Politics

Senate Clears Way 60-39 for Floor Debate on $848 Billion Health-Care Plan Democrats united to bring sweeping health-care legislation to the U.S. Senate floor in a 60-39 party-line vote that kept Republicans from blocking debate on President Barack Obama’s top domestic initiative.

Tax on High-Income Americans May Be Needed for Afghan War Cost, Levin Says Higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for more troops sent to Afghanistan and NATO should provide half of the new soldiers, said Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Clinton Sees Encouraging Karzai Signs as U.S. Plots Afghanistan War Plan Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she is encouraged by Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s promises to fight corruption and build up Afghan security forces to replace U.S. troops by the end of his new five-year term.

Calls for Geithner to Quit U.S. Treasury Post May Grow as Election Nears U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, as part of a grilling on Capitol Hill yesterday, was asked by a Republican lawmaker to resign. It is a call he is likely to hear again and again as next year’s election campaign heats up.

U.S. House Passes Measure to Avert Cuts in Medicare Payments to Doctors The U.S. House approved spending $210 billion over 10 years to prevent reductions in federal reimbursements to doctors participating in the Medicare program.

Palin `Going Rogue' May Not Presage Comeback as Appeal Remains Grassroots Sarah Palin is trying for a second chance at a first impression.

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