Nov 03, 2009 -
A little-noticed measure would put Christian Science healing sessions on the same footing as clinical medicine. Critics say it violates the separation of church and state.
By Tom Hamburger and Kim Geiger
Backed by some of the most powerful members of the Senate, a little-noticed provision in the healthcare overhaul bill would require insurers to consider covering Christian Science prayer treatments as medical expenses.
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Oct 15, 2009 -
U.S. troop funds diverted to pet projects
Study finds $2.6 billion taken from guns and ammunition
By Shaun Waterman THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Senators diverted $2.6 billion in funds in a defense spending bill to pet projects largely at the expense of accounts that pay for fuel, ammunition and training for U.S. troops, including those fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to an analysis.
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Sep 24, 2009 -
Paul Kirk to fill Kennedy's Senate seat
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick chooses Kennedy interim successor
(CNN) -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick named Paul G. Kirk as the interim U.S.
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Sep 15, 2009 -
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/09/15/media-malpractice-tom-brokaws/
Media Malpractice: Tom Brokow's World Implodes
By Jeffrey Lord on 9.15.09 @ 6:08AM
Tom Brokaw.
With the passing of Walter Cronkite, Mr. Brokaw is considered perhaps the new "dean" of journalism. As such the former NBC News anchor is periodically summoned forth to assess the current world, an occasion that presented itself recently on the venerable NBC Sunday newser Meet the Press.
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Aug 31, 2009 -
Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) -- The widow of the late U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy should be considered as an interim appointee to represent Massachusetts in his place, two U.S.
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Aug 28, 2009 -
Sen. Edward Kennedy, first elected in 1962, died late last night at the age of 77. He had been suffering from brain cancer, which was first diagnosed in May 2008.
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Aug 27, 2009 -
Death gives Massachusetts 1st open Senate seat in decades
By Alan Silverleib
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As Americans paused Wednesday to remember the extraordinary life of Sen. Edward Kennedy, political observers also took note of a rare development caused by his passing.
For the first time in 25 years, the state of Massachusetts has an open Senate seat.
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Sep 25, 2009 -
A Suffolk Superior Court judge today rejected a request by the state Republican Party to block the appointment of Paul G. Kirk Jr. as interim US senator, clearing the way for the Democrat to take the oath of office this afternoon in Washington.
Judge Thomas Connolly ruled that the Republicans' claim was legally inadequate, noting in his four-page decision that, "the Party does not cite any case law in support of its argument."
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Sep 05, 2009 -
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
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For most Americans, Labor Day weekend marks the end of summer. But this year it also means the return of Congress to Washington, D.C., after one of the most harrowing recesses even the most senior of the legislators can ever recall.
A lot of voters are in a bad mood over the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats, and they’ve been letting their elected officials know about it.
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Aug 25, 2009 -
HYANNIS PORT, Mass. (AP) - Massachusetts Sen. Edward M.
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