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Obama accused of breaking promise to consumers as health plans cancel policies — A new controversy over the president's health-care law is threatening to overshadow the messy launch of its Web site: Notices are going out to hundreds of thousands of Americans informing them that their health insurance polices …
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Senate Democrats Struggle to Defend Health Insurance Promises — As he stepped off an escalator leading from the Capitol's underground subway system to the U.S. Senate, Ron Johnson opened up a yellow folder, pulled out a copy of the “If You Like Your Health Plan, You Can Keep It Act,” and handed it to fellow senator Chris Coons.

Obama's pledge that ‘no one will take away’ your health plan — “That means that no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period.
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Carney denies people misled on keeping healthcare coverage
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Carney Falsely Claims Insurers Are Responsible for Eliminating Policies in Individual Insurance Market
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A canceled health plan is a good thing
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Annoyed Obama demands fix — An agitated President Obama has expressed frustration to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius about the faulty ObamaCare enrollment website. — A visibly annoyed Obama behind closed doors has made clear to Sebelius that it's her responsibility …
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The Thuggery of Obamacare Czarina Kathleen Sebelius
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Kathleen Sebelius, welcome to an unwelcome Washington tradition: The deathwatch.
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Spying Known at Top Levels, Officials Say — WASHINGTON — The nation's top spymaster said on Tuesday that the White House had long been aware in general terms of the National Security Agency's overseas eavesdropping, stoutly defending the agency's intelligence-gathering methods …
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EU delegation to meet at White House over NSA spying concerns
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First on CNN: Obama administration warned about health care website — Washington (CNN) — The Obama administration was given stark warnings just one month before launch that the federal healthcare site was not ready to go live, according to a confidential report obtained by CNN. — Read documents
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Sebelius: Blame Contractors For Obamacare Site
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Release Detail — October 30, 2013 - Mcauliffe Up By 4 Points In Close Virginia Gov Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Libertarian Has 9 Percent — The Virginia governor's race is going down to the wire with Democrat Terry McAuliffe clinging to a slight 45 - 41 percent likely voter lead …
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John Boehner: Coming Soon to a TV Near You? — The House speaker is now as unpopular as Nancy Pelosi was in 2010. Will House Democrats make Boehner the bogeyman of their 2014 campaign? — House Speaker John Boehner is now as unpopular as predecessor Nancy Pelosi was by the end of her speakership.
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Alex Sink is running for C.W. Bill Young's congressional seat, will move to Pinellas — ST. PETERSBURG — Alex Sink is running for Congress. — Florida's former chief financial officer and Democratic gubernatorial nominee on Tuesday confirmed exclusively to the Tampa Bay Times that she is jumping …
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Las Vegas bids for 2016 Republican National Convention — Nevada already has its eyes on 2016: The state has launched an effort to make Las Vegas the host of the 2016 Republican National Convention. — The Las Vegas 2016 campaign kicked off Tuesday with a website and social media accounts.
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Republican: Many in GOP don't live in political reality — A House Republican lawmaker says many of his fellow GOP colleagues in Congress, including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), don't live in “political reality.” — Rep. Scott Rigell (R-Va.) said that shutting down the government “over a deep matter of principle” didn't add up.
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NOBEL PRIZE WINNER FAMA TO CNBC'S SANTELLI: 'There's So Much Confusion In What You Said It's Difficult To Answer' — Nobel prize winner Eugene Fama was on CNBC earlier today to discuss the Federal Reserve and its extraordinary monetary policy. — Pragmatic Capitalism's Cullen Roche flagged …
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Why I'm running for governor — My reason for running for governor is simple: I believe that by finding mainstream, bipartisan solutions to Virginia's challenges, we can create jobs and strengthen our economy. — One of the keys to building a stronger economy is ensuring that we aren't destroying …


Marriage Makes Our Children Richer—Here's Why — Young people from less-privileged homes are more likely to graduate from college and earn more if raised by two married parents. — The United States' reputation as “the land of opportunity” is a cruel bit of false advertising.
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42% Identify with Obama Politically, 42% with the Tea Party — Voters are evenly divided when asked whether they agree more politically with President Obama or with the average member of the Tea Party. But an enormous partisan gap colors virtually all opinions of the Tea Party.
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Speed and Power Packed Into a Thin iPad Air — One reason for the phenomenal success of the iPad has been Apple's ability to pack speed and versatility into a thin, light body with long battery life. It doesn't do everything a laptop does, but for many common scenarios, it has replaced the laptop as its owners' go-to device.
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Reagan, O'Neill, and Someone Named Chris — An actual history should be written someday about Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill. But not by Chris Matthews. — Matthews's new book, “Tip and the Gipper,” is not the history of Ronald Reagan and neither is it the history of Thomas P. O'Neill III.
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