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Sick children to get health care
March 30, 2010After some strong arm twisting by the Obama administration the insurance industry has backed down from challenging the section of the new health reform law.
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Time for big, bold federal jobs program
March 30, 2010Jobs for America NOW is organizing meetings with lawmakers while they are home for the Easter recess to urge them to pass Rep. George Miller's $75 billion jobs bill.
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Comptroller: NYC paying slumlords millions to house homeless
March 29, 2010The Department of Homeless Services is wasting millions of dollars on services that lack oversight, some of which are overtly illegal, according to recent audit of the DHS.
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Militia arrests signal return of armed “patriot” groups
March 29, 2010FBI raids on suspected militia members over the weekend jolted a public already concerned about far-right violence that surfaced during the health care reform fight.
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Toolmaker-singer speaks out on ‘one person, one vote’
March 26, 2010Clint Jones, 82, has won fame with his "Clint's Dandy Digger," but his biggest passion is his belief that the Electoral College is unjust and should be abolished.
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