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<description><![CDATA[This week, Republicans took governorships in Virginia and New Jersey, and Democrats won a long-held GOP House seat in New York. Also,  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing for a possible health care vote this weekend. E.J. Dionne, of The Washington Post, and David Brooks, of The New York Times, discuss the week in politics. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Democratic House leaders are keeping lawmakers in town over the weekend to work on their health care bill. President Obama is expected to rally support on the Hill on Saturday. With every step this legislation takes toward becoming law, the fervor &mdash; on both sides &mdash; gets stronger.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[News that the jobless rate has crossed the psychologically important 10 percent mark comes in the same week that Democrats suffered a sobering Election Day. Some experts say it dims Democratic prospects not just for 2010 but for the health care vote this weekend.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The health care legislation in the House is named for John Dingell, a Democrat from Michigan. He is the longest-serving member in the history of the House, and he was there when Medicare was passed. Dingell's father first introduced a bill calling for universal health coverage in the 1930s.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The environment could hardly be better for Republicans &mdash; the out party typically scores big in off-year elections, particularly when the economy is flagging. The party sees a chance for big gains in next year's midterms, even as it deals with its own internal ideological battles.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A new report from the Congressional Budget Office shows the recently released Republican plan won't significantly expand insurance coverage to the tens of millions of Americans who lack health insurance. And on Saturday, debate begins on the Democrats' health bill in the House.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The White House says President Obama on Friday will sign a bill that expands a popular homebuyers tax credit and extends unemployment benefits. Congress on Thursday completed work on the $24 billion economic package that seeks to help out the millions who have lost jobs and have been unable to rejoin the workforce.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[President Obama became the country's first black president one year ago, and the term "post-racial" became a household phrase.  But the conversation is far from over.  What events of the past year triggered conversations about race in your life?]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The one-time nominee to head the Department of Homeland Security pleaded guilty Thursday to lying to the White House and said he would also admit to tax crimes.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[House Democrats expect to get the AARP's support for their overhaul proposal today.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[An alternative to health overhaul proposed by House Republicans would add insurance coverage for only 3 million people by 2016, the Congressional Budget Office estimates.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Republicans, fresh off electoral wins this week, are looking ahead to the 2010 midterms with their hit lists ready. Some of their top House targets: Blue Dog Democrats, many of whom have pushed back on the president's top domestic initiatives.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Democrats lost two governor's seats this week in New Jersey and Virginia. GOP political consultant Mike Murphy tells Steve Inskeep that Republicans gained confidence and renewed energy from those wins. But the biggest thing they learned is that the voters' honeymoon with President Obama is over.]]></description>
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