Obama praises committee vote on Wall St. rules (AP)

Monday, March 22nd, 2010 at 5:47 pm  
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AP – President Barack Obama is praising the Democrats’ massive Wall Street regulation bill as it heads to the full Senate.

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French pres. shakes up Cabinet after vote losses (AP)

Monday, March 22nd, 2010 at 3:38 pm  
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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, centre left, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy leave the polling station after casting their votes for the second round of the regional elections, in Paris, Sunday, March 21, 2010. President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative party was bracing for a massive setback Sunday as frustrated French voters cast ballots in regional run-off elections likely to favor the opposition left and to set the stage for the 2012 presidential race. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)AP – President Nicolas Sarkozy dismissed his labor minister and reshuffled several other Cabinet posts Monday after leftists walloped his conservatives in France’s regional elections — a defeat that exposed his inability to convince the public on his economic reforms.


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Bank bill set to pass committee on party line vote (AP)

Monday, March 22nd, 2010 at 1:47 pm  
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Labourers work on an underground rail project in New Delhi. Asia's developing economies must invest more in infrastructure and social welfare to promote long-term growth in a region where millions fell back into poverty during the global economic crisis, an IMF official said.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana)AP – Republicans abandoned hope of altering Wall Street legislation in a key Senate committee on Monday, clouding prospects for a bipartisan bill and leaving the fight for the full Senate.


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On final day, Obama works vote outside public view (AP)

Sunday, March 21st, 2010 at 11:33 pm  
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President Barack Obama makes a statement to the nation Sunday night following the final vote in the House of Representatives for comprehensive health care legislation, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP – Capping a long day and a consuming political journey, President Barack Obama celebrated the passage of health care legislation on Sunday with hugs, high fives and an emboldened attitude. Said the president to the nation, “Tonight, we answered the call of history.”


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Some Dems walk plank with ‘yes’ vote (Politico)

Sunday, March 21st, 2010 at 6:33 pm  
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Politico – POLITICO runs down the lawmakers whose votes could cost them dearly in November.

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