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Kennedy Stepping Down From Judiciary

By | 12.05.08 | 6:30 pm

Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), suffering from brain cancer, will step down from the powerful Judiciary Committee when Congress returns to Washington in January, the Boston Globe is reporting, citing an unnamed Democratic source:

The decision had nothing to do with the health of the legendary Democratic lawmaker, who is

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Report: Where’s the Media Health Coverage?

By | 11.25.08 | 11:04 am

President-elect Barack Obama may have made health-care reform a priority in 2009, but not everyone sees the issue as being so important. So says a new report, revealing that media coverage of health issues made up just 3.6 percent of all news coverage in the 18 months between January More…

Liberals Hope to Link Financial Crisis to Health Care Debate

By | 10.14.08 | 5:33 pm

Who knew, eight years ago, that compassionate conservatism would include the partial nationalization of the banking industry?

It happened today, and some supporters of Sen. Barack Obama hope the new wave of broader federal regulation will spill over into the health-care debate.

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