News tagged with congress
Health care reform 'important' even to those who want new law repealed
Fifty-eight percent of Americans (96 percent of Republicans, 10 percent of Democrats and 54 percent of Independents) support repealing the health care reform legislation that was signed into law by President Barack Obama ...
Apr 13, 2010 |
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Connect 2 Congress Lets You Track Your Senator, One Vote at a Time
(PhysOrg.com) -- Most of us know who the President is, but fewer can name their U.S. Senators or Representatives. Even fewer can name how their congressional representatives voted on specific bills. And if you ask most people ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 13, 2010 |
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Specter pushes in Pa. for electronic privacy laws (Update)
(AP) -- Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania is pushing for new federal laws on electronic privacy as a school district back home struggles with a lawsuit over attempts to locate missing laptops by turning ...
Mar 29, 2010 |
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US Congress passes 'fixes' to landmark health law
The US Congress on Thursday put the final touches on President Barack Obama's historic health overhaul, passing a set of technical changes to the legislation that will define his political legacy.
Mar 26, 2010 |
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US Congress passes historic health overhaul
The US Congress passed an historic health care overhaul late Sunday, handing President Barack Obama a landmark win and taking the United States closer than ever to guaranteed coverage for all Americans.
Mar 22, 2010 |
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Doctors, AARP support new health overhaul bill
(AP) -- The nation's largest association of doctors and the AARP senior citizens' lobby are endorsing President Barack Obama's revised health overhaul legislation.
Mar 19, 2010 |
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E-mails from public overload House Web site
(AP) -- Amid a boisterous debate on health care reform, people flooded members of Congress on Thursday with so many e-mails that they overloaded the House's primary Web site.
Aug 14, 2009 |
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Health insurers offer another concession
(AP) -- The health insurance industry has offered to end its practice of charging higher premiums to women.
May 05, 2009 |
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Congress joins Twitter craze
This is what you get when politicians keep their comments to 140 characters or less: "We need to cut spending! Holy Cow! A novel idea in Washington."
Apr 13, 2009 |
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Twitter takes Washington by storm
The halls of the US Congress are alive with the sounds of Twitter. Members of the Senate and House of Representatives -- or their aides -- are tapping out dozens of the micro messages a day on cellphones and computers from ...
Mar 02, 2009 |
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LG Unveils Transparent Mobile Phone: LG-GD900
LG Electronics today unveiled the world's first transparent design phone, the LG-GD900, at the Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona, Spain.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 18, 2009 |
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Nanotech safety high on Congress' priority list
The House Science and Technology Committee today introduced legislation that highlights the growing attention on Capitol Hill to the need to strengthen federal efforts to learn more about the potential environmental, health ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 16, 2009 |
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