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    Who wants to go here? "The White House and Pelosi yielded to senior black Democrats, led by House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.), and other members of the leadership team, who argued that Wilson's remark was a breach of conduct that must not be tolerated" The Washington Post's Paul Kane reports. Full Article at ABC News
    The White House and Pelosi yielded to senior black Democrats, led by House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.), and other members of the leadership team, who argued that Wilson's remark was a breach of conduct that must not be tolerated
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
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The Note: Another Missed Deadline in Health Care Push
  1. Lawmakers of both parties on Capitol Hill are raising questions about parts of Mr. Obama's far-reaching reform agenda, which also faces fierce and well-financed resistance from many of the major private-sector banking and investment lobbies
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  2. The fundamental problem is that if you cover everybody, you put everyone in a system that is growing too rapidly in costs, and is added onto an entitlement problem where we already don't have the revenues to pay for it
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  3. Not only will the president be interviewed on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, he will stop by CBS's Face the Nation, NBC's Meet the Press, CNN's State of the Nation, and.... Univision's Al Punto with Jorge Ramos
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  4. are playing down the move somewhat, saying they feel it's important to chastise Wilson for violating House rules so egregiously, but also noting that the punishment is relatively minor. If Wilson apologized on the House floor, as leaders of both parties have urged him to do, Democrats say they would wit...
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  5. Even after Max Baucus (D-Mont.) spoke optimistically of gaining bipartisan backing, lawmakers continued to haggle over a question at the heart of the debate: How can the government force people to buy insurance without imposing a huge new financial burden on millions of middle-class Americans?
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  6. I will work with the White House so that together we make the strongest case possible for the Employee Free Choice Act
    Hilda Solis – Hilda Solis SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  7. The US Senate race came into sharper focus yesterday as a surprise candidate, Boston Celtics co-owner and wealthy private equity investor Stephen G. Pagliuca, emerged from the wings in a possible pursuit of the Democratic nomination, while US Representative Stephen F. Lynch prepared for his formal annou...
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  8. Why is it that we're going to cap executive compensation for Wall Street bankers but not Silicon Valley entrepreneurs or NFL football players?
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago
  9. The president committed to that in the campaign. He feels very, very strongly about that. And we can get our fiscal house in order. We can go back as a country to the point where we're living within our means without violating that basic commitment.
    SOURCE: ABC News 2 months ago

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