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Olympia Snowe votes yes on healthcare overhaul, risking retaliation by fellow Republicans
Top of the TicketFor months now, the White House has been courting Maine's Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe. A moderate politician from a moderate state, Snowe was essential to the administration's hopes to claim bipartisan victory on one of the thorniest domestic issues... -
In today's pages: Initiatives, insurers and unhappy women
Opinion L.A.Columnist Tim Rutten notes the recent complaints about the California initiative process by the state's chief justice and a top fund manager and asks, what to do? The answer is, umm, unclear: Serious political historians also agree that, as currently... -
Obama New Orleans town hall: Boos for Bobby Jindal
Top of the TicketFull text of president's remarks and his Q&A with local citizens.... -
Weekly remarks: GOP's Kevin Brady and Obama on jobs, deficit and healthcare myths
Top of the TicketTexas Republican and Illinois Democrat argue over claims that the other side is making about their policies.... -
A little bit more choice in a reformed healthcare system
Opinion L.A.Good news today from the backstage maneuverings on the Senate Democrats' healthcare reform bill. As The New Republic reported, Democratic leaders have agreed to give more flexibility to millions of Americans who get their health insurance today through... -
Democrat Max Baucus' really, uh, passionate Senate speech about healthcare, asbestos and more
Top of the TicketFinance committee chairman gives a mid-afternoon speech about, um, about the, uh, lack of cooperation he sees coming from Republicans.... -
MSNBC taps former Democratic aide Lawrence O'Donnell to host new prime-time show
Show TrackerLawrence OâDonnell, whose career has taken him from the halls of the U.S. Senate to the writing room of a top entertainment show, is now getting his own prime-time show on MSNBC. The cable news network announced Tuesday that OâDonnell,...... -
White House deal with drug firms draws flak
An $80-billion deal with the drug industry that the White House thought would add momentum to its campaign for national healthcare reform has instead provoked a political tempest, frustrating and bewildering some of the president's most important allies....Tags: Max Baucus, Heads of State, Democratic Party, Social Issues, Health
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Healthcare insurers get upper hand
Lashed by liberals and threatened with more government regulation, the insurance industry nevertheless rallied its lobbying and grass-roots resources so successfully in the early stages of the healthcare overhaul deliberations that it is poised to reap...Tags: Cigna Corporation, Finance, Heads of State, Democratic Party, AFL-CIO
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Dispute grows over TARP chief's powers
WASHINGTON -- He was appointed with fanfare in December as public watchdog over the government's multibillion-dollar bailout of the nation's financial system. But now Neil Barofsky, inspector general of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, is embroiled in a...Tags: Finance, Republican Party, George W. Bush, American International Group, Politics
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Taxpayers may be able to claim Haiti relief donations on 2009 taxes
La PlazaTaxpayers who make donations for Haitian earthquake victims would be able to write off this charitable deduction when they file their 2009 taxes this spring, under a bill passed by the House Wednesday.... -
The First AME Church lesson
The Rev. John J. Hunter of First African Methodist Episcopal Church is receiving forgiveness from at least some of his parishioners for failing to pay federal taxes and for using church credit cards to buy personal luxuries. But Hunter and other members...Tags: Finance, Church and State Relations, Trips and Vacations, Jerusalem (Israel), Credit and Debt
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