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A (Un)Common Touch

GOP Senate nominee Sharron Angle (NV): Extending unemployment insurance ” doesn’t benefit anyone .”

Calif. Legislature advances health care reform

over the objection of Republicans. The state Senate on Tuesday narrowly approved two bills to set up an insurance exchange that would allow people to shop for health insurance. The exchange would let people compare insurance plans and buy coverage

Obama’s Economic Remarks in Ohio

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House approves extending unemployement benefits

the Senate approved after overcoming a Republican filibuster. The House vote was 272-152. The measure would extend unemployment insurance through November for out-of-work Americans who have not yet exhausted up to 99 weeks of aid. Benefits would be

House passes unemployment insurance benefits extension

Washington (CNN) – The House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday pushing back the deadline to file for extended unemployment benefits to the end of November. The $34 billion measure, which cleared the Senate Wednesday, now moves to President

Next up on unfinished Senate agenda: unemployment…

replace the late Sen. Robert Byrd, Senate Democrats will have the votes to try again to extend unemployment insurance to the jobless. In this June 28 photo, job seekers wait in line to attend at a National Career Fair in San Francisco. The US Senate is

Nelson Kills Unemployment Extension

and on the Senate floor last night, the Democrats would have broken the Republican filibuster of the unemployment insurance extension bill. But Ben Nelson (D-NE) stepped forward to kill the bill and put any extension off until July

Few voters expected at polls

November general election for governor and U.S. senator, to decide on controversial propositions on public power, auto insurance and… California – United States Senate – United States – General election – Republican

Blumenthal’s Debut Broadcast

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oftPK7Ug-U&feature=player_embedded&w=260] Senate hopeful’s first TV ads feature constituents with insurance struggles

Dems Scale Back Spending Bill

Health Insurance Subsidies and Aid to States Cut from Catchall Spending Bill; Senate OKs War Funding Bill