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Health Secretary Resigns After Woes of HealthCare.gov — WASHINGTON — Kathleen Sebelius, the health and human services secretary, is resigning, ending a stormy five-year tenure marred by the disastrous rollout of President Obama's signature legislative achievement, the Affordable Care Act.
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Kathleen Sebelius is resigning because Obamacare has won — Obamacare has won. And that's why Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius can resign. — Calls for Sebelius's resignation were almost constant after Obamacare's catastrophic launch.
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Kathleen Sebelius's Resignation Hands Republicans A Golden Opportunity — Kathleen Sebelius is resigning, and Rachel Maddow is right to not be happy about it, not one little bit. For once, I completely agree with Maddow's analysis. This surprise resignation presents Republicans …
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WH RT: ‘Kathleen Sebelius Is Resigning Because Obamacare Has Won’ — The first official word from the Obama administration on Kathleen Sebelius's resignation as secretary of health and human services is a retweet by the official White House Twitter account of a tweet by Vox.com's Ezra Klein:
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The Sebelius Legacy: One Epic Tech Failure, Millions of Newly Insured Americans — On Thursday morning, Kathleen Sebelius testified before Congress and announced that Obamacare signups had reached 7.5 million people. — On Thursday evening, news broke that Sebelius was stepping down as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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Will Kathleen Sebelius Win in the End? Legacy Tied to Obamacare's Outcome
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Sebelius to Resign as Chief of Obama's Health Programs
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Kathleen Sebelius resigns as HHS secretary
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Short on accomplishments, Hillary leans on Bill and Barack to sell candidacy — BARACK OBAMA HILLARY CLINTON BILL CLINTON 2016 ELECTIONS — Last week Hillary Clinton gave what appeared at first to be a rambling and unfocused answer when asked to name the proudest achievement of her four years as Secretary of State.
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Shoe misses Hillary as she speaks at recycling conference in Las Vegas — A female protester threw what she said was a shoe at Hillary Clinton near the start of the Democrat's speech at a metal recycling conference in Las Vegas on Thursday. — Authorities said they were arresting the woman, who would not give her name.
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Hillary Clinton dodges shoe during Las Vegas speech
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CIA's use of harsh interrogation went beyond legal authority, Senate report says — WASHINGTON — A still-secret Senate Intelligence Committee report calls into question the legal foundation of the CIA's use of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques on suspected terrorists …
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Conservative Firepower Has Senate Democrats Playing Defense — Democrats in races that will help determine control of the Senate are rapidly burning through their campaign cash and seeing their advantage over Republican opponents whittled away as they fend off attacks from conservative groups …
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Anger over last year's filibuster fight rekindles on Senate floor
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Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell battle on the floor
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Remarks by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, at a General Assembly Session on Improving Global Road Safety — U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations — Mr. President, colleagues, the United States is pleased to cosponsor and urge …
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U.S. Cosponsors U.N. Resolution to Fight Texting and Driving
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Social Security, Treasury target taxpayers for their parents' decades-old debts — A few weeks ago, with no notice, the U.S. government intercepted Mary Grice's tax refunds from both the IRS and the state of Maryland. Grice had no idea that Uncle Sam had seized her money until some days later …
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Health Care Nightmares — When it comes to health reform, Republicans suffer from delusions of disaster. They know, just know, that the Affordable Care Act is doomed to utter failure, so failure is what they see, never mind the facts on the ground. — Thus, on Tuesday, Mitch McConnell …
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The IRS Scandal Comes Into Focus — House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp lays out damning evidence of Lois Lerner's targeting of conservative groups. — Nearly a year into the IRS scandal, we still don't know exactly what happened—though we are finally getting an inkling.
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Marsha Blackburn to “Test the Waters” for 2016 Bid — PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Tennessee Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn will consider running for president in 2016 — if she sees an opportunity to do so, an aide to the 7th District Republican told RealClearPolitics.
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Virginia Republican Bob Marshall stands by remarks that raise eyebrows — Democrats see an easy victory — Delegate Robert G. Marshall has said that disabled children can be God's vengeance against women who have had abortions. He has described incest as sometimes voluntary …
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