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Healthcare vote: 'What elections are for'
The SwampPosted at 7 am EST, updated at 5:30 pm President Barack Obama closed a bipartisan summit on healthcare today the way he opened it, with a speech about how much the Democrats and Republicans actually agree upon -- or should......Tags: Patty Murray, Xavier Becerra, Justice System, Sales, Joe Biden
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Full texts of healthcare summit opening remarks: Obama, Alexander, Pelosi, Reid (Updated)
Top of the TicketThree Democrats and one Republican speak at the start of the healthcare summit.... -
'Repeal and replace' as a campaign ploy
The Swampby Mark Silva A narrative quickly formed this week for an election campaign. It's called "repeal and replace.'' It involves repealing the healthcare legislation that President Barack Obama signed into law this week -- which won't be repealed anytime soon....Tags: CBS Corp., Mitch McConnell, Justice System, Democratic Party, Iowa
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Health-care reform bill to help you decide between Big Mac, salad at the drive-through
The Fitness Center» Orlando Sentinel – The Fitness CenterA new law buried in the depths of the massive health-care reform bill signed by President Obama on Tuesday is intended to help you think twice when ordering that $5 Starbucks latte, indulging on a Bloomin' Onion or supersizing that Big Mac value meal.... -
The best anti-obesity policies
Today, professors Brownell and Campos discuss the best practices in stemming the expansion of the national waistline. Yesterday, they pondered the government's rationale for intervening on the issue, and Monday, they attempted to define the parameters...Tags: Iowa, Yale University, Politics, Health and Safety at School, Colorado
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Farm bill keeping subsidies is OKd in Senate
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Senate on Friday approved a farm bill that would continue to funnel billions of dollars in subsidies to wealthy landowners and farmers who are earning record-breaking prices for their crops, rebuffing a concerted campaign by some senators to shift...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Justice System, Farms, Iowa, Renewable Energy
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As fat fears grow, Oreo tries new twist
Tribune staff reportsCHAPTER 1 The perky emcees had the same question for everyone lining up in Lincoln Park this summer for an Oreo jingle-singing contest: How do you like to eat an Oreo cookie? "Stuff it in my face," chirped Rachel Wax, an 11-year-old happy to get the free...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Dining and Drinking, Low Fat Diet, Colleges and Universities, Altria Group, Inc.
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Maybe God hates farm bill, too
The Swampby Frank James Maybe God hates the farm bill, too. Many critics have complained about the $300 billion, give or take a few billion, farm bill being an unwarranted giveaway to wealthy farmers at a time when farm incomes are......Tags: Judd Gregg, National Government, Upper House, Farms, Iowa
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Hillary: Peddling pop vote canards to the end
Spin CycleA lot of the day was spent by reporters looking for signs that the end is near, but the end of the day looks murky: Obama, who has been trying to get enough superdelegate endorsements to declare victory tomorrow,......Tags: South Dakota, Social Issues, Puerto Rico, Montana, Michigan
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Senators plot flood relief, seek aid
The Swampby Jill Zuckman A bipartisan group of Midwestern senators from flood-ravaged states got together Tuesday evening to talk about what Congress can do to aid the natural catastrophe that has washed over the middle of the country. In a statement......Tags: Jim Nussle, Dick Durbin, Illinois, Iowa, Floods
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DOD lobby led to billions in research
The SwampBy Euna Lhee When Fran Visco welcomed 1,600 breast cancer researchers and their advocates to Baltimore this week, she was doing more than opening a symposium for scientists. She was celebrating one of the most successful medical lobbying efforts in......Tags: Justice System, Diseases and Illnesses, Iowa, Research, Health
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McCain supporters slam Clark, Obama
The Swampby Aamer Madhani In the aftermath of retired Gen. Wesley Clark's questioning of Sen. John McCain's military credentials, the presumptive Republican nominee's campaign is charging that the Arizona senator is the target of a smear campaign by the left. In.....Tags: Prosecution, CBS Corp., National Government, John McCain, John Kerry
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