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Christina Wilkie

Obama Goes Out For Post-Debt Ceiling Burgers

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 10.03.2011

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President Obama took five members of his staff out to lunch on Wednesday, to thank them for working so hard on the debt ceiling crisis for the past we...

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Health Care Ruling Does Not Create Uncertainty, Says White House

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The White House says it disagrees with a Virginia judge's ruling declaring a key provision of President Barack Obama's health care ...

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Sam Stein

Top Obama Aide: 'Any Aspect' Of Health Care 'Could Be De-Funded' By GOP

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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With health care reform, this week, marking its six-month anniversary since being signed into law, some of the president's most senior advisers have b...

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Medicare Needs a Digital Elliot Ness

Peter Roskam | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Roskam

Medicare, the government health care safety net for seniors, processes $460 billion of claims every year -- as much as 10% of which turn out to be fraudulent.

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Obama Fights 'Boys Club' Image In The White House

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Late last year, President Barack Obama summoned the highest-ranking women on his staff to a dinner at the White House so he could a...

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Media Matters Jumps to Defend Unsolicited White House Emails to Federal Employees

Richard Grenell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard Grenell

Should State Department employees have to worry about partisan political emails threatening budget complications if Obama's bill isn't passed?

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How the White House Used Gruber's Work to Create Appearance of Broad Consensus

Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jane Hamsher

The White House is placing a giant bet on Gruber's "assumptions" to justify key portions of the Senate bill. Now we know that Gruber's work was not that of an independent analyst but a contractor to the White House.

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Constitutional Experts: Obama's 'Czars' Are Perfectly Legal

latimes.com | Joe Markman | Posted 05.25.2011

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In Senate testimony, constitutional experts say the president has the right to appoint independent advisers as long as the distinction between practic...

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Health Insurance Industry Exposes Its Insatiable Greed

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Dreier

After pretending for months to cooperate with the Obama administration and Democrats to secure a reasonable health reform bill, the industry's CEOs and lobbyists on Sunday double-crossed their one-time political allies.

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Who Are the Czars, and Where Did They Come From?

Avelino Maestas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Avelino Maestas

The "czar" situation is a little more nuanced than the current email meme. There are no formal "czars" within the framework of government, and the term itself was created by the media.

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In Health Care Push, Biden Asks Americans: 'Bust This Myth'

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christina Bellantoni

Biden made a renewed health care push, asking supporters to join the White House to debunk rumors and imploring Americans to send in their personal stories to showcase the need for reform.

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Our Shadowy Government: Czars, Health Reform, And Bush's Resurgence

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harry Moroz

Criticism of Obama and the czar "system" is overblown. In fact, a czar's power comes not from dictatorial authority, but from humble restraint.

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Jeff Muskus

Blue Dogs Keeping Health Care Stuck In Committee

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Henry Waxman is looking to resume health care negotiations Thursday night. Maybe. Waxman (D-Calif.) heads the House Energy and Commerce Committee, th...

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Nancy-Ann DeParle, Health Aide Tapped By Obama, Has Links To Industry

New York Times | SHERYL GAY STOLBERG | Posted 05.25.2011

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In picking Nancy-Ann DeParle to champion an overhaul of the nation's health system, President Obama selected someone with deep roots in the Washington...

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It's More Than an Electronic Health Record -- Call It a "Health Information Highway"

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard (RJ) Eskow

With a new HHS Secretary and health czar, and a White House health care summit scheduled this week, this is the right time to create the "health highway."

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Nancy Ann-DeParle, White House Office Of Health Reform

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

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To complete his two-pronged approach to health care reform, in the wake of Tom Daschle's withdrawal, President Obama has appointed Nancy-Ann Min DePar...

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