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Obama says job growth always lags behind economic growth

November 9, 2009

"History tells us that job growth always lags behind economic growth."

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House health care bill pays for itself over the long run, CBO says

By Angie Drobnic Holan

November 6, 2009

The House health care bill pays for "about six years of program with a decade of revenue, with the heaviest costs concentrated in the second…

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U.S. Rep. Mike Pence says CBO confirms GOP health plan reduces insurance premiums up to 10 percent

November 6, 2009

"As a result of the House Republican bill, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office now confirms that families will see their health care premiums reduced by…

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Americans United for Change Ad claims GOP health plan will let insurers raise premiums four times faster than wages

November 5, 2009

The Republicans' alternative health care plan "will still let insurers raise premiums four times faster than wages."

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Charlie Crist says he didn’t endorse stimulus bill

By Aaron Sharockman

November 5, 2009

"I didn't endorse" the federal stimulus bill.

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Wasserman Schultz says GOP alternative health care plan allows insurers to continue denying coverage for pre-existing conditions

November 5, 2009

The GOP health care plan "would allow health insurance companies to continue engaging in unfair and discriminatory practices like denying coverage to people because of…

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The Health Benefits Advisory Committee doesn’t tell you what plan to buy

By Angie Drobnic Holan

November 4, 2009

Health care reform "establishes a new board of federal bureaucrats (the 'Health Benefits Advisory Committee') to dictate the health plans that all individuals must purchase."

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The public option could pay for unsubsidized abortion

By Angie Drobnic Holan

November 4, 2009

Health care reform "requires the use of federal dollars to fund abortions through the government-run health plan."

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Republicans gloss over the details on a study on the employer mandate

By Angie Drobnic Holan

November 4, 2009

Research shows the employer mandate in the House health reform bill would "place millions 'at substantial risk of unemployment' — with minority workers losing their…

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Rush Limbaugh said bump in GDP due to Cash for Clunkers and government incentives to first-time home buyers

November 3, 2009

"That 3.5 percent (increase in the third quarter GDP) came from two things — government spending on Cash for Clunkers — they just moved fourth-quarter…

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Michele Bachmann claims Page 92 prohibits private insurance

By Catharine Richert

November 3, 2009

Page 92 of the House health care bill "says specifically that people can't purchase private health insurance after a date certain."  

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California Republican lumps Obama in with Hoover in his approach to fighting recession

By Louis Jacobson

November 2, 2009

Three presidents in the last century — Harding, Kennedy and Reagan — all cut taxes during recessions and produced "rapid and dramatic economic recoveries," while…

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