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

March 17, 2010

AP - Buyers, beware: President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul will lower premiums by double digits, but check the fine print.

Parliamentarian is rock star in health care debate (AP)

March 17, 2010

AP - When Congress battles over thorny bills, parliamentarian Alan Frumin has been known to sleep in his office — on call 24/7 as the Senate's Solomon, divining the answers.

Recent cases show challenge of US terrorists (AP)

March 17, 2010

AP - One was a drywall contractor and father, another a petite woman who cared for the elderly, another a U.S. military officer. The most alarming thing about a string of recently arrested terror suspects is that they are all Americans.

House Dems under pressure to deliver (Politico)

March 17, 2010

Politico - Some members are getting calls from Obama – for others the pressure tactics are less friendly.

GOP pushes back on Dodd schedule (Politico)

March 17, 2010

Politico - Most of the unhappy Republicans express their displeasure in temperate terms – but not all.

Late-innings hardball in health care push (AP)

March 17, 2010

AP - With time and tempers short, everyone's playing hardball in the drive to pass — or stop — President Barack Obama's massive health care legislation by the weekend.

Obama, Irish leaders celebrate St. Patrick's (AP)

March 17, 2010

AP - Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen is looking to boost his flagging political fortunes in a St. Patrick's Day meeting with President Barack Obama.

US Senate bill introduced to punish China on yuan (AFP)

March 17, 2010

AFP - Facing election-year pressure over unemployment, US senators have introduced legislation that would impose tough new penalties on China if it failed to revalue its currency.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,385 (AP)

March 17, 2010

AP - As of Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at least 4,385 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Obama may soon get to nominate second Supreme Court justice (AFP)

March 17, 2010

AFP - President Barack Obama may have the chance within months to nominate a second justice to the US Supreme Court as the most senior member John Paul Stevens has hinted that he might be leaving.