Mar 11th, 2010 · President Obama says the time for talk is over and that Congress needs to take an up-or-down vote on the health care overhaul plan. He traveled to St. Charles, Mo., to sell his plan Wednesday. It was his second trip outside of Washington this week to try to win congressional support for the plan. He also helped raise some cash for Democrats made vulnerable by the long legislative fight.
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Mar 11th, 2010 · President Obama says the time for talk is over and that Congress needs to take an up-or-down vote on the health care overhaul plan. He traveled to St. Charles, Mo., to sell his plan Wednesday. It was his second trip outside of Washington this week to try to win congressional support for the plan. He also helped raise some cash for Democrats made vulnerable by the long legislative fight.
Keywords: Congress · Democrats · congressional · legislation · Washington · Health · campaign · MO · Missouri · heath · Charles · Obama
Mar 10th, 2010 · Before Limbaugh books a trip down south, he might take a closer look at the health system in the Central American country. Government funding dominates it.
Keywords: country · Health · Costa · Rica · Central American · trip · Limbaugh
Mar 10th, 2010 · After a secret trip around the globe, a 3,000-year old stolen sarcophagus is returning home to Egypt. On Wednesday, U.S. authorities sent the sarcophagus to Egypt. It was confiscated by customs officials at the Miami Airport in 2008. Zahi Hawass, secretary-general of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, offers his insight.
Keywords: Egyptian · Secret · secretary · 2008 · customer · Miami Airport · Zahi Hawass · confiscated · trip · Sarcophagus
Mar 9th, 2010 · U.S. Vice President Joe Biden calls on Israel to "take risks for peace" during a two-day trip that marked the highest-level visit to Israel by an Obama administration official. Biden's comments come a day after Israelis and Palestinians agreed to indirect peace talks.
Keywords: Israel · security · administration · Palestinians · Obama · Biden · israeli · trip · indirect · Vice President Joe Biden
Mar 4th, 2010 · The LA Gang Tours put a spotlight on poverty tourism, but the phenomenon isn't new. Authors writing about class have been giving views of the other side for years. Writer Leslie Jamison shares three memoirs whose accounts define the line between rubbernecking and true works of art.
Keywords: memoir · poverty · tourism · trip · rubbernecking · LA Gang Tours · Writer Leslie Jamison
Mar 4th, 2010 · Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel of New York has been forced to step down as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, after he was admonished for taking conference trips funded by corporations. The House ethics committee continues to investigate allegations against him — all during a political year that already looks tough for Democrats.
Keywords: ethics · committee · politics · Democrats · corporate · chairman · chairmanship · House Ways · Means Committee · trip · relinquishes · Democratic Rep
Mar 4th, 2010 · Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel of New York has been forced to step down as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, after he was admonished for taking conference trips funded by corporations. The House ethics committee continues to investigate allegations against him — all during a political year that already looks tough for Democrats.
Keywords: ethics · committee · politics · Democrats · corporate · chairman · chairmanship · House Ways · Means Committee · trip · relinquishes · Democratic Rep