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Friday, November 20, 2009 10:56 PM

Domestic Politics

First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 17 mins ago - 46 Documents (in Politics)
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Judd Gregg
Republicans blast health bill
Republicans on Friday continued to assail the majority Democrats newly minted health care legislation as a collection of tax increases, cuts in services for the elderly and heavy new burdens for deficit-ridden states.Despite the fierce opposition, indications ... [Japan Today - 17 mins ago]
First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 88 Documents (in Politics)
ReidCare: The Remix
Click here for a guide to following the health care reform story online.Senate Majority Leader Harry ReidIt's worse mainly because it's stingier. The Senate bill would save $130 billion over 10 years (a mysterious $1 billion more than the figure leaked ... [Slate Magazine - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 1 hour ago - 16 Documents (in Politics)
California unemployment hits record high
Californias unemployment rate hit a record 12.5 percent in October, according to federal labor statistics released today.The state has been the biggest job loser in the nation over the last year, the U.S. Labor Department said, shedding 687,700 jobs in ... [Biz Journals - 1 hour ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 9 hours ago - 35 Documents (in Politics)
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Harry Reid
Reid builds anticipation on healthcare: 'We'll find out when votes are taken'
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is not making any bold predictions before Saturday’s vote to proceed on healthcare reform.“We’ll find out when the votes are taken,” he said when asked on Thursday about  his chances of success.Foremost among ... [The Hill - 9 hours ago]
First Reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 9 Documents (in Politics)
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Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Protesters demand Albania vote recount
Thousands of opposition supporters on Friday began a weekend of protests accusing Prime Minister Sali Berisha's government of electoral fraud and demanding a recount of ballots cast in June polls."This protest, which will last for three days, is only ... [InSing.com - 1 hour ago]
First Reported 2 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 3 Documents (in Politics)
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Joe Wilson
What it will cost you to deny health insurance to illegal immigrants.
In his Sept. 9 speech to Congress on health care, when President Obama said, "The reforms I'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally," Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., shot back: "You lie!" What Obama meant was that health care reform would ... [Slate Magazine - 1 hour ago]
First Reported 4 hours ago - Updated 10 mins ago - 5 Documents (in Politics)
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Harley-Davidson Inc
Harley, union reach tentative accord to keep York, Pa., plant open
Harley-Davidson Inc. and union negotiators in Pennsylvania have reached agreement on a deal that would slash jobs at the York, Pa., factory but result in the company abandoning a plan to shut the plant and open a new factory in Kentucky.Under the agreement, ... [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 10 mins ago]
First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 30 mins ago - 5 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Audit or Arrest? -- By: Mark Krikorian
Rep. Lamar Smith, ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee and immigration-enforcement stalwart, wheedled updated statistics out of DHS and found that, in the words of the Washington Times story:Criminal arrests, administrative arrests, indictments ... [National Review - 30 mins ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 13 hours ago - 25 Documents (in Politics)
Jobless Claims: The Slow, Inexorable Decline
Initial jobless claims for the past week were 505,000, tied with last week for the lowest since January. This brings the 4-week average down to 514,000, the lowest since November of last year and the 11th consecutive week of declines.Clearly, fewer people ... [Seeking Alpha - 13 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 2 hours ago - 7 Documents (in Politics)
Pelosi and Reid's health-care monsters
Just before Halloween, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled her latest Obamacare proposal: H.R. 3962, a 2,000-page legislative monster. On Nov. 7, the bill narrowly passed in the House by a vote of 220 to 215. If enacted into law, Ms. Pelosi's creation ... [Baltimore Sun - 2 hours ago]
First Reported 6 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 5 Documents (in Politics)
Manufacturing accounts for 29% of October mass layoffs
Employers took 2,127 mass layoff actions in October that resulted in the separation of 217,182 workers, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported ... [Reliable Plant - 1 hour ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 9 hours ago - 14 Documents (in Politics)
AOL aims to shed 2,500 jobs
SAN FRANCISCO -- The struggling Internet company AOL plans to eliminate as many as 2,500 jobs -- more than a third of its work force -- as it prepares to separate from Time Warner and finally sever their ill-fated marriage.Major job cuts had been expected, ... [Columbus Dispatch - 9 hours ago]

