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Student aid linked to health care gets a trim
By News on Mar 18, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional Democrats on Thursday trimmed their original student loan plans, reduced spending for community colleges, and eliminated early childhood money from a broad rewrite of a college aid bill piggybacked on to fast-track health care legislation....
Obama backs senators' immigration overhaul outline
By News on Mar 18, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama, facing criticism from advocates of immigration reform, pledged Thursday "to do everything in my power" to get immigration legislation moving in Congress this year....Netanyahu calls Clinton to defuse tensions
By News on Mar 18, 2010
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MOSCOW (AP) -- Hoping to diffuse a fight between friends, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton agreed Thursday to meet next week in Washington to confront face to face an embarrassing dispute over Israeli land claims....Dems sweeten health bill, set showdown Sunday vote
By News on Mar 18, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Historic health care change in the balance, Democrats plowed fresh billions into insurance subsidies for consumers on Thursday and added a $250 rebate for seniors facing high prescription drugs, last-minute sweeteners to sweeping $940 billion legislation headed for a climactic weekend vote....
AP source: Clinton, Netanyahu to meet next week
By News on Mar 18, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. official says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton plan to meet next week amid troubles in the U.S.-Israel alliance....