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White House stands ground on high court criticism (AP)

March 14th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Politics

POLITICS HEALTH) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - The White House on Sunday defended President Barack Obama's scathing criticism of a Supreme Court decision that allows unions and corporations to funnel unlimited dollars to political campaigns.


AP Exclusive: Pentagon gun was from Tenn. police (AP)

March 14th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Politics

the police and court system of Memphis, Tennessee. (AP Photo/David Adame, File)AP - Two guns used in high-profile shootings this year at the Pentagon and a Las Vegas courthouse both came from the same unlikely place: the police and court system of Memphis, Tenn.


US cautious on removing nuclear arms from Europe (AP)

March 14th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Politics

whether to withdraw the last remaining Cold War-era U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe, administration officials say.  (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service, File)AP - The U.S. is taking a go-slow approach on one of the touchiest and least discussed national security issues: whether to remove the last remaining Cold War-era U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe.


White House backs down on health bill deals (AP)

March 14th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in business
AP - The White House is backing down from trying to get senators to remove some special deals from the health care bill.

Graham: More gridlock if Democrats ‘jam’ health care into law

March 14th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Barack Obama, Lindsey Graham
The Obama administration risks losing the ability to get GOP votes on any of its priorities this year if Democrats use procedural tactics to "jam through" the president's health care overhaul and "deal out Republicans," says Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Z-Rf5FHpJ27jbbI9mmbmBVDN_-g/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Z-Rf5FHpJ27jbbI9mmbmBVDN_-g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Z-Rf5FHpJ27jbbI9mmbmBVDN_-g/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Z-Rf5FHpJ27jbbI9mmbmBVDN_-g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TP-OnPolitics/~4/rAmyBphcagQ" height="1" width="1"/

Alexander: House Dems jumping off a cliff (Politico)

March 14th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Politics
Politico - Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said Sunday that House Democrats should not have faith that their Senate colleagues will hold up their end of the bargain in passing the package of fixes to the health care bill.

Top Obama aide says healthcare reform will pass (AFP)

March 14th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Politics

A nurse at the University of Miami hospital check on a patient while US President Barack Obama is seen on television talking about healthcare reform in 2009. Top aides to President Barack Obama confidently predicted Sunday that his signature healthcare overhaul would finally pass through Congress this week after a year of costly political wrangling.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AFP - A top aide to President Barack Obama predicted Sunday that his long-troubled healthcare system overhaul was finally poised for adoption by a deeply divided Congress.


Gibbs: Settlements not a ‘bright spot’ (Politico)

March 14th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Politics
Politico - Israelrsquo;s decision to announce new settlements as Vice President Joe Biden was arriving in the country was not a ldquo;bright spot,rdquo;nbsp;White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Sunday.

Gibbs: House will pass health care this week (Politico)

March 14th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Politics
Politico - White House press secretary Robert Gibbs predicted Sunday that the House will pass fixes to the Senate health care bill this week.

Rove: Obama ‘aloof and disengaged’ (Politico)

March 14th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Politics
Politico - President Barack Obama has been too disengaged from the health care reform process,nbsp;Karl Rove said Sunday.