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Ted Kennedy's Real Legacy on Women's Health
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyEven near the end, Ted Kennedy was still thinking about the nitty-gritty details of health care reform legislation. He spent some of his final weeks lobbying for an appointed temporary successor to his Senate seat after his death, so that someone would be in place to cast a vote when the health care legislation comes to the floor. But Kennedy's most lasting legacy in health care may turn out to be in research. Besides pushing ahead on specific measures to expand stem cell research and funding for HIV/AIDS research, Kennedy also pushed for funds to be directed to the National Institutes of ...
Non-Believers Losing Faith in Obama: More God Talk Than Bush -- and Same Old Faith-Based Policies
By David Gibson - Politics DailyThe Secular Coalition for America moved into spanking new K Street offices this week and the swagger – and implicit political heft – that such an address confers on the lone Washington lobby representing America's proudly godless couldn't come at a better time. Back on Election Day, Barack Obama was a favorite of the religiously unaffiliated, winning an overwhelming 75 percent of a bloc that is growing fast – from nine percent of the electorate in 2000 to 12 percent in 2008 – and one that figures to be crucial to Obama's chances in 2012, especially as his ...
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