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Florida's congressional delegation faces tough task in working together
Can the Florida members of Congress find a way to get along?
After a bruising campaign marked by attack ads and charges of extremism, Sen.-elect Marco Rubio and seven new House members will be sworn into office Wednesday to join a Florida delegation...Tags: Suzanne Kosmas, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Republican Party, Alcee Hastings, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010)
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Meek rolls out endorsement from Boyd
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelU.S. Rep. Allen Boyd has weighed in on the Meek-Rubio-Crist U.S. Senate race, throwing his support behind Kendrick Meek. Release below … Rep. Boyd: “Kendrick is and always has been a fighter for the middle class” MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. &#... -
House Sends Health Care Overhaul Bill To Obama With 219-212 Vote
Associated Press WriterA transformative health care bill is headed to President Barack Obama for his signature as Congress takes the final steps in Democrats' improbable and history-making push for near-universal medical coverage. On the cusp of succeeding where numerous...Tags: Bart Stupak, Republican Party, Henry Waxman, Barack Obama, AFL-CIO
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Healthcare: Democrats walk fine line
The Swampby Janet Hook Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) is in a tough spot when it comes to overhauling the nation's healthcare system. Major hospitals in his largely rural district have told him the bill pending in the House would cripple them......Tags: Republican Party, Dale E Kildee, Polls, Health Insurance, Democratic Party
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Obama's health win: 'Let's make history'
The Swampby Mark Silva 220-215. The first full vote on the health-care reform that President Barack Obama is demanding from Congress by year's end arrived late last night in the House. "Let's keep making history,'' the president told supporters in a......Tags: Republican Party, Mitch McConnell, Lincoln Davis, Mike Ross, Ike Skelton
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GOP wins Mass. seat, Democrats face challenge
FOX 5 San Diego StaffThe Democratic Party's defeat in Massachusetts on Tuesday -- the loss of a single, crucial Senate seat -- will force President Obama and his congressional allies to downscale their legislative ambitions and rethink their political strategy. The most...Tags: Republican Party, Joe Courtney, Barack Obama, Heads of State, Polls
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Democrats Walk A Fine Line On Health Care Reform
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterRep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) is in a tough spot when it comes to overhauling the nation's healthcare system. Major hospitals in his largely rural district have told him the bill pending in the House would cripple them financially. But Boucher also believes...Tags: Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Republican Party, Dale E Kildee, Justice System, Polls
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Healthcare: Getting in line for 2010
The Swampby Mark Silva There has been a lot of talk lately about the "price to pay" for the healthcare vote coming Sunday -- but the ramifications of voting for, or against, the bill that President Barack Obama has made his......Tags: Local Elections, Small Businesses, Barack Obama, Credit and Debt, Justice System
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Hurricane helper
president of the Blue Frontier Campaign (bluefront.org), and author of "Blue Frontier -- Dispatches from America's Ocean Wilderness" and "50 Ways to Save the Ocean."THE FEDERAL Emergency Management Agency said last week that it has run out of money to pay insurance claims from this year's hurricanes. Not counting Wilma, the claims top $22 billion. So you'd think the troubled agency would be eager to reduce future...Tags: Disasters, Heads of State, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Key West, Natural Resources
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Extend early voting hours, says Alcee Hastings and other Democratic members of Congress
Palm Beach Politics - Sun-Sentinel BlogsSouth Florida Democratic members of Congress, including U.S. House members from Palm Beach County, today wrote Gov. Charlie Crist and Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning to seek an extension of early voting hours. The request is led by......Tags: Ron Klein, Alcee Hastings, Local Elections, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Charlie Crist
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Obama's Air Force One press appeal
The Swampby Mark Silva Air Force One is "a sweet ride,'' as White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs allowed this week - aboard Air Force One - during a run of trips the president is making. President Barack Obama has allowed,......Tags: Timothy M. Kaine, Celebrities and Bad Behavior, Armed Forces, Robert Wexler, Abraham Lincoln
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Roland Burris keeps rolling along
The SwampRoland Burris has been a pretty lonely guy since he came to Washington. Maybe some new staffers will help. (Tribune photo at Tuesday's congressional address by Zbigniew Bdzak.) by James Oliphant Sen. Roland "What me worry?" Burris is not......Tags: Upper House, Illinois, Edward M. Kennedy, Chet Edwards, Roland Burris
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