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President Barack Obama will address a joint session of Congress on health-care reform on Wednesday, Sept.9, a senior official tells POLITICO.

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Can't see this email? View the online version. Doubts on healthcare Normalizing transgenderism in schools A New England-based pro-family organization is concerned about a situation in Vermont involving bathroom arrangements at schools. Pro-union bill contrary to pro-family movement Gary Bauer says the proposal known as the Employee Free Choice Act -- if enacted into law -- would pose a substantial threat to the interests of the pro-family movement. Perspective: No junior lobbyist left behind America's parents have every right to worry about their children being used by Washington as Political Guinea Pigs for Change. Ben & Jerry's ice cream honors same-sex 'marriage' An ice cream company is celebrating homosexual "marriage" in Vermont. Cash for Clunkers 'inefficient,' says dealer An owner of ten car dealerships in South Dakota and Iowa says the government's inefficient administration of the "Cash for Clunkers" program should make people think twice about backing a new government-run healthcare plan. VOTE IN A RELATED POLL More of today's news Pfizer hit with... Hurricane Jimen... Judge orders du... Weather aids Calif. fire crew, but battle not over LOS ANGELES Crews battling the massive wildfire north of Los Angeles have gotten major assistance from the weather, allowing them to build lines around Hurricane Jimena swirls past southern Baja resorts LOS CABOS, Mexico Hurricane Jimena weakened to a Category 2 storm as it bore down on the coast of Mexico's Baja California peninsula. By early Wednesday, Jimena's Deputy spy chief among 23 killed in Taliban blast KABUL A Taliban suicide bomber detonated his explosives as Afghanistan's deputy chief of intelligence visited a mosque east of Kabul on Wednesday, killing the Afghan Obama may get more specific about health overhaul WASHINGTON President Barack Obama has talked a lot about health care lately, but some allies say he has been too vague. Now he's thinking of throwing Productivity, factory orders seen on the rise Business Writer NEW YORK New signs of economic recovery keep emerging, but with the American consumer still hamstrung by flat wages and job losses, it's unclear those signs will Parents: Opt-out of Obama speech? by Bryan Fischer In is likely to be an exercise in nation wide indoctrination, Pres. Obama apparently intends to deliver a speech to a captive audience next week â€" every public school student in America. The plan, evidently, is for Doctor Admits Euthanization During Hurricane Katrina Dr. Ewing Cook, a doctor at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans, has admitted that he gave orders for a lethal dose of morphine to be administered to a patient during the hurrican Katrina disaster in 2005, and says he Coach Stages a Sit-In to Protest Health Care Reform Check out the video below from FOX News a football coach in Ohio is staging a health care reform sit in. Coach Dave Davenmeyer says his congressman, Zack Space (D) is hiding from health care reform, and claims he will Native Americans no fans of government-run health care by Bryan Fischer One of the striking things about the health care debate is that in all the left’s bloviation about the wonders of a government run system, no one uses a current, U.S. based system as a model. Medicare Rasmussen poll: Obama approval hits new low Elijah Friedeman| According to a Rassmussen poll released today, Obama has registered his lowest total approval rating ever at 46%. The total disapproval is 53%. Republican challengers hold 'counter-townhalls' Elijah Friedeman| Many Democratic representatives are reticent to hold townhalls with angry constituents. Consequently many Repulican challengers in those districts are holding their own townhall meetings. Sen. Hatch supports Vicki Kennedy as interim Senator Elijah Friedeman| Republican Senator, Orrin Hatch, says he supports the appointment of Vicki Kennedy to fill her late husband's Senate seat. Apparently it doesn't matter to Hatch that Kennedy is an ultra-liberal like her husband. 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The two U.S. journalists released from North Korea last month after five months in captivity are raising suspicions about their guide and wonder if they were "lured into a trap." In a column posted on the Los Angeles Times Web site, Laura Ling and Euna Lee said, "We didn't spend more than a minute on North Korean soil before turning back, but it is a minute we deeply regret.

Politics, Political News - POLITICO.com

Politics, Political News - POLITICO.com

Obama plans to detail his health care demands in a major speech as soon as next week.