late Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Mass., his family announced. He was 77.
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Ticket Replay: Jack Kemp, all-star quarterback, politician, father, dead of cancer, at 73
Top of the TicketAs the holiday season arrives, our thoughts on The Ticket turn to working not quite so hard for a few days. So we are re-publishing some of our favorite or most-read items from 2009. This item originally appeared on May...... -
Swamp plays Hardball: Party matters
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated with video We're talking about "five Floridas'' today -- though Chris Matthews and his associates at Hardball may want to talk about three Floridas. But we're also talking about something much bigger: The meaning of......Tags: Primaries, Broward County, Charlie Crist, George H.W. Bush, Florida
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An altered line of succession to President Obama: A new No. 3
Top of the TicketAnother Hawaiian, Daniel Inouye, now enters the line of presidential succession.... -
Obama's great uncle headed to Normandy
The Swampby John McCormick President Barack Obama's great uncle, a Chicagoan who helped liberate a German concentration camp in 1945, plans to travel to France late this week to take part in a weekend event to commemorate the 65th anniversary of......Tags: Defense, Government, Barack Obama, Travel, Trips and Vacations
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Former Sen. Bob Dole Hospitalized
Associated PressWASHINGTON -- Former GOP presidential candidate Bob Dole is recovering from leg surgery performed after he sought medical treatment for heart problems. The 85-year-old Dole has been hospitalized in Washington since last week when he experienced an...Tags: Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Political Candidates, Washington (U.S. state), Republican Party
Aug 26, 2009
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Oct 7, 2009
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Oct 21, 2009
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Aug 26, 2009
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Dec 28, 2009
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Apr 30, 2010
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Jun 29, 2010
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Jun 2, 2009
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Jul 10, 2009
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