House Democrats were desperately trying to prevent a sweeping overhaul of student loan programs from becoming a casualty of the health care battle.
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Obama’s Student Loan Overhaul Endangered
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Leaders in House Block Earmarks to Corporations
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010The ban, announced by House Democratic leaders, wipes out one of the most lucrative and controversial means of awarding no-bid contracts to private firms.
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Leaders in House Block Earmarks to Corporations
Locked, Loaded, and Ready to Caffeinate
Sunday, March 7th, 2010Open-carry advocates, who bring guns into places like Starbucks, are a wild card for the gun-rights movement.
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Locked, Loaded, and Ready to Caffeinate
Overseer of Boxing, Supporter of M.M.A.
Sunday, March 7th, 2010Melvina Lathan, the top boxing official in New York State, said she supported proposed legislation to legalize a sport that the State Legislature banned.
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Overseer of Boxing, Supporter of M.M.A.
Senecas See Comeback Over Sale of Cigarettes
Saturday, March 6th, 2010The tribe, which controls a mail-order cigarette empire, prevailed in its campaign to fight off a ban on sales.
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Senecas See Comeback Over Sale of Cigarettes
House Adopts $15 Billion Plan to Spur Job Creation
Friday, March 5th, 2010The measure, granting payroll tax breaks for new hires, was called the first step in a broad push on the economy.
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House Adopts $15 Billion Plan to Spur Job Creation
Report Finds 36 Died Under Assisted Suicide Law
Friday, March 5th, 2010All who died cited “loss of autonomy” as a reason for seeking the lethal medication under the law passed in Washington State last year.
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Report Finds 36 Died Under Assisted Suicide Law
Ultimate Bush Insider Lifts Veil on Presidency
Thursday, March 4th, 2010Karl Rove says in his new memoir that President George W.
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Ultimate Bush Insider Lifts Veil on Presidency
Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Policy Filed in Senate
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010Seventeen years after gay people were told they could serve in the military if they kept their orientation secret, change may be coming.
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Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Policy Filed in Senate
Senator Proposes Deal on Handling of Detainees
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, is seeking White House support for his proposals on terrorism suspects.
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Senator Proposes Deal on Handling of Detainees