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House votes to stop health care law abortions (AP)

AP – The House on Thursday returned to an abortion issue that nearly sank President Barack Obama’s health care law last year with legislation that bars an insurance plan regulated under the new law from covering abortion if any of its customers receive federal subsidies.

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Health care law looms over new Supreme Court term (AP)

FILE -In this Oct. 8, 2010 file photo justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a group portrait at the Supreme Court in Washington. Seated from left are Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, and Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justices Anthony M. Kennedy, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Standing, from left are Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito Jr., and Elena Kagan. The nine justices of the Supreme Court, who serve without seeking election, soon will have to decide whether to insert themselves into the center of the nation’s presidential campaign next year.  The high court begins its new term Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, and President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, which affects almost every American, is squarely in its sights.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP – The nine justices of the Supreme Court, who serve without seeking election, soon will have to decide whether to insert themselves into the center of the presidential campaign next year.


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Gingrich calls for changes in taxes, health care (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a town hall meeting with employees at the Principal Financial Group, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011, in Des Moines, Iowa.  Hoping to revive his flagging bid for the Republican presidential nomination, Newt Gingrich is calling for an overhaul of the way Americans pay taxes and buy health care and would allow young people to opt out of the Social Security system. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP – Hoping to revive his flagging bid for the Republican presidential nomination, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is calling for an overhaul of the way Americans pay taxes, buy health care and contribute to the Social Security system.


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Obama appeals health care setback to high court (AP)

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, 91, works in his office at the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. His new book is titled 'Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir,' a personal reflection on the five chief justices he has known.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – Raising prospects for a major election-year ruling, the Obama administration launched its Supreme Court defense of its landmark health care overhaul Wednesday, appealing what it called a “fundamentally flawed” appeals court decision that declared the law’s central provision unconstitutional.


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Justice Dept wants speedy health care ruling (AP)

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, 91, works in his office at the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. His new book is titled 'Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir,' a personal reflection on the five chief justices he has known.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – The Justice Department is joining calls by states and a business group for prompt Supreme Court review of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.


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26 states file Supreme Court health care appeal (AP)

AP – The 26 states that have sued to overturn President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul have filed a Supreme Court appeal pressing for a speedy ruling to the “grave constitutional questions” surrounding the law.

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Govt won’t seek appeal in Atlanta on health care (AP)

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2003, file photo President George W. Bush, surrounded by Congressional leaders, signs into law the most far-reaching changes in Medicare, since its inception nearly 40 years prior, at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in Washington. Deficit hawks note the inconsistency of 2012 Republican presidential candidates who say they'll try to repeal President Barack Obama's health overhaul, but nod to another massive health care entitlement with unfunded future costs of over $7 trillion created by Republicans. With Bush from left are Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., Sen. John Breaux, D-La., House Majority Leader Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Calif., and Rep. Nancy L. Johnson, R-Conn. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP – The Obama administration has decided not to ask a federal appeals court in Atlanta for further review of a ruling striking down the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s sweeping health care overhaul.


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