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Palin: McCain has 'seen the light'
The Swampby Mike Memoli Jim Oliphant and I wrote in the Tribune papers today about how Tuesday's results show how the tea party movement continues to confound expectations just as the political establishment gets ready to write them off. But the......Tags: John McCain, Alaska, Arizona, Sarah Palin, Robert Bennett
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Climate change hang-ups: Copenhagen
The Swampby Jim Tankersley Perhaps nothing illustrates the challenges of government efforts to curb global warming more than the chain of events that unfolded this week on opposite sides of the Atlantic. In Washington, the Senate environment committee approved...Tags: Weather, Treaties, Politics, Football, Sports
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Burris: Now, Harry Reid is from Illinois?
Spin CycleRoland Burris, Rod Blagojevich's designee to the Senate from Illinois, was turned away today when he presented his credentials, as Harry Reid -- after inserting himself into New York's Senate succession on behalf of Caroline Kennedy last month --......Tags: Illinois, Blagojevich Impeachment (2009), Parliament, Politics, New York
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Reid readies Senate for health-care vote
The Swampby Mark Silva Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid appears to be getting ready to count to 60 on health care. The Democratic leader has laid the groundwork for the critical test vote on advancing a health-care overhaul in the Senate.......Tags: Democratic Party, National Government, Bill Clinton, Medical Services, Congressional Budget Office
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Jack Reed: Afghanistan and health care
The Swampby Mark Silva Sen. Jack Reed, Democrat from Rhode Island and a West Point graduate, was fresh from a meeting at the Pentagon this morning when he was asked about the decision that President Barack Obama faces about troop deployments......Tags: Pakistan, Kabul (Afghanistan), Barack Obama, Jack Reed, Rhode Island
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Robert Byrd: Longest-serving lawmaker
The Swampby Michael Muskal and Mark Silva Sen. Robert C. Byrd's tenure as the longest-serving lawmaker in congressional history was marked today with praise but also questions about the senator's health. "I look forward to serving you for the next 56......Tags: Career and Workplace, Celebrities and Health Issues, Freedom of the Press, Lyndon B. Johnson, Politics
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Obama, Bush: Two presidents at a time
The Swampby James Oliphant and Christi Parsons Barack Obama insists America has only one president at a time. But for the next two weeks, this city shows all signs of hosting two - working a mile apart along Pennsylvania Avenue. On......Tags: Barack Obama, Restaurants, Parliament, Michelle Obama, Joe Biden
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Obama: 'History will bear' him out, or not
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, "very close'' to a decision about deploying troops in Afghanistan - a strategy that must provide for an "endgame'' as well as a way forward - maintains that he is "absolutely confident'' about getting......Tags: Celebrities and Health Issues, Economic Policy, Interior Policy, Barack Obama, Social Issues
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Americans should 'rebel:' Hatch on health
The Swampby Mark Silva The House's health care bill, we were reminded, weighed in at over 20 pounds. The Senate's bill, we're told, is bigger than War and Peace. Both of them also offer health care for millions of Americans uninsured.......Tags: Celebrities and Health Issues, Economic Policy, Barack Obama, Politics, Orrin Hatch
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Roland Burris v Senate: Showdown live
The Swampby Mike Dorning and Mark Silva Roland Burris of Illinois, rejected in his attempt to take a new seat in the Senate this morning, averted any public showdown by quietly accepting the refusal of his credentials inside the Secretary of......Tags: Massachusetts, Mark Wilson, Barack Obama, Regional Authority, Parliament
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Ten for Monday: Richardson out, Franken in
Spin CycleBack to work with our daily news review, and hoping everyone had a happy holiday season. In the headlines this morning: Obama is said to be planning, a little unexpectedly, $300 billion in tax cuts as part of his......Tags: Illinois, Parliament, Politics, Caroline Kennedy, Bill Clinton
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Pelosi: Stimulus by Presidents' Day
The Swampby Mark Silva How much pressure will there be on Congress to enact an economic stimulus plan swiftly? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says there will be no congressional recess for the Presidents' Day holiday if they haven't finished work by......Tags: Economic Policy, Barack Obama, John McCain, Parliament, Social Security
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