Presidential politics http://www.floorfight.com Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:49:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Abortion compromise doesn’t satisfy critics (AP) http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/abortion-compromise-doesnt-satisfy-critics-ap/ http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/abortion-compromise-doesnt-satisfy-critics-ap/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:49:09 +0000 admin ap/20100321/us_health_care_abortion Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., announces he will vote to pass the health care reform bill after President Obama agreed to sign an executive order reaffirming the ban on the use of federal funds to provide abortions as the house prepares to vote on health care reform in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Sunday, March 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - A last-minute compromise that swung a half-dozen anti-abortion Democrats behind President Barack Obama's health care bill mdash; virtually ensuring its passage mdash; failed to placate outside activists on either side of the issue, and drew derision from Republicans.


]]> Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., announces he will vote to pass the health care reform bill after President Obama agreed to sign an executive order reaffirming the ban on the use of federal funds to provide abortions as the house prepares to vote on health care reform in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Sunday, March 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - A last-minute compromise that swung a half-dozen anti-abortion Democrats behind President Barack Obama's health care bill mdash; virtually ensuring its passage mdash; failed to placate outside activists on either side of the issue, and drew derision from Republicans.


]]> http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/abortion-compromise-doesnt-satisfy-critics-ap/feed/ Obama abortion order lures votes, riles Republicans (Reuters) http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/obama-abortion-order-lures-votes-riles-republicans-reuters/ http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/obama-abortion-order-lures-votes-riles-republicans-reuters/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:42:52 +0000 admin nm/20100321/us_usa_healthcare_abortion Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, begins the hearing on the Response By Toyota and NUTS (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) to incidents of sudden unintended acceleration on Capitol Hill in Washington February 23, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - President Barack Obama announced on Sunday he will reaffirm a ban on using federal funds to pay for abortions, which convinced some holdout Democrats to support the healthcare overhaul but riled Republicans who said the decision could be easily reversed.


]]> Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, begins the hearing on the Response By Toyota and NUTS (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) to incidents of sudden unintended acceleration on Capitol Hill in Washington February 23, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - President Barack Obama announced on Sunday he will reaffirm a ban on using federal funds to pay for abortions, which convinced some holdout Democrats to support the healthcare overhaul but riled Republicans who said the decision could be easily reversed.


]]> http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/obama-abortion-order-lures-votes-riles-republicans-reuters/feed/ Obama order on abortion locks in health care votes (AP) http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/obama-order-on-abortion-locks-in-health-care-votes-ap/ http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/obama-order-on-abortion-locks-in-health-care-votes-ap/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:37:05 +0000 admin ap/20100321/us_health_care_overhaul House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a large gavel as she emerges from a Democratic Caucus meeting with from left, Reps. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., John Lewis, D-Ga., and at right is Rep. Jim Clyburn, on Sunday, March 21, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - Triumph in their grasp, President Barack Obama and House Democrats demonstrated command of the votes needed to pass landmark health care legislation Sunday night, writing a climactic chapter in a century-long quest for near universal coverage.


]]> House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a large gavel as she emerges from a Democratic Caucus meeting with from left, Reps. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., John Lewis, D-Ga., and at right is Rep. Jim Clyburn, on Sunday, March 21, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - Triumph in their grasp, President Barack Obama and House Democrats demonstrated command of the votes needed to pass landmark health care legislation Sunday night, writing a climactic chapter in a century-long quest for near universal coverage.


]]> http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/obama-order-on-abortion-locks-in-health-care-votes-ap/feed/ On final day, Obama works vote outside public view (AP) http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/on-final-day-obama-works-vote-outside-public-view-ap/ http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/on-final-day-obama-works-vote-outside-public-view-ap/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:32:37 +0000 admin ap/20100321/us_health_care_obama This photo provided by the White House taken Sunday, March 21, 2010, shows President Barack Obama talking on the phone with a member of Congress in the Chief of Staff's office at the White House. Aides, from left are, Phil Schiliro, Sean Sweeney, Rahm Emanuel, Jim Messina, and Dan Turton. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)AP - No more fiery speeches, no trips to Capitol Hill, no ventures outside the White House gates at all.


]]> This photo provided by the White House taken Sunday, March 21, 2010, shows President Barack Obama talking on the phone with a member of Congress in the Chief of Staff's office at the White House. Aides, from left are, Phil Schiliro, Sean Sweeney, Rahm Emanuel, Jim Messina, and Dan Turton. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)AP - No more fiery speeches, no trips to Capitol Hill, no ventures outside the White House gates at all.


]]> http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/on-final-day-obama-works-vote-outside-public-view-ap/feed/ Sarkozy takes drubbing in regional poll (AFP) http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/sarkozy-takes-drubbing-in-regional-poll-afp/ http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/sarkozy-takes-drubbing-in-regional-poll-afp/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:08:45 +0000 admin afp/20100321/francevote French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves a booth at a Paris polling station during the secound round of the regional elections. Sarkozy's party took a severe drubbing from French voters Sunday in nationwide regional elections that were his last big national test before he seeks re-election in 2012.(AFP/Pool/Philippe Wojazer)AFP - President Nicolas Sarkozy's party took a severe drubbing from French voters Sunday in nationwide regional elections that were his last big national test before he seeks re-election in 2012.


