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Video: Obama on bipartisanship
Spin CycleIf you missed it last night, an excerpt from Obama's press conference, talking about slow progress in breaking the hold of partisanship on the stimulus proposal: .msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-...Tags: Politics, Disasters and Accidents, Central Bank, Barack Obama, Political Systems
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Obama-anxiety: Liberal allies wondering
The Swampby Peter Wallsten Slowly over the past few weeks, some of President Barack Obama's most fervent supporters have come to an unhappy realization: The candidate who they thought was squarely on their side in policy fights is now a president......Tags: Justice System, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Medical Specialization, Church and State Relations
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Joe Biden, unions: 'Comfort zone, man'
The Swampby Mark Silva Vice President Joe Biden has gone around the block several times, and labor unions have been there with him. Today, they came around together again, at the AFL-CIO's annual executive council meeting in Miami Beach. "I tell......Tags: Government, Politics, Unions, Sports, White House
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Unionizing battle heats up on Capitol Hill
The SwampSen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 10, 2009, following a news conference to announce the introduction of the Employee Free Choice Act and restoring American rights in the workplace. (AP Photo/Susan.......Tags: Politics, Tom Harkin, Barack Obama, Unions, Mike Enzi
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Specter opposes labor's card check bill
The Swampby Frank James Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) is up for re-election next year and he just bought himself a lot of trouble from the labor movement in a state with a lot of union members. Specter announced today that he......Tags: Government, Voting, Unions, Employees, Employers
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President, professor, policeman: Talking
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated again at 7:45 pm EDT Enough about beer. The meeting among President Barack Obama, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley over a few cold beers at a Rose Garden......Tags: Government, Politics, Social Issues, Barack Obama, White House
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Obama's public option: 'Believe' will help
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama is not giving up on that "public option." Adressing a Labor Day picnic of the AFL-CIO in Cincinnati today, Obama stuck to the framework of a health-care insurance overhaul that he has been promoting......Tags: Government, Social Issues, Medicare, Medical Services, Barack Obama
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Democrats and Republicans celebrate, albeit separately.
Palm Beach Politics - Sun-Sentinel BlogsWhose party will be more fun? Palm Beach County Republicans and Democrats scheduled events this week to celebrate their own brand of politics. The Democrats will be celebrating alongside the Palm Beach - Treasure Coast AFL-CIO at their annual Labor......Tags: Government, National Government, Lifestyle and Leisure, Democratic Party, Hamburgers
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Health care: New plan, same as the old?
The Swampby Mark Silva Today, a Labor Day on which unemployment has logged in at a near three-decade high of 9.7 percent, President Barack Obama plans to deliver the Labor Day talk to an AFL-CIO picnic in Cincinnati, but the president......Tags: Government, Politics, Medical Services, Barack Obama, ABC (tv network)
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Obama, USA: Back to (school) divisions
The Swampby Mark Silva It's back to school for many American schoolchildren today, last week or next week, and it's back to basics today and this week for President Barack Obama. "If you quit on school, you're not just quitting on......Tags: Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Politics, Polls, Barack Obama
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Rahm Emanuel: Olympic critics get seats
The Swampby Mark Silva Posted Thursday evening, updated Friday at 6:15 am and 9:35 am EDT Republicans have been ready with criticism for President Barack Obama's overnight journey to Copenhagen, where the president today pressed Chicago's case for the 2016...Tags: Politics, Donovan, Barack Obama, NPR, Freedom of the Press
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Health-care league: Public (not) optional
The Swampby Noam N. Levey The left may be livid at Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Senate Democratic leaders who caved to his demand to remove any public option from the healthcare bill that Democrats are pushing to pass next week.......Tags: Government, Activism, Politics, NAACP, Medicare
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