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"The proposed agreement would result in a smaller and more flexible workforce and that really corresponds to the scale and scope of a restructured operation there" Harley-Davidson spokesman Bob Klein said Friday
Harley, union reach tentative accord to keep York, Pa., plant open [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 10 mins ago]

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Review of teacher education [Scottish Executive - 6 mins ago]
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Jesse Jackson on Healthcare [US News - 8 mins ago]
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Former party leaders urge Congress to work toge... [USA Today - 11 mins ago]
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Costs Of Prescription Drugs Spike [NPR - 14 mins ago]
Obamacare Will Trigger Huge State Tax Hikes [NewsMax.com - 14 mins ago]
WaPo cuts several positions [Politico - 15 mins ago]
Jobless Benefits to be Extended [Inside INdiana Business - 15 mins ago]
Verizon Shedding Wireless, Landline Workers [Voice of Network Convergence - 15 mins ago]
Republicans blast health bill [Japan Today - 17 mins ago]
Nevada Health Care Association (NHCA) Supports ... [Street Insider - 17 mins ago]
Health Care Concessions A Bow To Moderates [NPR - 19 mins ago]
New Mammogram Recs Spark Passions Across Spectrum [Kaiser Health News - 20 mins ago]
US Senate Republicans Urge Democrats to Oppose ... [VOA News - 22 mins ago]
BOTSWANA-POLITICS: I Lost the Election, But I A... [Inter Press Service - 25 mins ago]
Universities warned to expect heavy cuts [Times Online - 28 mins ago]
Centers at core of teacher excellence [New York State United Teachers - 28 mins ago]
Pharmacy OneSource Listed Among Best Places to ... [PR-USA.net - 28 mins ago]
UPDATE 1-US healthcare lobby set for record spe... [FinanzNachrichten.de - 28 mins ago]
Ala. jobless rate rises to 10.9 percent in October [Miami Herald - 30 mins ago]
Audit or Arrest? -- By: Mark Krikorian [National Review - 30 mins ago]
Tech's H-1B Hiring Faces 'Employ America Act' [Internet News - 30 mins ago]
Leadership Institute graduates say program stre... [New York State United Teachers - 31 mins ago]
Regents launch plan to 'transform' teacher prep [New York State United Teachers - 32 mins ago]
Kelliher earns another union endorsement [Politics in Minnesota - 35 mins ago]
The Weekly Layoff Report: AOL Not A-OK [Forbes.com - 36 mins ago]
Ohio's unemployment rate climbs to 10.5% in Oct... [Crains Cleveland Business - 36 mins ago]
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Missed Opportunity [Talking Points Memo - 48 mins ago]
Dems should have let President Bush create universal health care when he was in office. ...
UPDATE 1-CP Rail reaches tentative deal with po... [Economy-Finance - 1 hour ago]
(Adds company comments, detail, stock prices) OTTAWA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd(CP.TO ) (CP.N ) said on Friday it reached a tentative,three-year ...
A great EU stitch-up that demeans democracy | D... [Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - 1 hour ago]
The appointments of Herman Van Rompuy and Cathy Ashton lay bare the rot at the core of the Lisbon projectIt's not often that the front pages of the Daily Mail and ...
Mass Layoffs Slow, but Remain High [WSJ.com: Real Time Economics - 1 hour ago]
The number of workers fired in mass layoffs dropped for the second month in October, the Labor Department said Friday. A total of 217,182 people lost their jobs ...
What to expect in Senate's Saturday health care... [CNN Political Ticker - 1 hour ago]
Sens. Jack Reed, left, Dick Durbin and Robert Menendez, right, hold a news conference about health care Friday at the Captiol. Washington (CNN) – To ...
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Chambliss in the Health Care Debate Part 1 [Senator Saxby Chambliss - YouTube Channel - 1 hour ago]
Health care bills differ [CNN International - YouTube - 1 hour ago]
U.S. Senator Discusses the Senate Health Care Bill [Senator George LeMieux - YouTube Channel - 1 hour ago]
Health care bills differ [CNN.com - Video - 2 hours ago]
Reinhart Sees `Low Profile' Fed With Unemployme... [Bloomberg - YouTube - 2 hours ago]
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