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Obama hails auto bailout as good news in Michigan (AP)

President Barack Obama delivers remarks during his visit to the Jefferson North Chrysler Plant in Detroit, Friday, July 30, 2010, where the Jeep Grand Cherokee is assembled. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - A year after the government's big auto-industry bailouts, President Barack Obama on Friday trumpeted increased car sales and progress on battery-powered vehicles as a beacon of success in his administration's battle to revive a hurting U.S. economy. But his upbeat assessment can't mask daunting challenges for U.S. automakers and painfully high unemployment.


Obama: Rangel case troubling; some Dems say resign (AP)

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., puts on his jacket as he leaves his office to go for a vote on the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Rep. Charlie Rangel is getting sympathy from some fellow Democrats but scant support from others as he faces trial on several ethics charges.


Agency weighs skirting Congress on immigration (AP)

Felipa Solario pauses as she cries while telling her story of having her husband, an illegal immigrant, taken away by authorities some months ago, while she joined hundreds at a solidarity rally at St. Matthews Church  to protest the provisions of the new Arizona immigration law that went into effect Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Phoenix, the day after portions of Arizona's SB1070 went into effect, but after a federal judge struck down some of the law's provisions. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - The Obama administration, unable to push an immigration overhaul through Congress, is considering ways it could go around lawmakers to let undocumented immigrants stay in the United States, according to an agency memo.


Obama Mocks Polls But Spends More On Them ($4.4M) Than Bush Did (Huffington Post)
Huffington Post - With Reporting By Julian Hattem

Immigration Debate: Border Cities See Less Violent Crime (Time.com)
Time.com - The crime rates in large U.S. cities near the border, contrary to the fears that lie behind Arizona's tough new immigration law, are among the lowest in the country

Health care reform clears a Senate hurdle

Oct. 13: The Senate Finance Committee passed a sweeping health care bill Tuesday after one Republican, Sen. Olympia Snowe, broke with the GOP and voted to approve it. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports.  (Nightly News)President Barack Obama's vow to reform the U.S. health care system cleared a key hurdle Tuesday with a bonus vote from a moderate Republican whose backing could be key to final passage.




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Is Snowe the real female maverick in GOP?

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., center, talks with committee member Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, as Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, looks away, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Forget Sarah Palin. The female maverick of the Republican Party is Sen. Olympia Snowe,  who broke with her party to vote  for a Democratic health care bill.




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Dems look beyond looming health vote

Oct. 13: After months of debate, the Senate Finance Committee is set to hold a landmark vote on health-care reform legislation today. NBC’s Chuck Todd reports.  (Today Show)The Senate Finance Committee will hold a landmark vote on health-care reform legislation Tuesday that is expected to underscore the partisan divisions that have hardened over five months of debate.




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Russia: Threats against Iran won't work

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton laughs during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Tuesday.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday that the threat of sanctions against Iran would be counterproductive.




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