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Health bill could get 34-hour reading in Senate

Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

The 2,074-page Senate health care bill would take 34 hours to read cover to cover -- and that's just what Sen. Tom Coburn wants done on the Senate floor.

Bush warns of too much government

Obama not mentioned by name

Friday, Nov. 13, 2009

Former President George W. Bush said Thursday that America must resist the "temptation" to allow the government to take over the private sector, taking a subtle shot at his Democratic successor by warning that too much state intervention and protectionism will squelch the economic recovery.

Bush warns of threats to freedom, economic growth

Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009

Former President George W. Bush, outlining plans for a new public policy institute, on Thursday said America must fight the temptation to allow the federal government to take control of the private sector, declaring that too much government intervention will squelch economic recovery and expansion.

Silicon Valley produces laptops and politicians

Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009

Silicon Valley, California's high-tech mecca best known for laptops and iPhones, is now a breeding ground for a low-tech product: the political candidate.

Dunn leaving White House post

Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009

White House communications director Anita Dunn, who made headlines by calling Fox News "a wing of the Republican Party," will step down from her interim post at the end of November.

Big money buys seats at lawmakers' dinner tables

Pricey private events can offer up clout

Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009

Want to dine with five U.S. senators? Then just drop by Wednesday night and, oh, by the way, bring $30,400.

White candidate scrambles vote, attitudes in Atlanta race

Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009

For decades as white residents fled to the suburbs, Atlanta's black political establishment, led by a string of strong mayors, revived the moribund economy and so revamped the city's image that it earned a national reputation as "Hotlanta."

Obama observes fallen soldiers' return

Makes late-night Dover trip, calls sacrifices 'extraordinary'

Friday, Oct. 30, 2009

After he stood on a windswept tarmac at Dover Air Force Base in the middle of the night to watch 18 soldiers and U.S. drug enforcement agents killed in Afghanistan arrive home in flag-draped cases, President Obama, known for his soaring rhetorical skills, was speechless.

Mixed world reaction to Obama's Nobel

Many applaud, but some are critical

Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009

After recovering from their initial shock, leaders around the globe applauded Friday's surprise award of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama, saying they hoped the prize would spur his efforts on nuclear disarmament and peacemaking in some of the world's most violent places.