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House Democrats: Obama's support could lead to final passage of health-care bill

added on 2010-02-27 06:31:21 (Washington Post - Politics)

As Democratic leaders begin to negotiate what they hope will be a health-care endgame, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that President Obama's support for key House Democratic priorities had increased the likelihood that a version of the massive bill now stuck in the Senate could become law. ...more.

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Inquiry sought into disappearance of e-mails in interrogations case

added on 2010-02-27 06:31:20 (Washington Post - Politics)

Senior Democratic lawmakers and watchdog groups demanded Friday that the Justice Department investigate the disappearance of e-mail messages written by Bush administration lawyers who drafted memos blessing harsh interrogation tactics, saying their absence cast doubt on an ethics report that cleared... ...more.

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Ethics panel clears 7 on earmarks

added on 2010-02-27 06:31:20 (Washington Post - Politics)

The House ethics committee ruled Friday that seven lawmakers who steered hundreds of millions of dollars in largely no-bid contracts to clients of a lobbying firm had not violated any rules or laws by also collecting large campaign donations from those contractors. ...more.

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Embattled New York Gov. David Paterson won't run to stay in office

added on 2010-02-27 06:31:19 (Washington Post - Politics)

NEW YORK -- New York Gov. David A. Paterson, who was unexpectedly catapulted into the job two years ago when his predecessor resigned in a sex scandal, announced today that he would not be running for election in November, as he battles low poll numbers and a growing scandal of his own. ...more.

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