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Obama seeks cost cuts in health overhaul plan
President urges lawmakers to write stiffer money-saving provisions into the bills taking shape. Story | Video
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CQ Politics: A fight is brewing between lawmakers and the Pentagon over allegations that Chinese government agents were allowed to interrogate some detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Full story
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Sebelius and McConnell on MTP
Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius talks health care reform, while Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell dishes on the Sotomayor hearings.
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Obama seeks cost cuts in health plan
President Barack Obama, projecting confidence health care legislation will clear Congress, urged lawmakers on Friday to write stiffer cost-cutting provisions into the bills taking shape.
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Sotomayor wins GOP backers after hearings
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor won her first public pledges of support from Senate Republicans after a smooth performance at her confirmation hearings that has placed her firmly on track to become the high court's first Latina.
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‘Huge progress’ made in Calif. budget talks
A deal to solve California's $26.3 billion budget deficit could come as soon as this weekend after legislators and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made "huge progress" during talks, state lawmakers said.
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