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High-speed rail initiative derailed as part of budget compromise

Billions in funding for high-speed rail was sacrificed as part of the budget compromise

Democrats launch $5 million campaign to defend health care law

By Peter H. Stone

Democrats raise $5 million to promote and protect health care reform law

A timeline of who won and who lost in the decade since the worst terror attacks on U.S. soil

By Sandy Johnson

An analysis of the winners and losers over the last decade

Excerpts from this story referencing "Leon Panetta":

"… adership of the Pentagon stands in marked contrast to his predecessor, and Leon Panetta, a congressman turned intelligence chief who stabilized a rattled and frac …"

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IMPACT: House GOP criticizes White House visitor logs

By Fred Schulte

IMPACT: White House is taken to task by Hill for incomplete visitor logs

Gingrich selects Rob Johnson as campaign manager for presidential bid

By Peter H. Stone

Newt Gingrich takes another step closer to presidential campaign with top staff picks

Blue Dogs, decimated by defeats and retirements, turn to lobbying shops

By Aaron Mehta

A third of Blue Dog congress members who left office in January are now on K Street
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After skipping Ground Zero event with Obama, Bush made three paid speeches

By Peter H. Stone

Bush skipped Ground Zero event but gave three paid speeches in the next week

Top 10 failures of the Bush administration

By Andrew Green

In a break with precedent, when asked at his final press conference to name his administration’s biggest mistake, President George W. Bush r

Analysis — A Canadian-style single-payer health system in Vermont?

By Wendell Potter

A new governor in Vermont is boldly declaring his intent to look at a Canadian-style single-payer health care system....

Excerpts from this story referencing "health insurance":

"… Shumlin concluded that the uniquely American multi-payer system of private health insurance firms was actually fueling medical inflation and thwarting the state&rsquo …"

Analysis — Fear and loathing over a public insurance option in Hartford

By Wendell Potter

Will a "public option" have a better chance in Hartford than in Washington? Not if the insurance companies have anything to say about it. ..

Excerpts from this story referencing "health insurance":

"… l be offered as an option along with private carriers in the state’s health insurance exchange, which will start operations on Jan. 1, 2014. On Monday, three …"

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