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Healthcare vote: 'What elections are for'
The SwampPosted at 7 am EST, updated at 5:30 pm President Barack Obama closed a bipartisan summit on healthcare today the way he opened it, with a speech about how much the Democrats and Republicans actually agree upon -- or should......Tags: Dick Durbin, Henry Waxman, Kent Conrad, Corruption, Polls
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Full texts of healthcare summit opening remarks: Obama, Alexander, Pelosi, Reid (Updated)
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Showdown Sunday: healthcare, deficits, arm-twisting and the future of the Democratic Party
Top of the TicketHouse Majority Whip James Clyburn pronounced Democratic leaders "absolutely giddy." The Congressional Budget Office released its "score" of how much President Obama's healthcare bill would cost and the news contained several nuggets of promise for... -
A disastrous pick for Labor secretary
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney said he's "thrilled." SEIU President Andy Stern said he's "thrilled." Apparently, everyone who happens to run a labor organization feels that Christmas has come a little early this year with President-elect Barack Obama's...Tags: Death, Unions, Career and Workplace, Hilda L. Solis, Employees
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At This 'Animal House,' the Party Is Democratic
Times Staff WriterWASHINGTON — By day, veteran California Rep. George Miller (D-Martinez) advises party leaders on long-range strategy. He fights for increased school aid on the House Education and the Workforce committees. And, as befits one of the most senior...Tags: Dick Durbin, Health, Henry Waxman, Clubs and Associations, Television
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Jewish pioneers gathered at family grove for High Holy Days
Sentinel Staff WriterLast week, we started a fresh year on the Jewish calendar, when the HighHoly Days started at sundown Wednesday with Rosh Hashana, the New Year of5768. More than 80 years ago, the year 5686 was proudly placed on the cornerstoneof first synagogue to be...Tags: Yom Kippur, Florida, Lake Eola, Orange County Regional History Center, Christianity
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No Child Left Behind accountability
The conundrum of school reform is that you can't expect more accountability without funding, but you also can't add significant new funding without demanding accountability. As the Obama administration gears up to reveal its proposals for revamping the No...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Barack Obama, Judges, Arne Duncan
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Al Meyerhoff dies at 61; labor lawyer handled landmark sweatshop lawsuit
Al Meyerhoff, a prominent environmental and labor lawyer whose landmark cases included the 2002 settlement of a class-action lawsuit against some of America's biggest clothing retailers that alleged sweatshop abuses on the island of Saipan, has died. He...Tags: Health, Los Angeles, Cornell University, Obituaries, Legal Services
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Passport problems? Call your congressman
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIf you need help with your passport, do not e-mail your congressional representative's office. Call. This list of California House members (with their district number) was compiled using the contact information on each representative's website. --------...Tags: Sacramento, Los Angeles, Henry A Waxman, Florida, Santa Rosa
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Kerry endorses Obama
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersJohn Kerry, the Democratic Party's 2004 standard-bearer, endorsed Barack Obama for president today, dashing the hopes of onetime running mate John Edwards and delivering a blow to his other Senate colleague, Hillary Rodham Clinton. Meanwhile, New...Tags: Government, New York, South Carolina, Illinois, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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House pursuing probe of SEIU local in L.A., panel chairman says
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterResponding to Republican charges of foot-dragging, the Democratic chairman of the House labor panel said Tuesday that it is pursuing its inquiry into a spending scandal at the Service Employees International Union but taking care not to interfere with a...Tags: Los Angeles, Emergency Incidents, Unions, Career and Workplace, Los Angeles Times
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