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California Gov. Brown Wants Health Care Changes Regardless of Supreme Court Decision
Gov. Jerry Brown's administration vowed Thursday to continue pushing forward elements of the federal health care overhaul in California, even if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes it down. If …
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Can You Predict an Outcome From Supreme Court Justices’ Questions?
Supreme Court justices can hide their intentions in plain sight, even with something as complicated as health care. The judicial utterances during this week's lengthy oral arguments left a …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Radiation Levels at Fukushima Have Reached Their Highest Point Yet
In today's On the News segment: The Supreme Court has finished hearing arguments about the constitutionality of Obamacare, new study finds only 56 percent of students who enter American …
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District Court Permanently Blocks Oklahoma Ultrasound Law, Expect A Supreme Court Battle
The 10th Circuit Federal Court has just issued a permanent injunction on a 2010 Oklahoma law that would require all women terminating their pregnancies to first undergo a mandatory …
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Few Minds Are Changed by Arguments in Court
Ronald Henderson, a financial planner who supports President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, watches news coverage on the Supreme Court's morning arguments about the health care law on a …
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Who’s the Woman Out Front Against Health Care Law? Florida AG Pam Bondi
Washington - Blessed with sound-bite sensibilities in an all-male scrum of long-winded gray suits, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi stood out in Washington this week as the unofficial spokeswoman …
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A World Bank President Who’s Not a Crony or a War Criminal?
On Friday, President Obama announced that he is nominating physician and Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank. This likely appointment was greeted with approval …
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On Day Three, Justices Weigh What-Ifs of Health Ruling
Attorneys and state attorneys general exit the Supreme Court after the final day of arguments in Washington, March 28, 2012. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times) Washington …
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How Mitt Romney Wielded Power as Massachusetts’ Governor
Boston - In 2006, 12 tons of concrete dropped from the roof of a tunnel on a major Massachusetts artery, killing a woman and terrifying drivers. Gov. Mitt Romney …
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Cantor’s “Small Business” Jobs Bill Gives Millionaires an Average Tax Cut of $45,000
Earlier today ThinkProgress reported that the House Ways and Means Committee is expected to approve a proposal by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) that is misleadingly entitled the …