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• Franken speaks out on employment discrimination

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 680
  Sen. Al Franken spoke at a Senate hearing on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) on Thursday. ENDA, which is vociferously opposed by the religious right, would make it illegal to fire somebody because of their sexual orientation. Franken sits on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee which held ...
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• Degette rounds up votes to defeat anti-abortion health reform amendment

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 670
  House Democratic leaders might have thought they dodged a bullet on Saturday when they agreed to appease moderate Dems with an amendment to restrict abortion coverage — a provision that allowed the bill to pass by a very slim 220 to 215 margin. One day later, however, liberal Democrats vowed to sink the bill if ...
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• Northeast students delegation to meet PM on rising crime

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) A delegation of students and Congress workers from the northeast will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday over the rise in crime against people from the region in the national capital.“We are meeting the prime minister at his residence at 9 a.m. Tuesday. As he has been elected from ...
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• Obama wasted a tool of persuasion

  
  WE Blog — Authority: 486
  If President Obama were President Johnson, he would have used his signature on the spending bill that included $32 million for the proposed National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan as leverage over Kansas Sens. Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts. Kansas City Star columnist Steve Kraske noted that “Johnson, ...
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• India, Japan to accelerate anti-piracy efforts in Gulf of Aden

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony, who is on his maiden visit to Japan, Monday met his Japanese counterpart Toshimi Kitazawa and in a joint statement said the two countries would step up joint anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden.“This is the maiden visit of the defence minister to Japan. ...
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• British Businessmen Invited To Invest In Emerging Sectors Of Bangladesh

  
  MyTownTalks — Authority: 487
  Siddique Islam - AHN Correspondent Dhaka, Bangladesh (AHN) - The countrys apex trade body on Monday invited a visiting British business delegation to invest in emerging sectors of the Bangladesh economy, particularly in energy, gas and infrastructure development. Leaders of th Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of ...
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• Roberts already wants a fourth term

  
  WE Blog — Authority: 486
  When Sen. Sam Brownback gives up his job to run for governor next year, it could be Kansas’ only open seat for a while. The Hutchinson News reported that Sen. Pat Roberts, who is officially Kansas’ “junior senator,” already plans to run for a fourth term in 2014 and had $82,256 in campaign cash as of ...
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• So they said

  
  WE Blog — Authority: 486
  “I had a tremendous time looking at fossils.” — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (in photo), in Lawrence, saying KU’s Dyche Hall “may be the best university natural history museum in the United States” “My name has been besmirched.” — Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Goddard, in Pittsburg, saying an ...
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• U.S. House passes health care legislation

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 599
  After hours of debate, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a version of a bill designed to reform the health care system. The bill passed by a 220-215 vote with one Republican voting for the bill. Thirty nine Democrats, including New Mexico Congressman Harry Teague, voted against the bill Congressmen Martin ...
  2 days ago

• House passes health care reform 220-215

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 680
  The U.S. House of Representative has passed H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, by a vote of 220-215 . In dramatic late-night action Saturday, the bill passed with two votes more than the minimum needed — and one of those votes was from a Republican: Rep. Joseph Cao of Louisiana. “This was ...
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• Kline, Oberstar speak back to back on House floor on health care

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 680
  In brief, back-to-back appearances, U.S. Reps. John Kline and Jim Oberstar delivered diametrically opposed statements on the floor of the House of Representatives Saturday night during the historic debate over national health care reform. The pair starkly demonstrated the range of political feeling among ...
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• YouTube video sinks Turnbull minder

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 432
  A media minder for Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has reportedly quit his job after being linked to an online bout of Liberal factional warfare. The video parodies Liberal MP Alex Hawke by portraying him as an enraged Adolf Hitler, echoing a YouTube trend of dubbing Hitler biopic Downfall with fake ...
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• How Much Do You Procrastinate?

  
  Win My Ex Back — Authority: 457
  We all do it-at least some of the time. We put off doing things we need or want to get done. Heck, I even wanted to put off writing this article. As I write this, the sun’s shining and the wind is a perfect 10-12 knots out of the south. My boat is tied up in her slip while I sit here banging on my keyboard. I also ...
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• Praeger still optimistic about health reform

  
  WE Blog — Authority: 486
  To hear the GOP members of the Kansas congressional delegation tell it, passage of health reform will end liberty as we know it. Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Goddard, is already talking about trying to repeal or defund any bill that makes it into law. Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger (in photo), also a Republican, ...
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• Devon climate groups set to meet Teignbridge MP Richard Younger-Ross

  
  People's Republic of South Devon The Peoples Republic of South Devon — Authority: 140
  In Devon, there are more than 40 climate action groups, and a delegation from Bovey Climate Action together with Moretonhampstead , Dunsford and Greener Teign will meet Teignbridge MP Richard Younger-Ross on Friday, November 13. They will be handing over  photos of the events in Devon held on an International ...
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• Dalai Lama to reach Delhi Saturday

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is expected to arrive here from Tokyo Saturday evening before leaving for Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh for a visit denounced by China, an aide said.“He will come to Delhi after a week-long trip to Japan. Tomorrow (Sunday) he leaves with a small ...
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• Ill. congressional delegation, VA chief meet

  
  emedist.com — Authority: 159
  A spokeswoman for Veteran Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki says in-patient surgeries a troubled VA hospital in southern Illinois should resume in the spring.source : www.topix.com
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• Without These 2 Things, You’ll Always Feel Stress in Your Business

  
  SoloSavvy Blog for Solo Entrepreneurs — Authority: 434
  The past few of weeks have been “off” our regular routine in that my Mum sold her house of 36 years and has decided to move to South Carolina, I was vacationing in New Hampshire the next week (pretty much unreachable), preparing for and attending my sister’s beach wedding for 70 people last week (we served as ...
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• Savoring memories of Bachmann’s ‘Super Bowl of Freedom’

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 680
  Photo: Graham Moomaw, The Washington Independent There’s word that “ Stunning ” Steve King, congressman from Iowa, wants a Saturday reprise of U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s “Superbowl of Freedom” rally against health care reform. Before a second “ House Call ” protest blurs memories of the original, ...
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• Congressional Roundup: Health care vote Saturday

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 599
  Although some news outlets reported that there would be no vote on health care legislation until Sunday, a unnamed House Aide told MSNBC’s First Read that there will be a vote tomorrow in the House on health care reform. One New Mexico Congressman, Harry Teague, says he will vote against the bill. From MSNBC: ...
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