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• Health bill would cost $829B, cover 94 percent (AP)
• CBO: Budget deficit hit record $1.4T in 2009 (AP)
• AP Poll: Health care overhaul hanging in there (AP)
• Rangel retains Ways and Means gavel (Politico)
• Fired up? The grass-roots health care battle (AP)
• Sharp debate at high court over cross on US land (AP)
• Gov't: Over 60 percent of kids exposed to violence (AP)
• White House aims middle schoolers eyes to stars (AP)
• Feds: No ban on air shipments of lithium batteries (AP)
• Obama to name gay lawyer as ambassador (AP)
• House-Senate panel offers plan for Gitmo detainees (AP)
• GOP fails in third effort to remove Rangel (AP)
• Executives urge lawmakers to pass climate bill (AP)
• Obama huddles with Democratic leaders over jobs (AP)
• Obama, lawmakers weigh new steps to spur economy (Reuters)
• U.S. lawmakers agree to Guantanamo prisoner transfer (Reuters)
• Obama meets top Democrats for jobs summit (AFP)
• Baucus scores big with CBO (Politico)
• A look at health care plans in Congress (AP)

Health bill would cost $829B, cover 94 percent (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 04:43 PM PDT AP - Health care legislation drafted by a key Senate committee would expand coverage to 94 percent of all eligible Americans at a 10-year cost of $829 billion, congressional budget experts said Wednesday, a preliminary estimate trumpeted by the White House and likely to power the measure past a major hurdle within days.

CBO: Budget deficit hit record $1.4T in 2009 (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 04:02 PM PDT AP - The federal budget deficit tripled to a record $1.4 trillion for the 2009 fiscal year that ended last week, congressional analysts said Wednesday.

AP Poll: Health care overhaul hanging in there (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 04:40 PM PDT AP - The fever has broken. The patient is out of intensive care. But if you're President Barack Obama, you can't stop pacing the waiting room. Health care overhaul is still in guarded condition.

Rangel retains Ways and Means gavel (Politico) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 12:45 PM PDT Politico - Democrats easily rebuffed another Republican attempt to remove Rep. Charles Rangel from his chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday. But there was a small sign of eroding support for the embattled New York Democrat: Mississippi's two House Democrats voted against him.

Fired up? The grass-roots health care battle (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 04:05 PM PDT AP - Fired up? Ready to go? You might not know it from the way President Barack Obama's grass-roots supporters have been largely drowned out in the raucous debate over his health care plan.

Sharp debate at high court over cross on US land (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 04:44 PM PDT AP - As the Supreme Court weighed a dispute over a religious symbol on public land Wednesday, Justice Antonin Scalia was having difficulty understanding how some people might feel excluded by a cross that was put up as a memorial to soldiers killed in World War I.

Gov't: Over 60 percent of kids exposed to violence (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 04:08 PM PDT AP - Justice Department officials said Wednesday that most children in the United States are exposed to violence in their daily lives — but a leading criminologist warned the government-sponsored survey may be lumping serious and minor incidents together.

White House aims middle schoolers eyes to stars (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 03:41 PM PDT AP - Call it a star party with real star power. The White House set up 20 telescopes, an inflatable dome with a three-dimensional video tour of the universe, and displays of moon rocks and meteorites as President Barack Obama was hosting a South Lawn star party for about 150 middle schoolers Wednesday evening.

Feds: No ban on air shipments of lithium batteries (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 04:40 PM PDT AP - Federal regulators have turned down a request by a pilots union to ban air shipments of lithium batteries despite three new incidents in which battery shipments caught fire.

Obama to name gay lawyer as ambassador (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 04:57 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama plans to nominate an openly gay lawyer as the United States' ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, an administration official said Wednesday.

House-Senate panel offers plan for Gitmo detainees (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 04:25 PM PDT AP - In a partial victory for President Obama's troubled bid to close the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, key congressional negotiators adopted a plan Wednesday to permit terror suspects held there to continue to be transferred into the United States to face trial.

GOP fails in third effort to remove Rangel (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 04:24 PM PDT AP - House Republicans failed Wednesday for a third time to oust Rep. Charles Rangel as chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, but they kept the political spotlight on his ethical problems.

Executives urge lawmakers to pass climate bill (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 04:02 PM PDT AP - Executives from about 150 companies, many involved in renewable energy technologies, heard a pep talk at the White House and then combed the halls of Congress on Wednesday to argue for passage of a climate bill that is facing an uphill fight in the Senate.

Obama huddles with Democratic leaders over jobs (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 03:54 PM PDT AP - Faced with a stinging rise in unemployment, President Barack Obama summoned Congress' top two Democrats Wednesday to the White House to discuss additional proposals to help the jobless and boost the economy.

Obama, lawmakers weigh new steps to spur economy (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 03:46 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama met on Wednesday with the two top Democrats in Congress to discuss ways to spur the economy and reverse a climb in the U.S. unemployment rate, which is now at a 26-year-high.

U.S. lawmakers agree to Guantanamo prisoner transfer (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 03:42 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. lawmakers reached an agreement on Wednesday that would allow the Obama administration to bring more terrorism suspects from the Guantanamo Bay prison to the United States to face trial.

Obama meets top Democrats for jobs summit (AFP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 03:35 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama held talks Wednesday with top Democrats in Congress to underscore the urgency of job creation, a week after the unemployment rate hit a 26-year high of 9.8 percent.

Baucus scores big with CBO (Politico) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 03:17 PM PDT Politico - President Barack Obama’s push for health care reform cleared a major hurdle Wednesday when congressional scorekeepers found that the Senate Finance Committee’s bill matches key parts of Obama’s wish list — cutting costs and expanding coverage, all without busting the budget.

A look at health care plans in Congress (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 02:57 PM PDT AP - Health care legislation is taking shape in the House and Senate as President Barack Obama pushes to overhaul the system to cover millions of uninsured Americans and contain rising costs. Details are still being negotiated and any final health care bill would have to meld proposals from the House and Senate. A look at various proposals:

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