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HHS chief: President didn't know of Obamacare website woes beforehand — (CNN) — President Barack Obama didn't know about the problems with the Affordable Care Act's website — despite complaints from insurance companies and the site's crashing during a test run — until days …
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Approval of Affordable Care Act Inches Up — More Democrats now approve of the law, while most Republicans still disapprove — PRINCETON, NJ — Despite the highly publicized technical issues that have plagued the government's health insurance exchange website that went live on Oct. 1 …
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Fixing software won't fix Obamacare — The problems with Obamacare go much deeper than a few million lines of faulty code and a sign-up system that swallows enrollee applications in a single electronic gulp. — Oct. 21 (Bloomberg)- President Barack Obama comments on the Affordable Care Act …
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Obamacare site could mean legal fights
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Sebelius Thrust Into Firestorm on Exchanges
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Sebelius: Obama Did Not Know About Obamacare Website Glitches
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Steny Hoyer wants more money to fix Obamacare exchanges
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Paul Ryan Calls for HHS Chief to Step Down for Obamacare Rollout
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Senior HHS official to brief Democratic lawmakers Wednesday on Obamacare
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In Obamacare speech, Obama makes a desperate sales pitch
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Exclusive: White House Official Fired for Tweeting Under Fake Name — A White House national security official was fired last week after being caught as the mystery Tweeter who has been tormenting the foreign policy community with insulting comments and revealing internal Obama administration information for over two years.
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Durbin: House leader told Obama ‘I cannot even stand to look at you’ — A top Senate Democrat said that a leading House Republican told President Obama that they could not ‘even stand to look at you’ during negotiations over the government shutdown. — Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) …
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NSC aide admits Twitter attack on White House — A senior National Security Council staffer who was a key member of the White House team negotiating on Iran's nuclear weapons program told POLITICO he deeply regrets tweeting hundreds of anti-administration messages under the pseudonym @natsecwonk.
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Dick Durbin: GOP leader told Obama ‘I cannot even stand to look at you’ — The No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, Sen. Dick Durbin, says that a House Republican leader told off President Barack Obama during a negotiation meeting, and that they are so disrespectful it's practically impossible to have a conversation with them.
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A Republican Senator Doubts His Party Can Govern
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HealthCare.gov pricing feature can be off the mark — (CBS News) CBS News has uncovered a serious pricing problem with HealthCare.gov. It stems from the Obama administration's efforts to improve its health care website. A new online feature can dramatically underestimate the cost of insurance.
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For First Time, Americans Favor Legalizing Marijuana — Support surged 10 percentage points in past year, to 58% — WASHINGTON, D.C. — For marijuana advocates, the last 12 months have been a period of unprecedented success as Washington and Colorado became the first states to legalize recreational use of marijuana.
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In Utah, tea party favorite Sen. Lee faces GOP backlash over government shutdown — SALT LAKE CITY — When Mike Lee toppled longtime Republican Sen. Robert F. Bennett here in 2010, it was the tea party's first big triumph. But now, after a 16-day government shutdown, it's Lee who faces a revolt within his own party.
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Dead Boston marathon suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev tied to 2011 killings — BOSTON — Slain Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was named as a participant in an earlier triple homicide by a man who was subsequently shot to death while being questioned by authorities …
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The 7 Republican Senators Most Vulnerable to a Primary — Enzi is vulnerable to a primary challenge in 2014. (Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call File Photo) — Hard-line conservatives are rising out of the ashes of a weekslong government shutdown, emboldened by the possibility of adding …
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2014 Tax Season to Start Later Following Government Closure; IRS Sees Heavy Demand As Operations Resume — WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced a delay of approximately one to two weeks to the start of the 2014 filing season to allow adequate time to program …
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Jeanne Shaheen calls for open enrollment extension — Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is calling on the White House to extend Obamacare's open enrollment period amid continued frustration with the troubled HealthCare.gov. — “The difficulty that people in New Hampshire and in other states …
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Democrat Tells Obama People Shouldn't Be Penalized For Problematic Health Insurance Website
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Obama's Uncertain Path Amid Syria Bloodshed — WASHINGTON — With rebel forces in Syria in retreat and the Obama administration's policy toward the war-ravaged country in disarray, Secretary of State John Kerry arrived at the White House Situation Room one day in June with a document bearing a warning.
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How to Fix the Glitches — PHILADELPHIA — NOW that we are past the government shutdown and debt ceiling debacles, all eyes are on Obamacare. For the last three weeks, the rollout of the federal exchange Web site, a centerpiece of the law, has been riddled with problems, leaving millions of Americans frustrated and dismayed.


The Media Can't Stop Sucking Up to Alan Greenspan — Instead of treating him like a wise man, make him pay J.P. Morgan's fine — It's impossible to change the channel this week without coming upon the grinning face of Alan Greenspan. The former Federal Reserve chairman's new book …