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suggested adding more people to Medicare could undermine the program's already shaky finances.

"Americans would rather get it right than scurry around throwing together last-minute untested experiments to get 60 votes before Christmas,"

Medicare now covers seniors 65 and older, as well as disabled people of any age. People in their mid-50s are among the most vulnerable to losing coverage, particularly in an economy where employers are still cutting jobs. But buying into Medicare would not be cheap. A current buy-in available to those 65 and older who don't qualify because of work history costs about $550 a month. 

But instead of Medicare-for-the-masses, it would be Blue Cross Blue Shield or Kaiser Permanente, albeit with a government seal of approval from the department that handles the health plan for federal employees, including members of Congress. The Office of Personnel Management -- OPM -- would become an instantly recognizable federal acronym, like FDA and CDC. 

The latest public plan bears little resemblance to the original idea proposed by liberals, and embraced by Obama

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A vote on an amendment to tightly restrict abortion coverage by health plans receiving federal subsidies could also happen Tuesday.

"It's probably the closest proposal thus far that could get the support of 60 senators.

"We need a public option that is a government entity, or established by government," said Richard Kirsch of Health Care for America Now.

"What the heck the advantage is, I don't see."

with states allowed to opt out.

through new state insurance markets, called exchanges. New markets would create big purchasing pools

have to be nonprofit

hey run the risk of attracting sicker patients who might think the government's seal means less chance of insurance hassles. That would mean higher premiums for those who sign up.

away from a government-run plan,

Instead of joining us on the right side of history

Reid's office stood by the remarks

remarks were over the top. 

There are no insurmountable obstacles," Pryor said. "We continue to resolve outstanding issues.

private insurers must get such approval to offer coverage in the federal health insurance program for government workers.

low-profit or nonprofit competition for private insurers

liberal Democrats the lower-priced competition they seek.

Americans to buy into Medicare starting at age 55. Currently, Medicare coverage begins at age 65, with some exceptions.

how to pay for it were still being worked out, according to sources close to the talks.

bill that gives money to states to allow them to cover low-income people through existing programs instead of Medicai

would need some Republicans to back the bill in order for it to pass.

“This is not a tax on the ‘wealthy elite,’” Voogt says. “It is a huge burden — and in some cases, a death sentence

Some Democrats said the legislation represents a compromise between Republicans’ preference for repeal and a bipartisan plan to extend the current estate tax through 2010 and, over the following 10 years, reduce the rate from 45 percent to 35 percent while raising the exemption from $3.5 million to $5 million for individuals.

Supreme Court case as a way to reopen the accounting statute writ large

The president has adequate control over the SEC only because he can dismiss the
chairman of the SEC

collateral consequences" on companies that don't comply with its requests

"It's this thing out there running rampant that nobody can check,"

"the accounting profession would be torn in two diametrically opposite
directions, and the SEC's policy objectives would be lost."

I do think the market and investors benefit from having this oversight
structure,"

They questioned whether the war is winnable.

"I simply cannot understand and cannot agree with this approach,"

Gates noted the administration will conduct "a thorough review" of the Afghan strategy in December 2010.

The new strategy is designed to eliminate al Qaeda in Afghanistan and help the Afghan government defeat the Taliban insurgency, while bolstering Pakistan's anti-terrorism efforts.

leaving, but what we have done ... is to signal very clearly to all audiences that the United States is not interested in occupying Afghanistan."

They also indicated the initial transfers of responsibility will take place in areas marked by less fighting.

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs dismissed GOP claims that the Taliban and al Qaeda could wait out the surge and return after the start of a U.S. withdrawal in 2011.

"We've been there eight years now and we're still talking about turning it around," said Rep. Bill Delahunt, D-Massachusetts. "Is [another] 18 months going to be sufficient?

"A stable security situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, one that is sustainable over the long term by their governments, is vital to our national security," Gates said.

At the same time, Obama included an early date to begin withdrawing forces to signal that the U.S. commitment would not be endless.

We will continue to advise and assist Afghanistan's security forces to ensure that they can succeed over the long haul.

The additional 30,000 troops would begin deploying early next year at "the fastest pace possible," Obama said.

expand the current level of restriction because women receiving coverage under a federally subsidized health care plan would be barred from purchasing abortion coverage with their own money.

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The House adopted the restrictive language as part of a last-minute concession to anti-abortion legislators who threatened to defeat the health care bill without a vote on the provision.

"The question now is whether or not we're going to get it done,"

"There was no interest in drafting a proposal that was in the political middle," McConnell said, adding that Democrats wrote a bill "that Republicans couldn't in good conscience support."

The challenge has been to meet the need cited by military leaders for more troops and resources to wipe out terrorist networks in Afghanistan and to help the Afghan government overcome the Taliban insurgency, while satisfying the Democratic Party's liberal base, which opposes the deployment of more troops.

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Gates explained the rationale for sending more forces on ABC's "This Week," saying the Afghan-Pakistani border is "the epicenter of extremist jihad."

"And al Qaeda has close relationships with the Taliban in Afghanistan, and they have very close relationships with the Taliban in Pakistan," Gates continued. "The Taliban in Pakistan have been attacking Pakistani civilians, Pakistani government officials, military officials, trying to destabilize the government of Pakistan."

Any success by the Taliban in either Afghanistan or Pakistan benefits al Qaeda, Gates said, adding that "any safe haven on either side of the border creates opportunities for them to recruit, get new funds and do operational planning."

In addition, Gates warned on NBC's "Meet the Press" that U.S. casualties "will probably continue to grow" as troops take on Taliban strongholds. However, Gates rejected a comparison to the Soviet Union's decision in 1985 to send more troops to bolster its occupation of Afghanistan, which ended in failure less than two years later.

Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the unsuccessful GOP presidential candidate last year, told NBC's "Meet the Press" that a strategy must be flexible to succeed, rather than limited by a set timetable.

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10 people watched the attack, which lasted more than two hours, without calling 911,

such an attack never happens again.

The courthouse is among the most secure in the nation, ringed by closed-off streets, 24-hour guard posts, anti-truck-bomb barricades and street video cameras so powerful that they can read the print off a passerby's newspaper.

Salim surprised Pepe by using a squeezable plastic honey bear container filled with hot sauce as a kind of homemade pepper spray that temporarily blinded the guard.

The prison is not very secure

It is likely, though, that the attorney general will approve extra security called "special administrative measures" -- reserved for the most dangerous prisoners. SAMs, as they are called, prohibit a defendant from communicating with other prisoners, the media, or anyone not connected to their legal defense.

Firefighters discovered the four bodies Nov. 9 in a burning home on the city's southwest side.

"We don't believe he acted alone," Knight said. "We've identified the one suspect, but that doesn't yet tell us what his motive is for doing this."

Efforts to identify the victims has been slow because all four bodies were badly burned, Knight said.

The Pentagon initially was set to release the images of Iraqi and Afghan prisoners in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the ACLU.

The photos currently at issue are separate from those first publicly released in 2006 showing abuse of Muslim men held at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison.

Newest Justice Sonia Sotomayor had served on that appeals court until August, but was not involved in that particular case.

The Senate in May voted for the Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act, which would limit the reach of the Freedom of Information Act request in this instance. The House adopted a similar provision in October.

But in June 2008, the Supreme Court allowed Guantanamo prisoners to challenge their captivity in federal court, and the justices in December urged the lower court to reconsider its decision against the British detainees.

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