]]> French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves a booth at a Paris polling station during the secound round of the regional elections. Sarkozy's party took a severe drubbing from French voters Sunday in nationwide regional elections that were his last big national test before he seeks re-election in 2012.(AFP/Pool/Philippe Wojazer)AFP - President Nicolas Sarkozy's party took a severe drubbing from French voters Sunday in nationwide regional elections that were his last big national test before he seeks re-election in 2012.


]]> http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/sarkozy-takes-drubbing-in-regional-poll-afp/feed/ Health care demonstrators gather outside Capitol (AP) http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/health-care-demonstrators-gather-outside-capitol-ap/ http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/health-care-demonstrators-gather-outside-capitol-ap/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:01:18 +0000 admin ap/20100321/us_health_care_protest A Capitol Hill police officer stands between protesters for and against the health care reform bill as the House prepares to vote on the bill in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Sunday, March 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Hundreds of boisterous protesters gathered outside the Capitol on Sunday afternoon to voice their opposition to the health care legislation being debated inside.


]]> A Capitol Hill police officer stands between protesters for and against the health care reform bill as the House prepares to vote on the bill in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Sunday, March 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Hundreds of boisterous protesters gathered outside the Capitol on Sunday afternoon to voice their opposition to the health care legislation being debated inside.


]]> http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/health-care-demonstrators-gather-outside-capitol-ap/feed/ Thousands march to press for US immigration reform (AFP) http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/thousands-march-to-press-for-us-immigration-reform-afp/ http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/thousands-march-to-press-for-us-immigration-reform-afp/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:01:08 +0000 admin afp/20100321/uspoliticsimmigrationprotest Covered by a large US flag, protestors participate in a March For America demonstration calling for immigration reform in Washington, DC. Protesters from around the country gathered here Sunday for a march expected to draw tens of thousands of people to push Congress to move on a long-delayed immigration reform.(AFP/Getty Images/Astrid Riecken)AFP - Tens of thousands of people marched outside the White House Sunday to press Congress to move on a long-delayed immigration reform, which President Barack Obama told the protesters won't happen overnight.


]]> Covered by a large US flag, protestors participate in a March For America demonstration calling for immigration reform in Washington, DC. Protesters from around the country gathered here Sunday for a march expected to draw tens of thousands of people to push Congress to move on a long-delayed immigration reform.(AFP/Getty Images/Astrid Riecken)AFP - Tens of thousands of people marched outside the White House Sunday to press Congress to move on a long-delayed immigration reform, which President Barack Obama told the protesters won't happen overnight.


]]> http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/thousands-march-to-press-for-us-immigration-reform-afp/feed/ Obama allies predict victory in key House health vote (AFP) http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/obama-allies-predict-victory-in-key-house-health-vote-afp/ http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/obama-allies-predict-victory-in-key-house-health-vote-afp/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:46:06 +0000 admin afp/20100321/uspoliticshealthobama Representative Bart Stupak of Michigan, head of a group of pro-life Democrats, holds up a copy of an Executive Order banning use of Federal funds to be used for abortions which will be signed by President Barack Obama. Obama's historic drive to extend health insurance to nearly all Americans stood Sunday on the cusp of passage through the House of Representatives after an 11th-hour deal.(AFP/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - US President Barack Obama's historic drive to extend health insurance to nearly all Americans stood Sunday on the cusp of passage through the House of Representatives after an 11th-hour deal.


]]> Representative Bart Stupak of Michigan, head of a group of pro-life Democrats, holds up a copy of an Executive Order banning use of Federal funds to be used for abortions which will be signed by President Barack Obama. Obama's historic drive to extend health insurance to nearly all Americans stood Sunday on the cusp of passage through the House of Representatives after an 11th-hour deal.(AFP/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - US President Barack Obama's historic drive to extend health insurance to nearly all Americans stood Sunday on the cusp of passage through the House of Representatives after an 11th-hour deal.


]]> http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/obama-allies-predict-victory-in-key-house-health-vote-afp/feed/ House heads toward historic vote on health care http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/house-heads-toward-historic-vote-on-health-care/ http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/house-heads-toward-historic-vote-on-health-care/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:42:00 +0000 admin http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2010/03/house-begins-historic-debate-on-health-care-/1?csp=34 http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/house-heads-toward-historic-vote-on-health-care/feed/ Democrats see healthcare bill passage (Reuters) http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/democrats-see-healthcare-bill-passage-reuters/ http://www.floorfight.com/2010/03/21/democrats-see-healthcare-bill-passage-reuters/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:39:48 +0000 admin nm/20100321/us_usa_healthcare HEALTH POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)Reuters - Democrats in the House of Representatives neared final passage on Sunday of a sweeping healthcare overhaul that would create the biggest health policy changes in four decades and hand President Barack Obama a landmark victory.


]]> HEALTH POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)Reuters - Democrats in the House of Representatives neared final passage on Sunday of a sweeping healthcare overhaul that would create the biggest health policy changes in four decades and hand President Barack Obama a landmark victory.


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