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E-mails show Rove deeply involved in attorney firingsKarl Rove and other top officials in George W. Bush's White House were deeply involved in pushing for the ouster of several U.S. attorneys, notably including one in New Mexico, according to testimony and e-mails that the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee released Tuesday.
Houston Chronicle Wednesday, August 12, 2009Muted Reaction To Obama Health Care Town HallOver the past week, members of Congress have been shouted down and booed at town hall meetings around the country, but President Obama got a far different reaction Tuesday when he came to talk health care in coastal New Hampshire. The loud debate over the issue took place outside the president's forum.
NPR Wednesday, August 12, 2009Specter: Protesters not representative of AmericaWASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Arlen Specter says he thinks people who have been angrily disrupting town hall meetings on health care reform are not necessarily representative of America, but have a right to be heard....
The Arizona Republic Wednesday, August 12, 2009History Unkind to Health Care ReformersAP Analysis: A Look to the Past May Help Predict President Obama's Chances of Changing System
CBS News Wednesday, August 12, 2009Under Fire, Obama Takes Health Plan WestPresident to Hold Town Halls on Health Care Reform in Montana and Colorado
CBS News Wednesday, August 12, 2009Rendell jokes about gassing legislatorsHARRISBURG - It was classic, free-talking Ed Rendell. The governor said he hoped a conference committee of legislator
leaders would get back to work this week crafting a final budget bill. Then he quipped that panel members have been so ineffective that he has fantasized about their untimely demise, 007-style.
The Philadelphia Inquirer Wednesday, August 12, 2009Specter gets 'an earful' at Pa. town hallsLEBANON, Pa. - They booed and taunted Sen. Arlen Specter (D., Pa.), calling him a tyrant, as anger at the Democrats' proposed overhaul of the health-care system boiled over yesterday at a pair of town-hall meetings.
The Philadelphia Inquirer Wednesday, August 12, 2009John Baer: Budget impasse aside, our reps find lots to do to stay busyWONDERING WHAT your elected state officials do on your dime during a budget crisis? I mean, besides collect their salaries (which House Democrats did even before state workers got paid) and file for per diems up to $158 a day.
The Philadelphia Inquirer Wednesday, August 12, 2009Specter: Protests not 'representative of America'WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Arlen Specter said Wednesday he thinks people who have been angrily disrupting town hall meetings on overhauling the health care system are "not necessarily representative of America," but should be heard....
The Arizona Republic Wednesday, August 12, 2009Video: Health Care ShowdownTown hall meetings for health care reform across the country generate furor for senators as President Obama took the podium in N.H., reports Kimberly Dozier. Sen. Specter talks to Harry Smith.
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