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60 Votes: Democratic Caucus Must Move Forward With Promise of Quality, Affordable Health Care for All With a Public Insurance Option
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Now that a bill has been introduced in the Senate, USAction today called upon every member of the Democratic Caucus to vote to allow debate to begin so that the country can move closer to the promise of quality, affordable health care f...

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New Reid Bill Funds Abortion: Excludes Bipartisan Stupak-Pitts Amendment
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Last night, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and the Senate Democrats introduced a new Senate version of health care reform that includes government funding for elective abortion. The "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act&qu...

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Government Accountability Office Concludes: Consumers Could Be Harmed by Interchange Regulation
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Electronic Payments Coalition issued the following statement in response to today's release of a report on interchange fees from the Government Accountability Office: Today's GAO report concludes that consumers could be harme...

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Reckless Lendings' Fallout Continues as MBA Shows 1 In 7 Mortgages Past Due
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported today that a record number of loans--1 in 7--is delinquent, up from 1 in 10 a year ago. Today's numbers also show that 1 in 22 families in the U.S. is in the process of losing their home, up from ...

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Employer-Assisted Housing Forum Helps Bring Homeownership Within Reach
WASHINGTON, DC -- 11/19/09 -- While reduced home prices and lower mortgage rates have helped increase affordability, homeownership is still out of reach for a large portion of working individuals. To help make homeownership more affordable for work..

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AHIP Statement on the Release of Proposed Senate Legislation
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Karen Ignagni, President and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), released the following statement today on the release of proposed Senate legislation: "The promise of health care reform is that it will provide al...

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Squire Sanders Launches 'Partnering for Worldwide Value' Initiative
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- As the global economic crisis continues to upend how law firms do business, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. has responded by adapting and enhancing long-held firm practices to create a timely value proposition - Squire Sanders Partnering for Worldwide Va...

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$10 Million in Grants Aimed at Enrolling American Indian, Alaska Native Kids in Health Care to be Awarded
WASHINGTON - HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the availability of up to $10 million in grants to help reach American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children who qualify for, but are not yet enrolled, in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

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Secretary Pulls Cover Off the Work of Government Medical Panel
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is to be commended for publicly stating the government panel opposing mammograms is "an outside independent panel of doctors and scientists who ... do not set federal policy...

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Consumer Watchdog to FDA: Mislabeled Food Products a Bad 'Choice' for Consumers
New Cranberry Skins Product Falsely Posing as Sweetened Dried Cranberries WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the National Consumers League (NCL) called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate misleading labeling involving a new ...

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Attorney General Holder Reveals Aggressive Gun Control In Response to Ft. Hood Terror Attack
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Before the Senate Judiciary Committee November 18th, 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder revealed a stunningly broad and aggressive anti-gun agenda. "The President of the United States asked that politicians not

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Professional Healthcare Celebrates 30 Years of Providing High Quality Hospice Services to the Community
BALTIMORE - Professional Healthcare Resources, one of the largest home care agencies in Maryland, Washington DC and Virginia, is pleased to announce that its Baltimore, MD office is celebrating 30 years of providing high quality hospice services to patients in Baltimore City, Baltimore Count

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LCA Releases 5th National Report Card on Lung Cancer
Notes Some Improvements, But Passing Grades Still Lacking WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) released its annual National Report Card on Lung Cancer, an overall assessment of efforts to reduce lung cancer's mortal...

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Seven More Washington Communities Approve Verizon FiOS TV Franchise Transfers to Frontier Communications
STAMFORD, Conn. - Seven communities in the state of Washington have voted to approve the transfer of control of local TV franchises from Verizon Northwest to Frontier Communications (NYSE: FTR). The approvals relate to a transaction between Frontier and Verizon Communications, announced

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AAHSA Statement on Senate Health Reform Bill
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA) commends Senator Reid (D-Nev.) for his leadership on ensuring that the Community Living and Supportive Services (CLASS) Plan provisions are included in the Senate's health...

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Landrieu Joins Secretary Geithner and SBA Administrator Mills at Small Business Financing Forum
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today joined Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Karen Mills, other policymakers, lenders, a...

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Project 21 Members Protest Jesse Jackson Linking Racial Identity to ObamaCare Vote
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Members of the Project 21 black leadership network have risen to condemn Jesse Jackson for saying of Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL), "You can't vote against health care and call yourself a black man," calling Jackson's statement divisive...

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Susan G. Komen for the Cure's Nancy Brinker to Grapple with New Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening, Mon., Nov. 23
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker, founding chair of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, will address the controversy over new federal breast cancer screening recommendations at a Speakers Newsmakers press conference in the Holeman Lounge at 12:00 p.m. on M...

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CWA: Senate Health Care Bill Falls Short
WASHINGTON - Following is a statement by the Communications Workers of America on the Senate health care bill: The Senate bill’s proposal to tax health care benefits would make our health care system worse, not better. This new tax, which is opposed by the majori

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Senate Mandatory Health-Insurance Bill Infringes on Choice and Privacy
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Senate's newly released health-reform bill ("Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act") infringes on Americans' health-insurance choices and medical privacy, says Sue Blevins, president of the Institute for Health Freedom (IHF) ...

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Pelosi Remarks Before Meeting With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of the Republic of India
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a brief press availability this evening with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of the Republic of India before their meeting in the Capitol. Pelosi extended an invitation to the Prime Minister to address a joint meetin...

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Washington Lupus Chapter Celebrates 35th Anniversary on December 5
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lupus Foundation of America Greater Washington Chapter (LFAGW) will celebrate 35 years of success providing free day-to-day education, advice and resources for the 75,000+ people with lupus and their families in the greater D.C. area. LFAG...

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Community Mortgage Lenders of America Warns: Congress Will “Pull the Plug” on Main Street Lenders
WASHINGTON - The Community Mortgage Lenders of America (CML America) today released a letter (see the attached) to congressional leaders warning that proposals under consideration by Congress will have a devastating effect on mortgage lending and increase risk in the mortgage system.

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Infant Entrapment and Suffocation Prompts Stork Craft to Recall More Than 2.1 Million Drop-Side Cribs
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Stork Craft Manufacturing Inc., of British Columbia, Canada, today announced the voluntary recall of more than 2.1 million Stork Craft drop-side cribs, inclu...

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Manmohan Singh -- Visiting Indian Premier Whose Government Has Refused to Prosecute the Perpetrators of November 1984 Genocide of Sikhs, Says Sikhs for Justice
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by Sikhs for Justice: AN APPEAL TO: Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States of America;Honorable Members of the United States Congress;Huma...

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