National Politics

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   House Dems on track for vote on $940B health bill

   House Democrats are pushing to the brink of passage a landmark, $940 billion health care overhaul bill that would simultaneously deliver on President Barack Obama's promise to expand coverage while slashing the deficit, a strategy aimed at winning over the party's fiscal conservatives.
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   US, Russia clash over startup of Iran nuke plant

   U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and her Russian counterpart clashed openly Thursday over the planned launch this summer of Iran's first, Russian-built nuclear power plant, highlighting a split in views over how to steer Iran away from nuclear weapons.
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   Govt rewarded bank auditors with big bonuses

   As banks gambled on the risky mortgages that helped create the worst financial crisis in generations, the U.S. government handed out millions of dollars in bonuses to regulators at agencies that missed or ignored warning signs that the system was on the verge of a meltdown.
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   White House spokesman takes show to Rose Garden

   Good thing President Barack Obama's bill signing in the Rose Garden didn't take too long on Thursday. His press secretary had booked the real estate for his own event just a short time later.