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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Bob Bennett

Bob Bennett stories: 6 news summaries

'Tea Party' to Fight Dozen GOP Candidates in 2010

Conservatives taking aim at moderates

Nov 3, 09 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - This election cycle could herald all-out war between far-right conservatives and the Republican establishment. Empowered by their success in pushing the GOP candidate out of the race in New York’s 23rd District, tea party activists and their allies plan to launch primary challenges against more than a dozen GOP... More »

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conservative • Charlie Crist • Bob Bennett • conservative base • Dick Armey • Rob Simmons • tea parties • Mark Kirk • Tea Party

ANALYSIS

Health Care
Bills Don't Offer
Real Choice

Legislation in Congress seem to settle for status quo

Aug 26, 09 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Health insurance firms are essentially monopolies because employers, not individuals, choose which plans to offer. This freedom from competitive forces has allowed insurance to become flaky and opaque—and the reform currently being debated in Washington would do little about it, writes David Leonhardt for the New York Times. Even... More »

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health insurance • Senate • insurance • health insurance premiums • health care reform • Bob Bennett • Ron Wyden • vouchers • health insurance industry

GOP Blocks Obama Interior Dep't Pick

Rejection of top deputy marks first Republican KO of nominee

May 13, 09 11:31 AM CDT
(AP) - Republicans have blocked President Obama's pick for the No. 2 job at the Interior Department because of a flap over oil leases in Utah. In a 57-39 Senate vote, Democrats fell short of the 60 votes they would have needed to advance the nominee past GOP obstacles. It's the first... More »

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Congress • Senate • Senate Republicans • Department of the Interior • Ken Salazar • Interior Dept. • Bob Bennett • secretary of the Interior • Obama administration • President Obama • David Hayes

OPINION

Don't Give Up on Bipartisanship, Barack

President needs GOP for his ambitious agenda, says Broder

Feb 19, 09 8:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama came into the White House pledging bipartisanship, but one month in, pundits are telling the president to forget compromise and "get real." Don't listen, writes David S. Broder in the Washington Post, who calls those recommendations "the worst advice he has received." Not only... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Richard Lugar • Senate Republicans • bipartisanship • House Republicans • Bob Bennett

OPINION

Universal Health Crossing Lines

Post columnist examines bill with 12 Senate supporters, on both sides of aisle

Feb 28, 08 4:22 PM CST
(Newser) - While presidential candidates are busy bickering about how to achieve universal health care, a bill in the Senate has quietly acquired 12 supporters—the biggest bipartisan coalition ever gathered behind universal health care legislation, Ruth Marcus writes in the Washington Post.  Sponsors Ron Wyden and Bob Bennett hope the... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • John McCain • universal health care • Bob Bennett • Ron Wyden

McCain Story Spurred Turmoil at Times

Editor pushed for better evidence of affair, irking reporters amid buzz

Feb 21, 08 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Today’s New York Times bombshell alleging improper ties between John McCain and a lobbyist dropped only after three months of feuding between reporters who thought they’d “nailed” a story and the Gray Lady’s unsatisfied editor, the New Republic reports. One writer quit the paper over the... More »

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John McCain • New York Times • Matt Drudge • Whitewater • Bill Keller • Strom Thurmond • Vicki Iseman • Paula Jones • Jim Rutenberg • Marilyn Thompson • Stephen Labaton • David Kirkpatrick • Dean Baquet • Bob Bennett • Marc Santora

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