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Florida's congressional delegation faces tough task in working together
Can the Florida members of Congress find a way to get along?
After a bruising campaign marked by attack ads and charges of extremism, Sen.-elect Marco Rubio and seven new House members will be sworn into office Wednesday to join a Florida delegation...Tags: Ocala, Alan Grayson, Politics, Miami Gardens, Orlando
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Meek rolls out endorsement from Boyd
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelU.S. Rep. Allen Boyd has weighed in on the Meek-Rubio-Crist U.S. Senate race, throwing his support behind Kendrick Meek. Release below … Rep. Boyd: “Kendrick is and always has been a fighter for the middle class” MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. &#... -
Healthcare: Democrats walk fine line
The Swampby Janet Hook Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) is in a tough spot when it comes to overhauling the nation's healthcare system. Major hospitals in his largely rural district have told him the bill pending in the House would cripple them......Tags: Politics, National Government, Republican Party, Dale E Kildee, Laws
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Obama's health win: 'Let's make history'
The Swampby Mark Silva 220-215. The first full vote on the health-care reform that President Barack Obama is demanding from Congress by year's end arrived late last night in the House. "Let's keep making history,'' the president told supporters in a......Tags: Bart Gordon, Politics, Republican Party, National Government, Dennis J. Kucinich
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GOP wins Mass. seat, Democrats face challenge
FOX 5 San Diego StaffThe Democratic Party's defeat in Massachusetts on Tuesday -- the loss of a single, crucial Senate seat -- will force President Obama and his congressional allies to downscale their legislative ambitions and rethink their political strategy. The most...Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), White House, Joe Courtney, Politics, Marth Coakley
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Democrats Walk A Fine Line On Health Care Reform
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterRep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) is in a tough spot when it comes to overhauling the nation's healthcare system. Major hospitals in his largely rural district have told him the bill pending in the House would cripple them financially. But Boucher also believes...Tags: Politics, Business, Dale E Kildee, Republican Party, Los Angeles Times
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Healthcare: Getting in line for 2010
The Swampby Mark Silva There has been a lot of talk lately about the "price to pay" for the healthcare vote coming Sunday -- but the ramifications of voting for, or against, the bill that President Barack Obama has made his......Tags: Health Insurance, Politics, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Florida, Local Elections
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Hurricane helper
president of the Blue Frontier Campaign (bluefront.org), and author of "Blue Frontier -- Dispatches from America's Ocean Wilderness" and "50 Ways to Save the Ocean."THE FEDERAL Emergency Management Agency said last week that it has run out of money to pay insurance claims from this year's hurricanes. Not counting Wilma, the claims top $22 billion. So you'd think the troubled agency would be eager to reduce future...Tags: Politics, Hurricane Damage, Homes, State Budgets, National Government
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Extend early voting hours, says Alcee Hastings and other Democratic members of Congress
Palm Beach Politics - Sun-Sentinel BlogsSouth Florida Democratic members of Congress, including U.S. House members from Palm Beach County, today wrote Gov. Charlie Crist and Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning to seek an extension of early voting hours. The request is led by......Tags: Bill Nelson, Corrine Brown, Politics, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida
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Obama's Air Force One press appeal
The Swampby Mark Silva Air Force One is "a sweet ride,'' as White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs allowed this week - aboard Air Force One - during a run of trips the president is making. President Barack Obama has allowed,......Tags: Politics, National Government, Abraham Lincoln, Robert Wexler, Armed Forces
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Roland Burris keeps rolling along
The SwampRoland Burris has been a pretty lonely guy since he came to Washington. Maybe some new staffers will help. (Tribune photo at Tuesday's congressional address by Zbigniew Bdzak.) by James Oliphant Sen. Roland "What me worry?" Burris is not......Tags: Parliament, Illinois, Politics, Roland Burris, Upper House
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Blue-Dog Democrats targeted for budget
The Swampby Mark Silva It isn't only Republicans balking at President Barack Obama's spending plans. Conservative Democrats, too, have concerns about the $3.55-trillion plan. And an Obama-backing committee is targeting five of the so-called "Blue Dog Democrats''...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Florida, National Government, Republican Party, Chet Edwards
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