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Reid supports public option for Senate health bill

Oct. 26, 2009
BREAKING NEWS, UPDATED: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday he will attempt to include a government insurance plan in Senate legislation to reform the U.S. health-care system. "It is not a silver bullet but an important way to insure competition," he said during an afternoon...
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Reid promises bipartisan efforts in Senate

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GOP releases immigration ad

WASHINGTON, April 17 (UPI) -- Republicans Monday mounted a new offensive over immigration reform, releasing a Spanish-language ad lambasting U.S. congressional Democrats.

Sen. Reid: Bush should have fired Brown

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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler