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Claiming a historic triumph that could define his presidency, US President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a nearly 1-trillion-US-dollar health care reform.
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May 26 2010
Jonathan Alter: Health Care Puts Obama in FDR's League …
Newsweek senior editor and columnist Jonathan Alter talks about his new book, “The Promise: President Obama, Year One,” and why “Just by getting health care through … [Barack Obama is] now standing alone with Franklin Roosevelt and …
May 26 2010
How They Passed Health Care: The Final Installment
Tags: advisers, building, coakley, executive, gave-her, obama, old-seat, wanted-her, white, white-houseNancy Pelosi was in the Old Executive Office Building when one of her advisers gave her a message: Obama wanted her next door, in the White House. Martha Coakley was about to lose the election for Ted Kennedy’s old seat and, with it, …
May 25 2010
Sebelius Defends Health Care Reform Law, Files First Response to …
Tags: a-state-challenge, care-reform, federal-judge, first-brief, night-the, night-the-obama, obama, political-punch, punch, richmond, state-challenge, the-newLast night the Obama administration filed its first brief responding to a state challenge to the new health care reform law, asking a federal judge in Richmond to dismiss Virginia’s claim. Political Punch Blog.
May 25 2010
Sebelius Calls Health Act Constitutional in Many Countries
Tags: a-brief-filed, brief-filed, commonwealth, federal-court, monday, obama, president, said-the, said-the-commonwealth, the-president, virginia, woefully-narrow(2010-05-25) — The Obama administration, in a brief filed in federal court Monday, said the Commonwealth of Virginia’s claim that the president’s health reform plan is “unconstitutional” demonstrates a “woefully narrow and provincial …
May 25 2010
How They Passed Health Care: The Power Of Obama And What Olympia …
Barack Obama, the law professor, was acting like a prosecutor. He’d invited Grassley to the Oval Office, to talk about the senator’s concerns.
May 25 2010
Justice Department: Expect 'Vigorous' Scrutiny Of Health Insurance …
WASHINGTON — In a blunt warning to the health insurance industry, the Obama administration said Monday it won’t hesitate to block mergers that threaten to stifle competition. Justice Department antitrust chief Christine Varney told a …
May 24 2010
Sebelius Moves To Dismiss Health Reform Lawsuit
Tags: care-reform, congress, dismiss-the, its-constitutional, lawsuit-alleging, monday, obama, president-barack, state, with-the-newRICHMOND, Va. — President Barack Obama’s administration on Monday asked a federal judge in Virginia to dismiss the state’s lawsuit alleging Congress overstepped its constitutional bounds with the new health care reform law.
May 24 2010
Dr. Eric Whitaker, President Obama's Pal, Says Health Care Law …
Tags: a-since-the, and-other, chicago, obama, president, president-obama, said-the, said-the-president, since-the, since-the-two, south, two-were, whitaker, will-makePresident Obama’s health care law will make a lot of people on Chicago’s South Side and other “underserved” areas healthier, said the president’s close friend Dr.
May 24 2010
Govt. Sells Health Reform to Seniors – The Note
Tags: abc, delivery-system-, obama, official-attempts, over-the, reform-law, remake-the, rules-mandated, taxes-and, will-only, yearsABC’s Z. Byron Wolf reports: The benefits, taxes and rules mandated by the health reform law that will remake the American health delivery system will only phase in over the next four years.
