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Obama unleashes his inner conservative with NCAA bracket

President Obama may be taking a political risk in his quest to fix health care, but he’s playing it safe when it comes to his March Madness picks.

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Senate poised to clear jobs bill for Obama (AP)

U.S. President Barack Obama is seen at the White House in Washington in this January 5, 2010 file photo. Obama on Thursday faced pressure to help create jobs in African-American communities and deliver an immigration overhaul even as he tried to push healthcare reform across the finish line. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/FilesAP – Companies that hire unemployed workers get a temporary payroll tax holiday under a bill headed for likely Senate passage Wednesday.


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FACT CHECK: Premiums would rise under Obama plan (AP)

Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, holds up a copy of the proposed Senate health care reform bill as he speaks at a health care rally by The American Grassroots Coalition and The Tea Party Express on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP – Buyers, beware: President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul will lower premiums by double digits, but check the fine print.


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Obama seeks to reassure seniors on health care (AP)

U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington, May 21, 2009.   REUTERS/Larry Downing/FilesAP – With a fresh sense of urgency, President Barack Obama sought to reassure seniors Monday about health care legislation approaching a final vote in Congress, pledging it would make preventive care cost-free and close a gap in Medicare prescription drug coverage.


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Obama heads to Ohio looking for health care votes (AP)

In this image released by NBC David Axelrod, President Barack Obama's top political adviser, is interviewed on NBC's Meet the Press in Washington Sunday, March 14, 2010. Axelrod said Sunday that lobbyists are gathering on Capitol Hill 'like locusts' to try to derail health care legislation, that passage will be a struggle, but that he's confident the overhaul will soon become law. (AP Photo/NBC, William B. Plowman) NO ARCHIVES. NO SALESAP – Still seeking votes for his proposed health care overhaul, President Barack Obama appears ready to reverse his position and allow unpopular deal-sweetening measures in the hopes of finding Democratic support for legislation whose future will be decided in coming days.


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Dems and GOPers trade final blows as Obama pushes for health plan to clear Congress this week

The year-long trench warfare over health care is finally almost over – at least until the November elections.

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Does Obama have enough votes to pass Health Care reform? Democrats disagree

The House’s chief Democratic headcounter said Sunday he hadn’t rounded up enough votes to pass President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul heading into a make-or-break week, even as the White House’s top political adviser said he was “absolutely confident” in its prospects.

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