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Obama Officials In 2010: 93 Million Americans Will Be Unable To Keep Their Health Plans Under Obamacare — On Wednesday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius testified before Congress about the continuing issues with the rollout of Obamacare's health insurance exchanges.
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The Uproar Over Insurance ‘Cancellation’ Letters — Kathleen Sebelius, the Health and Human Services secretary, took a lot of grief Wednesday from Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee who were outraged that some people's individual insurance policies had been “cancelled” because of health care reform.
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Pelosi pushes back hard on dropped plans
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At least 140,000 Minnesotans will lose current health policies
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Obamacare's Three Per Cent
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WATCH: Ted Cruz's Dad Calls US a “Christian Nation,” Says Obama Should Go “Back to Kenya” — Want to understand where the tea party champion's hardcore views come from? Meet his father, Rafael. — In April, Rafael Cruz, the father of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), spoke to the tea party of Hood County …
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Reid: Cruz nomination would destroy GOP
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TED CRUZ: THE MASK OF SINCERITY
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Rafael Cruz, Ted Cruz's Father, Told Tea Partiers Obama Should Go ‘Back To Kenya’
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Ted Cruz's Dad: I'd Like To See Obama Go ‘Back To Kenya’ (VIDEO)
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Book: Obama asked Hillary Clinton to stay — President Barack Obama asked Hillary Clinton several times to stay on as his secretary of state during a Nov. 2012 ride aboard Air Force One, but she told him it was time for her to move on, a new book reveals. — “Would you reconsider, perhaps stay another year?
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Hillary Clinton's Ratings Slip in New WSJ/NBC Poll
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Press Release - FAA to Allow Airlines to Expand Use of Personal Electronics — For Immediate Release — WASHINGTON- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta today announced that the FAA has determined that airlines …
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Obama voices ‘enormous frustration’ with GOP — President Obama told donors at a fundraiser Wednesday in Boston that he sometimes felt an “enormous frustration” with Republican efforts to block his legislative agenda. — “Sometimes people ask me, 'Man, how do you stay optimistic …
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Debunking the Debunkers: Yes, Obamacare Rate Shock is Real — On October 26, The Los Angeles Times ran a story by Chad Terhune, documenting how many Californians feel lied as they are being forced out of their current health care plans due to Obamacare. — “All we've been hearing …
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How To Spot A Fake Obamacare Horror Story
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How the iPod President Crashed: Obama's Broken Technology Promise — In the 2008 election, President Obama's advisers talked of their boss's belief that it was time for an “iPod government.” Obama, a technology addict who tools around on his iPad before going to sleep and who fought …
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Syria chemical weapons equipment destroyed, says OPCW — Syria's declared equipment for producing, mixing and filling chemical weapons has been destroyed, the international watchdog says. — This comes a day before the deadline set by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW.
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Obamacare is a mess, and liberals need to fix it — Democrats need to acknowledge that, and make it work for everyone — It has been a pretty lousy month for the idea that the American government is capable of expanding access to healthcare to the uninsured and underinsured.
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The Right to Vote — It is becoming increasingly obvious that the Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which eviscerated the Voting Rights Act, is leading to a new era of voter suppression that parallels the pre-1960s era—this time affecting not just African-Americans …
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Thursday: Cory Booker and Mel Watt in the Senate — The Senate starts at 10 a.m., and will debate the nomination of Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.) to be the next director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. — Republicans see Watt as someone who is likely to favor ongoing government intervention in the housing market.
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The Biggest Lie? ‘Keep Your Plan’ — Deception: In the face of millions of cancellation notices, Democrats want to downplay the president's “keep your health plan” pledge as standard political hyperbole. It was, in fact, a calculated lie that got ObamaCare enacted.
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MASSIVE OIL DISCOVERY IN AUSTRALIA IS DEATHBLOW FOR SAUDIS — It is 6 times larger than the Bakken, 17 times the size of the Marcellus formation, and 80 times larger than the Eagle Ford shale. — All told the recent discovery outside a sleepy Australian town contains more black gold than in all of Iran, Iraq, Canada, or Venezuela.
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37% Say Zombies Would Do Better Job Than Federal Gov't, 37% Opt for Feds — It's not exactly a vote of confidence in the powers that be: A sizable number of Americans think the undead would do a better job than the brain dead in Washington, D.C. — Thirty-seven percent (37%) …
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As Interest Fades in the Humanities, Colleges Worry — STANFORD, Calif. — On Stanford University's sprawling campus, where a long palm-lined drive leads to manicured quads, humanities professors produce highly regarded scholarship on Renaissance French literature and the philosophy of language.
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Paul: ‘Haters’ concoct plagiarism charges — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) defended himself against charges he plagiarized from Wikipedia in his speeches, dismissing them as originating from “political enemies” and “haters.” — “This is really about information and attacks coming from haters,” …
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More on the Tech Surge — Site Tags: — Julie Bataille, Director of Communications, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — Thursday, October 31, 2013 — As part of the “Tech Surge,” we've added key personnel from the government and private sector, including expert engineers and technology managers.
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