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Democratic Senate negotiators struck a tentative agreement Tuesday night to drop the controversial government-run insurance plan from their overhaul of the health-care system, hoping to remove a last major roadblock preventing the bill from moving to a final vote in the chamber.
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President Obama's Promises
During the presidential campaign, President Obama made more than 500 promises and so far he has yet to deliver on many. Bill Plante reports.
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Congress's War Over the War >
The Washington Post follows four members of Congress and their positions on the war in Iraq.
Rep. Boren | Rep. Schakowsky | Sen. Isakson | Sen. Snowe
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Busy Congress likely to defer action on Obama job proposals (By Ben Pershing, Dec. 9, 2009)
Washington Sketch: McChrystal dances around Âvictory' in testimony to Congress (By Dana Milbank, Dec. 9, 2009)
McChrystal offers assurances in Afghanistan war testimony (By Greg Jaffe and Glenn Kessler, Dec. 9, 2009)
EPA is preparing to regulate emissions in Congress's stead (By Steven Mufson and David A. Fahrenthold, Dec. 8, 2009)
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