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Senate approves Obama choice to head Medicare
WASHINGTON – In an unusual break in the partisan warring over healthcare, the Senate on Wednesday confirmed President Obama's choice to oversee the mammoth Medicare and Medicaid health programs. Marilyn Tavenner, a former hospital executive and...
Tags: Medicaid, Eric Cantor, Barack Obama, Health Insurance, Medicare
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Vote on Obama's choice to lead Labor Department delayed
WASHINGTON -- A vote on President Obama’s nominee to lead the Labor Department was delayed for an additional week, the latest roadblock for the controversial choice. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions was scheduled to...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Mitch McConnell, Lamar Alexander, Orrin Hatch
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Sen. Max Baucus announces retirement plans
WASHINGTON -- In a surprise move that deals a serious blow to Democratic chances of holding the Senate, veteran Montana Sen. Max Baucus has decided not to seek reelection next year, Democratic officials said Tuesday. Baucus chairs the Senate Finance...
Tags: Max Baucus, Tim Johnson, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control
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Officials: Democratic Sen. Baucus to retire
Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, the chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee who steered President Barack Obama's health care overhaul into law but recently broke with his party on gun control legislation, has decided to retire, Democratic...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Frank Lautenberg, Tim Johnson
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Labor secretary nominee unscathed after hearing
WASHINGTON — President Obama's pick for Labor secretary, Thomas E. Perez, emerged unscathed Thursday from a Senate confirmation hearing that was more perfunctory than contentious. Conservatives have been critical of Perez, the administration's top...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Darrell E Issa, Justice System, Tim Scott
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Obama kicks off week of meetings on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON – President Obama’s public push to restore relations with his congressional colleagues entered its second stage – the luncheon phase – Tuesday, when he conferred with Senate Democrats for the first of four midday...
Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Republican Party, Benjamin L. Cardin, Carl Levin
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Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan won't run for reelection in 2014
WASHINGTON -- Michigan Democrat Carl Levin announced Thursday that he would not run for reelection in 2014, adding to an exodus of experience in the chamber. Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is the sixth sitting senator to decide...
Tags: Michael F. Bennet, Frank Lautenberg, Political Fundraising, John D. Rockefeller IV, U.S. House of Representatives
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The challenging math of passing immigration reform
WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. But while immigration politics appears to have changed in the wake of sweeping Republican rejection...
Tags: Frank Lautenberg, Mitch McConnell, Maria Cantwell, Lindsey O. Graham, John McCain
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Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, a liberal stalwart, won't seek reelection
Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, a liberal Democrat and a champion for Americans with disabilities, announced Saturday that he will not run for reelection next year, deciding that 40 years in Congress is enough. Harkin’s retirement gives Republicans a chance...
Tags: Republican Party, Michael F. Bennet, U.S. Congress, John D. Rockefeller IV, Politics
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With clock ticking, still no deal to avert 'fiscal cliff'
WASHINGTON – Senate leaders remain shy of a deal to avert the automatic tax increases due to take effect at midnight on New Year’s Eve, despite conversations that continued overnight between Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Republican...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Rules, Republican Party, Barbara Boxer, Joe Biden, Harry Reid
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'Fiscal cliff' deal pleases few; House unlikely to vote Monday
WASHINGTON – Details of the emerging “fiscal cliff” deal ricocheted through the Capitol on Monday, appearing to please almost no one from either political party, as President Obama urged negotiators toward a conclusion. A House vote...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Income, Barack Obama, John Boehner, Credit and Debt
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Letters: Many views of 'alternative' treatment
![The recent series of articles by Trine Tsouderos in the Los Angeles Times misrepresents the scientific contributions and future research agenda of the National Institutes of Health and its National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ["New Age Cures Put to the Test," Jan. 23].](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/67687605-27172233.jpg "The recent series of articles by Trine Tsouderos in the Los Angeles Times misrepresents the scientific contributions and future research agenda of the National Institutes of Health and its National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine [\"New Age Cures Put to the Test,\" Jan. 23].")
The recent series of articles by Trine Tsouderos in the Los Angeles Times misrepresents the scientific contributions and future research agenda of the National Institutes of Health and its National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ["New...Tags: Benjamin Franklin, National Government, Trine Tsouderos, Dietary Supplements, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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