NY Times Political Reports

February 20, 2006

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The governors of New York and Maryland questioned an Arab company's takeover of operations at six ports.
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The American Medical Association has signed a pact with Congress promising to develop more than 100 standard measures of performance.
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February 14, 2006

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The downturn in the 78-year-old's health significantly changed the tone of the White House reaction to the hunting accident.
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Lincoln Group's rise has been built in part on exaggerated claims about its capabilities and connections, employees said.
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The Senate all but killed legislation to create a $140 billion fund to compensate victims of asbestos poisoning.
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As the campaign season opened, some lawmakers said the usual organizational chaos in the Senate was worse than usual.
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Democratic lawmakers and the White House both said that oil and gas companies should not receive lucrative incentives when energy prices are so high.
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A federal judge said Zacarias Moussaoui could observe the next weeks of his trial only from a closed-circuit television in his cell.
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February 13, 2006

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The White House sought to explain why it took most of a day to disclose that the vice president accidentally shot a fellow hunter.
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The government is on the verge of one of the biggest oil and gas giveaways in U.S. history, some $7 billion over five years.
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Paul Hackett, an Iraq war veteran, said party leaders had pressured him to quit a closely watched Senate contest.
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Scores of private plans may have 25 or 30 "prior authorization" forms each, and the diverse requirements can delay or deny access to needed medications, doctors said.
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Federal wildlife officials announced a series of decisions toward declaring the bald eagle's population safely restored.
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A prosecutor wants to determine who told two reporters for The New York Times about impending searches of Islamic charities in Illinois and Texas in 2001.
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February 8, 2006

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Multinational cooperation foiled plans to fly an airliner into the tallest skyscraper on the West Coast, the president said.
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Guards have begun strapping detainees into "restraint chairs" to feed them through tubes and prevent them from vomiting.
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Lawmakers are clashing over issues such as whether to ban gifts and corporate travel, and whether ethics investigations should be conducted by outside watchdogs or members of Congress.
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The White House changed its position and provided a closed-door briefing on the domestic spying program to the full House Intelligence Committee.
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In Manchester, N.H., President Bush argued that his budget fulfilled a promise of tax cuts and fiscal restraint he made six years ago.
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Some large companies back the bill, but smaller ones say the formula for determining how much each company will have to contribute may drive them into bankruptcy.
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