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PresidentObama, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), greets House Democrats at their retreat. He praised those who were willing to "make tough choices sometimes when they're unpopular." (Melina Mara/the Washington Post) By Perry Bacon Jr. With ...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2010/01/14/ST2010011404760.htBy Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP By Kathy Kiely, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The Senate is on track for a major makeover as retirements and election defeats change the fa...

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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday agreed to testify at a congressional hearing about the federal bailout of American International Group, Inc. The hearing, now scheduled for Jan. 27, is looking in particular at how and why AIG paid 100 ...http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202438207245&hubType=Top%20Story&WASHINGTON—A House government oversight panel ordered the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to produce documents related to its role in American International G...

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By Josh Hafenbrack, Tallahassee Bureau TALLAHASSEE — After the Legislature voted down a proposed revenue-sharing deal Thursday, the Seminole Tribe will now turn to the federal government for authority to run its casinos that feature slots and blackjack ...http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2010/01/seminoles-plan-to-ask-theAP - January 14, 2010 2:44 PM ET TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A special House committee has rejected Gov. Charlie Crist's new agreement with the Seminole Tribe to expan...

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(AP) — In a major breakthrough, union leaders bowed Thursday to White House demands for a new tax on high-cost health plans as part of landmark health care ...http://www.newsday.com/business/tentative-tax-deal-marks-health-care-breakthrougJan 14 (Reuters) - The White House and labor unions reached tentative agreement on Thursday on a tax on high-cost "Cadillac" healthcare plans, clearing the ...http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1420729920100115The White House and labor leaders agreed...

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Labor leaders drop their opposition to the 'Cadillac tax' in exchange for limits on its scope. The agreement removes one of the last obstacles to the healthcare overhaul. By Janet Hook and Noam N. Levey Reporting from Washington - The White House and ...http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-naw-health-congress15-2010jan15,The White House and congressional Democrats have struck a deal with unions over taxation of high-end insurance plans, a major step toward agreement on a final health ...

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NESTLÉ has announced that it will temporarily close its food plant in Virginia, US and overhaul its production process after two samples of cookie dough tested positive for E coli. The company discovered the tainted Toll House cookie ...http://www.tcetoday.com/tcetoday/NewsDetail.aspx?nid=12429Although safety measures were instituted after the cookie dough was recalled last summer, samples from a plant in Danville, Va. tested positive for the bacteria. The company said the tainted dough did ...h...

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Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The US Securities and Exchange Commission should investigate whether employees of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York violated laws on corporate disclosure when they asked American International Group Inc. to ...http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a4_AEZjPJDkM&pos=5US President Barack Obama, accompanied by TreasurySecretary Timothy Geithner, as he announces a new fee on big banks on Thursday. AP In the boldest move of an escalating global campaign ...

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Jacquelyn Martin / AP WASHINGTON - Michelle Obama reflected on her first year in the White House on Wednesday and calmly claimed no need for any do-overs: Even the things that didn't go quite right were part of the learning curve, the first lady said, ...http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34847099/ns/politics-white_house/WASHINGTON -- The first lady in 2010 will become the lead White House spokesman in an administrationwide battle against childhood obesity, taking on her first substantial role in advan...

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Sen. Orrin Hatch is urging President Barack Obama to invite Boise State to the White House along with Alabama, arguing both undefeated teams deserve the honor traditionally afforded to college football's national champion. In 2008, shortly after his ...http://www.statesman.com/sports/hatch-bring-boise-state-to-white-house-too-17981The White House on Thursday quickly took away the possibility of Boise State University's football team joining the national champions Alabama at an honorary Rose Gard...

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Just back from their congressional districts, Democrats are nervous about riling voters on healthcare reform legislation. But Obama says once people know the details, they'll back it. President Barack Obama speaks to the House Democratic Caucus retreat ...http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2010/0114/Obama-rallies-worried-Democrats-AP Sources: Tentative deal on health bill tax By DAVID LIGHTMAN AND MARGARET TALEV WASHINGTON -- The White House, congressional leaders and union officials on Thurs...