Obama Summit

Sam Stein

Obama Does Play Professor To Boehner's Petulant School Kid

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Earlier today, Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) criticized President Obama for acting, during the day's health care summit, like he was a professor in front o...

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For Democrats The Time For Health Care Talk Is Over

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Seven hours of sometimes combative, often wonky health care conversation left President Obama and other Democratic leaders with no more Republican sup...

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White House, Dems, Plan For Make-Or-Break Summit

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The White House is publicly treating Thursday's bipartisan health care summit as just another step in the process of passing comprehensive reform legi...

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Boehner: Obama Has 'Crippled The Credibility' Of Health Summit

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama's latest appeal for bipartisanship appears to be eliciting the usual response. Obama on Monday morning put forth his own health care ...

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Dems Won't Commit To Having Final Bill For Health Care Summit

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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House Democratic leaders are refusing to commit to producing a final comprehensive piece of health care legislation to present at the much-anticipated...

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Health Care Summit: See The Official Invitation, Format, Attendees

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama administration has officially invited bipartisan leadership in Congress to attend a health care meeting at the Blair House on February 25. A...

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Summit Postscript: What Did Trinidad and Tobago Get?

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

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As the government of Trinidad and Tobago and Summit organizers keep score and compile their report card, let's be sure that the correct indices are used when measuring success.

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Mexican Drug War: 10 Shocking Facts

GlobalPost | Posted 05.25.2011

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In anticipation of President Obama's trip south this week -- first to Mexico on Thursday and then to the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tob...

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The Lion Roars Once More: Kennedy Makes Emotional Pitch For Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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A day that was designed to produce conversation and cohesion on reforming the health care system ended with an emotional pitch. President Barack Obam...

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Obama On Cantor: "I'm Just A Glutton For Punishment"

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Add another job description to Barack Obama's title: facilitator in chief. The president presided over a White House fiscal summit...

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