Use of reconciliation, a move that in effect protects bills from filibusters, tends to irritate the minority party.
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Congressional Memo: As Senate Majority Shifts, So Does View of a Procedural Power Play
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Congressional Memo: As Senate Majority Shifts, So Does View of a Procedural Power Play
Thursday, February 25th, 2010News Analysis: Democrats Ask, Can Health Care Bill Be Saved?
Saturday, February 6th, 2010President Obama is pushing for a final bill, but didn’t say how he would resolve the questions of policy, procedure and politics facing Congress.
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News Analysis: Democrats Ask, Can Health Care Bill Be Saved?
Anti-Abortion Ads Split Atlanta
Saturday, February 6th, 2010Scores of billboards with an alarming message “Black children are an endangered species” have been erected in the Atlanta area.
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Anti-Abortion Ads Split Atlanta
Cost Dispute Halts Airlift of Injured Haiti Quake Victims
Friday, January 29th, 2010The United States has suspended its evacuations of critically injured Haitian earthquake victims until a dispute over who will pay for their care is settled.
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Cost Dispute Halts Airlift of Injured Haiti Quake Victims
Searching for Some Light Amid the Heat
Friday, January 29th, 2010Truth is often the first casualty. And it does not even have health insurance.
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Searching for Some Light Amid the Heat
Off Script, Obama and the G.O.P. Vent Politely
Friday, January 29th, 2010President Obama attended a House Republican retreat for a robust debate on policies and politics with the opposition, a rarity in the scripted world of American politics.
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Off Script, Obama and the G.O.P. Vent Politely
Heavy Rains End Drought for Texas
Saturday, January 9th, 2010The rains have quenched huge expanses of parched earth, but state officials estimate that farmers and ranchers suffered losses of around $4 billion.
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Heavy Rains End Drought for Texas
Obama Takes a New Route to Opposing Parts of Laws
Saturday, January 9th, 2010The new approach could avoid setting off fights with lawmakers, but will make it harder to keep track of which statutes the White House believes it can disregard.
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Obama Takes a New Route to Opposing Parts of Laws
Senate Debate on Health Care Exacerbates Partisanship
Monday, December 21st, 2009Enmity and acrimony are coursing through a debate with consequences for both sides as the health care overhaul reaches its climactic votes.
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Senate Debate on Health Care Exacerbates Partisanship
Senate Breaks Health Stalemate; First Votes Today
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Senate Democrats and Republicans said they had broken an impasse over the seemingly simple question of how and when to vote on the first amendments to a sweeping health care bill.
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Senate Breaks Health Stalemate; First Votes Today