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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Signaling he\'d meet critics part way on health care, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he\'s willing to sign a bill even if it doesn\'t deliver everything he pursued through a year of grinding effort at risk of going down as a dismal failure.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats circulated a jobs bill Tuesday that\'s light on new initiatives on boosting hiring and heavy with provisions sought by lobbyists for business groups, doctors and the satellite broadcasting industry.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Partisanship is reaching new heights in Washington, even as President Barack Obama makes almost daily pleas to get along. He\'s scheduled a bipartisan health care summit, and just Tuesday he hosted GOP leaders at the White House for the first time in two months.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Could this turn into something more than political theater?
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'); document.write(''); document.write('SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In their ongoing quest to bridge California\'s huge budget gap, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers on Friday sent letters to congressional leaders and the Obama administration pressing for nearly $1 billion in federal aid.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and California state lawmakers from both parties say the federal government has been shortchanging California and are pressing for nearly $1 billion.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Drug and medical device maker Baxter International Inc. spent over a million dollars lobbying on the health care reform effort and related bills in the fourth quarter.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Most major health insurers ended 2009 with better-than-expected profits and signs their enrollment losses may be slowing. But potential headaches remain.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Aetna Inc. said its fourth-quarter profit fell 15 percent, as it continued to struggle with rising medical costs that hurt its performance throughout 2009.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday voted to allow the government to go $1.9 trillion deeper in debt — an increase of about $6,000 more for every U.S. resident that provided a vivid election-year reminder of the nation\'s perilous financial condition.
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