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Kennedy taps Clinton for big health reform job

Fourteen years after failing to deliver health reform for her husband’s White House, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) will play a key role in advancing the issue in 2009 — if she remains in the Senate. Sen. Edward Kennedy...

Kennedy Says That He Will Introduce Senate Bill for Universal Health Care

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), making his second appearance on Capitol Hill since he began treatment for a malignant brain tumor in June, told reporters yesterday that he would advance a bill early next year calling for...

Campaign Stops: Think Small

In this installment of Health Care Watch, Stuart M. Butler and Ezekiel Emanuel talk about what President-elect Barack Obama should and shouldn’t do on health care reform. My fellow Campaign Stops contributor, Ezekiel Emanuel,...

Oregon State, Dhi Qar University Leaders Meet, Begin Relationship

COB ADDER — The president of an organization affiliated with Oregon State University met with the Dhi Qar University chancellor near Nasiriyah, Nov. 11. “We’re looking to build a sustainable relationship that goes beyond a...

Plan for Columbia Gorge wilderness looks dead

A massive lands bill that would have created new wilderness areas in five Western states — including a wilderness designation in Oregon at the Columbia River Gorge — is likely dead for the year, a victim of a filibuster threat...

Baucus To Release Detailed Universal Health Care Plan Today

Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) on Wednesday will release a detailed universal health coverage plan that is "broadly compatible" with the proposal by President-elect Barack Obama, the New York Times reports....

2010 & 2012 Election Prologue

Divided government will be restored in 2012, either through the Republicans winning the presidency or (more likely) a majority in the Senate. If the latter, we will be in the interesting situation that we have a divided...

What Party is more Partisan?

Percentage of time voting along with your party, 110th Congress* * 97.5%: Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) * 97.4%: Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) * 97.3%: Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) * 96.9%: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)...

The Senate Battle: 2010 (Doesn't get any Easier)

I don't mean to scare anybody, but just looking at the seat matchups, regardless of how bad the BHO, Reid, and Pelosi screw it up, the Dems are still going to be in the advantage chair. It's time to get proactive: North Dakota,...

Senator concerned about retiring F-15 fighters

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. -- Air Force plans to retire some aircraft earlier than expected, including F-15 Eagle fighter jets, should not affect Oregon Air National Guard operations at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls.

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