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Bill Clinton to Rally Senators on Health Care Reform

Former President Bill Clinton will travel to Capitol Hill Tuesday to rally Democratic senators on health reform.

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GOPer Collins Opposes House Dems

ABC’s Z. Byron Wolf reports: Here’s a wrinkle in the abortion debate: Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, one of the few Republicans considered to be a strong supporter of abortion rights, said today she opposes the language inserted in the House health reform bill to ban coverage of abortions, except in certain cases, for women who would receive federal subsidies to buy their health insurance.

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November 9, 2009 in Health Care | Permalink | User Comments (9)

Palin to Iowa Next Month on Book Tour

Palin, R-Alaska, will be signing copies of her forthcoming memoir,“Going Rogue,” at the Barnes & Noble in Sioux City, Iowa, on Sunday, Dec. 6, according a list of tour dates posted by the bookstore chain.

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DNC Targets Republicans Who Opposed Health Care Bill -- Though Not Democrats

ABC News’ Rick Klein reports: The Democratic National Committee, armed with the e-mail list from the Obama campaign operation, is turning up political heat on Republican House members from Democratic-leaning districts over health care.

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'Top Line' Book Corner: 'You've Come a Long Way, Maybe' by Leslie Sanchez

Sanchez's book, which focuses particular attention on some of the women who rose to political prominence in the 2008 presidential campaign, is called "You've Come a Long Way, Maybe: Sarah, Michelle, Hillary, and the Shaping of the New American Woman."

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‘Top Line’ -- Abortion-Rights Groups ‘Asleep at the Wheel?’

ABC News’ Rick Klein reports: Abortion-rights supporters suffered a major setback on Saturday, when House Democratic leaders cut a deal with conservative Democrats to allow a vote on a measure drastically limiting abortion coverage under the health care expansions in the works in Congress.

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Palin Gives New Life to 'Death Panels'

Three months after creating a firestorm with a widely debunked claim that President Obama's plans could leave her son with Down syndrome's fate decided by a "death panel," Palin is again raising the specter of "death panels" in arguing against Democrats' health care plans.

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MoveOn Attacks Dems Who Voted Against Health Care

MoveOn.org is launching a round of TV ads this week targeting Democratic House members who voted against the health care bill over the weekend.

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November 9, 2009 in Health Care | Permalink | User Comments (15)

Everybody Wins? Little incentive for compromise, as both sides celebrate health care vote

The champagne in both clubhouses in the wake of this weekend's health care vote tells you everything you need to know about the polarization of politics these days -- and why health care reform is still a very long way from reality.

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The Note's Must-Reads for Monday, Nov. 9, 2009

The Note's Must-Reads are a round-up of today's political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top U.S. newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at www.abcnews.com Compiled by ABC News Desk Assistants JAYCE HENDERSON, PETER MARTINEZ, KRISTEN RED-HORSE,...

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