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The New York Times

Senate Votes to Open Health Care Debate 11/22/2009 1:55:49 PM The Senate voted 60 to 39 on Saturday night to begin full debate on major health care legislation, propelling the bill over a crucial, preliminary hurdle.
Senator Cements Role at Heart of Health Debate 11/22/2009 1:55:49 PM In advance of next year’s re-election bid, Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas sided with fellow Democrats for one vote, but was cautious about the overall bill.
Enthusiasm for Palin, and Echoes of 2008 Divide 11/22/2009 1:55:49 PM On her book tour, Sarah Palin has skipped the big cities authors usually visit in favor of smaller places where she and Senator John McCain performed well on the presidential ticket.
Kennedy Says R.I. Bishop Banned Him From Communion 11/22/2009 1:55:49 PM Rep. Patrick Kennedy said that Bishop Thomas Tobin banned him from receiving Communion in Rhode Island because of the congressman’s support for abortion rights.
Glenn Beck Stakes Out Activist Role in Politics 11/22/2009 1:55:49 PM The conservative firebrand Glenn Beck is planning voter registration drives and rallies, but he is cautious about how he might directly support particular candidates.

Senate Votes to Open Health Care Debate
11/22/2009 1:55:49 PM
The Senate voted 60 to 39 on Saturday night to begin full debate on major health care legislation, propelling the bill over a crucial, preliminary hurdle.

Senator Cements Role at Heart of Health Debate
11/22/2009 1:55:49 PM
In advance of next year’s re-election bid, Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas sided with fellow Democrats for one vote, but was cautious about the overall bill.

Enthusiasm for Palin, and Echoes of 2008 Divide
11/22/2009 1:55:49 PM
On her book tour, Sarah Palin has skipped the big cities authors usually visit in favor of smaller places where she and Senator John McCain performed well on the presidential ticket.

Kennedy Says R.I. Bishop Banned Him From Communion
11/22/2009 1:55:49 PM
Rep. Patrick Kennedy said that Bishop Thomas Tobin banned him from receiving Communion in Rhode Island because of the congressman’s support for abortion rights.

Glenn Beck Stakes Out Activist Role in Politics
11/22/2009 1:55:49 PM
The conservative firebrand Glenn Beck is planning voter registration drives and rallies, but he is cautious about how he might directly support particular candidates.

The Washington Post

The talk shows 11/22/2009 1:55:52 PM Guests to be interviewed Sunday on major television talk shows:
Senate Democrats vote to bring health bill to floor for debate 11/22/2009 1:55:52 PM The Senate voted along party lines Saturday night to overcome a Republican filibuster and bring to the floor a bill that would overhaul the nation's health-care system.
Sunday Take: Divided public complicates Afghanistan decision 11/22/2009 1:55:52 PM As President Obama nears a decision on Afghanistan, he faces a partisan divide in public opinion that is pulling him in opposite directions. His recent statements about the decision suggest that he is trying to accommodate the views with a war strategy that can be successful and contained.
Health bill opponents make most of mammogram advisory 11/22/2009 1:55:52 PM As a health reform bill endorsed by President Obama marches toward its first Senate floor vote on Saturday, his opponents stepped up efforts to define the legislation as big-government ambition run amok that will interfere with intimate medical decisions and threaten the pocketbooks of average ta...
Hasan had intensified contact with radical Yemeni American cleric 11/22/2009 1:55:52 PM In the months before the deadly shootings at Fort Hood, Army Maj. Nidal M. Hasan intensified his communications with a radical Yemeni American cleric and began to discuss surreptitious financial transfers and other steps that could translate his thoughts into action, according to two sources brie...

The talk shows
11/22/2009 1:55:52 PM
Guests to be interviewed Sunday on major television talk shows:

Senate Democrats vote to bring health bill to floor for debate
11/22/2009 1:55:52 PM
The Senate voted along party lines Saturday night to overcome a Republican filibuster and bring to the floor a bill that would overhaul the nation's health-care system.

Sunday Take: Divided public complicates Afghanistan decision
11/22/2009 1:55:52 PM
As President Obama nears a decision on Afghanistan, he faces a partisan divide in public opinion that is pulling him in opposite directions. His recent statements about the decision suggest that he is trying to accommodate the views with a war strategy that can be successful and contained.

Health bill opponents make most of mammogram advisory
11/22/2009 1:55:52 PM
As a health reform bill endorsed by President Obama marches toward its first Senate floor vote on Saturday, his opponents stepped up efforts to define the legislation as big-government ambition run amok that will interfere with intimate medical decisions and threaten the pocketbooks of average ta...

Hasan had intensified contact with radical Yemeni American cleric
11/22/2009 1:55:52 PM
In the months before the deadly shootings at Fort Hood, Army Maj. Nidal M. Hasan intensified his communications with a radical Yemeni American cleric and began to discuss surreptitious financial transfers and other steps that could translate his thoughts into action, according to two sources brie...