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House shoots down spending bill
A stopgap spending bill to keep the government funded past Sept. 30 was upended in the House late Wednesday when Democrats pulled back their support in protest of cuts made to offset disaster aid in the package.
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Obama making final push to stop Palestinian bid for statehood at UN
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Scrambling to head off a diplomatic clash, President Barack Obama will publicly push for the Palestinians to drop a statehood bid when he addresses the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday.
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Obama announces debt plan: 'Math, not class warfare'
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"We can't just cut our way out of this hole," the president said, proposing a plan to reduce the nation's debt based on new taxes on the richest Americans.
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How's Congress doing? Not good, Americans say
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The public's contempt for Congress exceeds that of other American institutions.
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Obama bestows Medal of Honor on Marine Dakota Meyer
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President Barack Obama on Thursday bestowed the nation's highest military honor on Dakota Meyer, who saved 36 lives at extraordinary risk to himself.
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Dakota Meyer to be awarded Medal of Honor
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Dakota Meyer of Kentucky saved 36 lives from an ambush in Afghanistan and the former Marine will collect the nation's highest military honor at the White House. Meyer even got to have a beer with Obama on Wednesday.
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Poll: Obama disapproval soars to 54 percent in Va.
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President Barack Obama's disapproval rating has soared to 54 percent in Virginia, a battleground state the Democrat took from the Republicans to win the White House in 2008 and will likely need to carry next year to win re-election, a new poll released Thursday shows.
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President Obama takes jobs plan to North Carolina
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President Barack Obama is pitching his jobs plan in North Carolina, visiting a business that the White House says would benefit from the proposals he's been pressing Congress to pass right away.
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Hope for Alzheimer's patients from new study, national plan
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As the Obama administration is getting ready to draft a national plan to address Alzheimer's disease, a new study shows some promising results in alleviating symptoms.
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Obama to speak at MLK, Jr. dedication
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President Barack Obama will speak Oct. 16 at the rescheduled dedication of a memorial to Martin Luther King Jr.
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President Barack Obama takes jobs plan to Ohio school
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President Obama will promote his plan to pour $25 billion into school modernization Tuesday in Ohio, the backyard of one of main political rivals, House Speaker John Boehner.
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Obama would hike taxes to pay for his jobs bill
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Challenging Republicans, President Obama proposed paying for his costly new jobs plan with tax hikes.
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Cantor talks about Obama jobs plan on home turf
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President Barack Obama began a public relations blitz in Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's backyard, prodding Congress to adopt his $447 billion jobs package.
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Obama's uncle out of jail, whereabouts unclear
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President Barack Obama's uncle has been released from a Massachusetts jail two weeks after being arrested on a drunken-driving charge.
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Obama pushes new job plan in Virginia
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President Barack Obama pitched his newly unveiled jobs plan with campaign-style fervor Friday at University of Richmond.
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Obama proposes $450 billion jobs plan, mostly tax cuts
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President Barack Obama unveiled a larger-than-expected $450 billion plan Thursday night to boost jobs and put cash in the pockets of dispirited Americans.
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President Barack Obama's jobs plan to highlight Thursday speech
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Facing a frustrated public and a skeptical Congress, President Barack Obama will pitch at least $300 billion in jobs proposals aimed at getting Americans back to work quickly.
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Republican presidential candidates come out swinging
Mitt Romney and Rick Perry tore into each other throughout the POLITICO/NBC debate Wednesday night.
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