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BREAKING: Comprehensive List of Taxes In House Democrat Health Bill — H.R. 3962, the “Affordable Health Care for America Act” has been introduced—all 1990 pages of it. This gargantuan beast contains thirteen new tax hikes. Here they all are, with description and page number (PDF version):
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House health-care reform bill includes public option — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) unveiled a health-care reform bill Thursday that includes a government insurance option and a historic expansion of Medicaid, although sticking points in the legislation involving abortion and immigration remain unresolved.

Affordable Health Care for America Act
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McConnell: The Public Option ‘May Cost You Your Life’
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Audio of Nancy Pelosi's Blogger Conference call on the House health care bill.


In shift, GOP leaders embrace Hoffman — The House Republican leadership is prepared to welcome Doug Hoffman into its ranks, National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) said Thursday, a sign that the GOP establishment is recalibrating its approach toward …
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The Outlook for the 2009 Elections — We are still a few days away from Election Day, but party strategists, operatives and local activists are already blaming their own nominees for their defeats. — The clearest evidence that the Virginia gubernatorial race is over …
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Christie: 'Man up and say I'm fat' — Chris Christie, New Jersey's Republican nominee for governor, said Thursday that Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine should quit hinting at his weight with unflattering ads and “man up and say I'm fat.” — Christie declared that he will be “a big fat winner” …


Iowa Republicans wince at Palin fee — A conservative Iowa group's effort to lure Sarah Palin to its banquet next month has had an unintended effect: Rather than exciting conservatives about the prospect of a visit from the former Alaska governor, the group's plan to raise a six-figure sum …
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Sarah Palin Charging $100K for Iowa Speech? Not Exactly. — Palin in Iowa, November 2008. Photo by Mark Hirsch / Getty Images — Politico's Jonathan Martin has a good story today about an Iowa conservative group's efforts to lure Sarah Palin to a fundraising dinner in Des Moines next month.
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‘Audacity to Win’: Excerpt by Plouffe on Obama Campaign — In a new memoir, The Audacity to Win, David Plouffe, who managed Barack Obama's 2008 race for the White House, provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse inside the campaign. Here's an excerpt: — Agony. Ecstasy.
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Nervous W.H. intervened in N.J. race; top Obama adviser now in charge
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U.S. Economy Began to Grow Again in the Third Quarter — Ending the longest contraction since World War II, the United States economy finally grew in the third quarter of this year, the Commerce Department said on Thursday. — The nation's gross domestic product expanded at an annual rate …
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Gates, Crowley Spotted Together In Cambridge Bar — CAMBRIDGE (WBZ) ― Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates and Cambridge police Sergeant James Crowley were spotted at a pub in Cambridge Wednesday night. — The owner of “River Gods” told WBZ the two sat in a booth together and talked for about an hour.


New Jersey Police: Reports Like Lou Dobbs' ‘Not At All Uncommon’ During Hunting Season — Several media sources have reported that shots were fired at the residence of CNN's Lou Dobbs. While Dobbs and his anti-immigrant supports were quick to jump to conclusions about the motive of the shooting …
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Orly Taitz Smacked Down: Birther Lawsuit Dismissed — Central District of California Judge David O. Carter has dismissed Barnett et al v. Obama et al, Orly Taitz's most successful lawsuit — that is, the one that got the furthest through the legal system — demanding proof of the president's citizenship.


Fox News Viewed as Most Ideological Network — Swine Flu Tops Weekly News Interest — The Fox News Channel is viewed by Americans in more ideological terms than other television news networks. And while the public is evenly divided in its view of hosts of cable news programs having …


Disgraceful: In 8 Years, George W. Bush Never Greeted Fallen Troops — This is what a president does. … NPR notes that, … Why? … Bush also preferred to go bed early, but apparently, could never get his ass out of bed early enough to honor the soldiers he so recklessly sent off to die.

Corzine Leads Christie by Five Points in New Jersey — With less than a week to go before Election Day in New Jersey, a new survey conducted for Stan Greenberg and James Carville's organization Democracy Corps shows Democratic Governor Jon Corzine slightly expanding his lead over Republican Chris Christie to 5 points.

Report: Cash for Clunkers was a lemon — A study by Edmunds.com released Wednesday suggests that Cash for Clunkers mostly gave money to people who were going to buy a new car anyway. — American taxpayers paid a lot of cash for those clunkers: $24,000 for each new car sold, according to a study released Wednesday.
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Clunkers: Taxpayers paid $24,000 per car
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Colleagues ‘devastated’ by lawyer O'Quinn's death in crash — Colleagues mourn; accident also leaves a passenger dead — Prominent Houston lawyer John O'Quinn was the man driving a sport utility vehicle that lost control on the rain-slicked surface of Allen Parkway and crashed into a large tree …

Ethics to investigate Reps. Waters, Richardson; Graves criticizes OCE — The House ethics panel voted Thursday to launch investigative subcommittees into separate charges against California Democratic Reps. Maxine Waters and Laura Richardson. — The moves signal the panel believes …