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In All Things
What should the Obama administration and congressional leaders push next now that they have won the health care debate Finance reform passed a Senate panel yesterday and it is undoubtedly needed but the bill passed on a straight party-line vote and finance reform is another highly complicated is
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On Monday I made the argument that the differences between the House Stupak bill and the final Senate bill were so small as they relate to abortion that those differences should not be the ground for opposing the final Senate bill I directed my criticism at the USCCB and specifically at their p
Central America is still wrestling with the institutional backwardness and epic inequality that led to the conflicts of the 1980s.
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Catholic Relief Services’ anti-hunger programs during 2008 helped an estimated 49.3 million people.
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Bishop William F. Murphy of Rockville Centre, N.Y., called the attacks "false" and "even calumnious.”
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A nbsp contact at the White House sent us these remarks and since I m not sure if they are on the web yet I ll post them in full nbsp Heads of state cabinet members Members of Congress religious leaders distinguished guests ndash it rsquo s good to see you Let me begin by acknowledging th
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Authorities raised their estimates of the number of dead to 200,000, and more than 1.5 million are now homeless.
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The indispensible blog of Ben Smith at Politico com has a posting up about immigration reform The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is evidently threatening to withhold support for the health care reform unless the congressional leadership and the White House pledge themselves to moving the immigration
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" Hell on Wheels A Brooklyn neighborhood recently witnessed the installation of a dedicated bicycle lane to protect two-wheeled commuters and recreational cyclists. Conflict ensued when the local Hasidic community complained that in addition to disobeying traffic laws, the immodestly clad cyclists w