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Bruising Senate debate awaits health bill

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks Saturday after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on health care legislation�on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., right, and Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, look on.

A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the legislation has cleared a hurdle over Republicans eager to inflict a defeat on President Barack Obama.
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:17:31 GMT

NYT: Senator cements role at heart of debate

No sooner had Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln promised to deliver one crucial vote in support of a health care overhaul than she threatened to withhold the next one.
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:12:41 GMT

Obama stresses Asia, jobs in weekly address

In his weekly Saturday address, President� Obama says his trip through Asia could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods in the future.
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:17:19 GMT

Rep. Kennedy: I�m barred from communion

Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I. speaks during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, in September.

Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has banned Rep. Patrick Kennedy from receiving Communion in Rhode Island because of the congressman's support for abortion rights, Kennedy says.
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:52:53 GMT

Sizing up the next generation of Kennedys

Then-Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend is embraced by her uncle, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., at a campaign rally at Bowie State University in Bowie, Md.,�in 2002.

The decision by family members not to seek the seat held by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy for nearly five decades has prompted predictions that the family's political dynasty is over.
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:56:27 GMT