Thursday, March 11, 2010 07:10 PM EST
Sen. Arlen Specter (D.-Pa.) told CNSNews.com that he did not ask anybody to clear the field of rival candidates in Pennsylvania's Democratic U.S. Senate primary and that nobody told him that they would do so.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:20 AM EST
On Wednesday, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, an Obama appointee, frowned on recent price hikes by broadband providers at a time when the government hopes to give all Americans access to high-speed Internet in their homes.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010 04:04 AM EST
Republican senators said that House members who vote for the Senate-passed health care bill would "own it," and that nothing would be changed through reconciliation, including prohibiting federal (taxpayer) funds from being used to pay for abortions.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010 04:53 AM EST
The current plan is for the House to approve the Senate-passed bill from late last year, despite serious objections to numerous provisions. Both houses then would pass a second bill immediately, making changes in the first measure before both could take effect.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010 04:01 AM EST
A new Rasmussen Reports survey shows that 57 percent of American voters think that the health care reform plan currently before Congress would hurt the U.S. economy. The poll provides yet more evidence that Americans remain deeply opposed to the plan favored by President Barack Obama, for a variety of reasons.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010 05:27 AM EST
A Kansas City councilwoman said the closure plan has prompted some housing developers to consider backing out of projects. One angry mother asked if anyone else at Wednesday night's gathering was ready to homeschool their children.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010 06:45 AM EST
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) continued to maintain the view that there is no taxpayer funding for abortion in the Senate health care bill, despite being contradicted by other members of Congress and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).
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Thursday, March 11, 2010 12:15 AM EST
A new Rasmussen Report shows that 60 percent of Americans with children in elementary schools say most school textbooks are more concerned with presenting information in a politically correct manner than in accuracy.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 12:06 PM EST
Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas is holding a gala next month to raise money for its new abortion clinic, which will be specially equipped for performing late-term abortions.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010 05:35 AM EST
Two Honeycreeper birds, a fly and 45 ferns, trees and shrubs found only on the island of Kauai were among the species named Wednesday, boosting the number of such classifications by the Obama administration from two to 50.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010 04:14 AM EST
Amid mounting skepticism about the likelihood of U.N. Security Council sanctions against Iran, attention is turning to calls for curbs on gasoline shipments. Three major energy firms this week reportedly joined a list of companies ending their gasoline trade with Iran.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010 05:11 AM EST
So much for diplomatic engagement: The United States has moved away from making outreach to Iran the primary goal, the AP reported.
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