Obama Discusses His Health Care Reform Proposal In Missouri

2010-03-10T16:31:54Z

ST CHARLES, MO - MARCH 10: U.S. President Barack Obama rallies support for his health care reform initiative at St. Charles High School on March 10, 2010 in St. Charles, Missouri. The president is pushing for Congress to act on legislation by the time he leaves for Ind...

Pelosi: Dems close on health care agreement

2010-03-10T16:15:26Z

<div><p>Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues despite persistent Republican efforts to knock them offstride.</p><p>Obama himself, rallying support outside Washington for the second time this week, shouted to a crowd in

Fed Rebounds

2010-03-10T16:01:13Z

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2010, before the House Financial Services subcommittee hearing on fiscal 2011 Treasury Department budget. The President Barack Obama speaks at St. Charles High School in St. Charles, Mo., about health care reform Wednesday, March 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Obama Health Care

2010-03-10T15:33:28Z

People opposed to health care reform demonstrate before the arrival of President Barack Obama at St. Charles High School Wednesday, March 10, 2010, in St. Charles, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Curry)

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Analysis: Note to Washington: Voters say talk jobs

2010-03-10T15:15:16Z

<div><p>They just don't get it in Washington.</p><p>There's a gaping disconnect between what Americans care about and what President Barack Obama and Congress, Democrats and Republicans are actually doing. A new Census Bureau, following criticism that Republican groups were sending fundraising letters using the census name.</p><p>Under the bill, mailings marked "census" wi...

White House marks death of top Sunni cleric

2010-03-10T14:16:52Z

<div><p>The White House on Wednesday offered its condolences following the death of Sunni Islam's top cleric, who last year hosted President Barack Obama's landmark speech to the Muslim world.</p><p>Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, 81, died of a heart attack earlier Wednesday in

Geithner Testifies Before House Appropriations Cmte On FY2011 Budget

2010-03-10T13:32:29Z

WASHINGTON - MARCH 10: U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and Financial Services on Capitol Hill March 10, 2010 in US Senate race</div><div><p>A key part of Gov. Charlie Crist's political legacy is his grand plan to revive the dying Florida Everglades.</p><p>But the Republican's vision to restore the Eve...

Public memorial planned for NH activist 'Granny D'

2010-03-10T12:32:31Z

<div id="subtitle">Public memorial planned Sunday for New Hampshire campaign finance activist 'Granny D'</div><div><p>Doris "Granny D" Haddock turned a mother's critical remark into a springboard for a lifetime of adventure.</p><p>Haddock was seven when she overheard her mother say, "She's not like the others. She's different. Sometimes I wonder if she's mine at all, like I found her in a basket on my f...

President Obama Departs White House For Missouri

2010-03-10T12:34:04Z

WASHINGTON - MARCH 10: U.S. President Barack Obama walks to a waiting Marine One with Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) at the White House March 10, 2010 in Washington, DC. Obama was scheduled to travel to

Congress Jobs

2010-03-10T12:33:53Z

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, accompanied by Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., center, and Meei Shi Child, an unemployed worker from Chevy Chase, Md., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hil...

US Vice President Joe Biden Meets With Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

2010-03-10T12:33:07Z

JERUSALEM - MARCH 10: US Vice President Joe Biden (L) sits for breakfast with the international envoy to the Palestinians Tony Blair at a hotel on March 10, 2010 in Jerusalem. American Vice-President Joe Biden is in the Middle East to ...

Health Care Overhaul

2010-03-10T12:33:06Z

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks at the American Health Insurance Plans 2010 National Policy Forum in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Obama nears compromise on Guantanamo trials

2010-03-10T12:16:12Z

<div><p>President Barack Obama appears near a compromise to allow military tribunals to move forward for the alleged September 11 plotters in exchange for a deal to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center.</p><p>Influential Republican Senator Lindsey Lindsey Graham has offered a de...

AP-GfK Poll: Public wants elusive accord on health

2010-03-10T11:46:01Z

<div id="subtitle">AP-GfK Poll: Americans want bipartisan accord on health care, but neither party yields</div><div><p>Americans and their lawmakers are dramatically out of sync on health care, with large majorities of people looking for bipartisan cooperation that's nowhere in sight.</p><p>A new Associated Press-GfK Poll finds a widespread hunger for improvements to the health care system...

AP-GfK Poll: Obama more popular than Congress

2010-03-10T11:30:44Z

<div><p>Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty fight over health care. But more than half still back President Barack Obama, a bright spot for a Democratic Party counting on its leader to help stave off expected losses in elections this fall.</p><p>The latest

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