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Deficit talks look at spending-cut compromises

2011-05-25T12:00:21Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deficit-reduction negotiators have identified broad areas for saving hundreds of billions of dollars but still disagree on changing the costly but popular Medicare program, a source familiar with the talks said on Wednesday.

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Agencies' faulty payments make OMB site hit list

2010-11-02T12:48:33Z

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No pulse, no pay: How the 'Do Not Pay' list will work

2010-11-02T12:48:31Z

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White House moves to prevent payments to dead people

2010-11-02T12:48:31Z

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White House targets insurers over healthcare premiums

2010-04-16T10:11:56Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House kept insurance companies squarely in its sights Tuesday in the push for healthcare reform by releasing research showing that health insurance premiums have risen far faster than inflation in every U.S. state.

U.S. states have experienced premium growth of 90 percent to nearly 150 percent in the past decade, while wage...

Republicans: U.S. healthcare timetable may slip

2010-06-25T21:34:33Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Critics assailed the Obama administration on Wednesday for a deal with hospitals meant to cut costs, and a top Republican said the U.S. Senate may need more than a planned month to pass a bipartisan healthcare reform bill.

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Quotes from the Democratic debate

2010-09-10T11:29:34Z

Quotes From Thursday's Democratic Debate

Quotes from the Democrats' debate Thursday night in Las Vegas.

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HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

_On what she meant by calling her presidential rivals an "all-boys club": "Well, it is clear, I think, from women's experiences that ...

Biden Gay Marriage

2010-12-24T09:31:24Z

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2010 file photo, Vice President Joe Biden gestures while speaking at the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington. Biden said Friday, Dec. 24, 2010 that the country is evolving on the issue of gay marriage and he thinks it's inevitable there will be national consensus. (AP Photo/Susan W...

US Russia Nuclear

2010-12-23T01:00:15Z

Vice President Joe Biden, center, enters before the vote about the New START Treaty, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010.,(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Copyright 2010 President Barack Obama, joined by Vice President Joe Biden at left, speaks before signing the bipartisan tax package that extends tax cuts for families at all income levels, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White H...

Obama Afghanistan Pakistan

2010-12-16T12:32:24Z

President Barack Obama, accompanied by, from left, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, obscured, and Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Marine Gen. James Cartw...

Obama

2010-12-16T10:33:11Z

President Barack Obama walks with Vice President Joe Biden, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, to the Brady Press Briefing room in the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010 to deliver...