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Could the Senate Kill Obama's PhRMA Deal?

Dec. 8, 2009
News outlets are reporting tonight that the 10 senators tapped to negotiate an alternative to or compromise on the Senate health reform bill's public option have dropped the idea of a government-run health insurance plan altogether
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch