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Obama Dares Republicans to Fight Wall St. Bill

By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN & GLENN THRUSH For weeks, the White House strategy on financial regulatory reform remained an open question: Would President Barack Obama water down his bill just to get something passed — the way he did on health care?  A Palinesque “Hell no!” was the answer coming from the White House on Wednesday [...]

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Economics of discontent

http://www.politico.com/huddle/1109/huddle420.html By: MARTIN KADY II The health care debate has sucked so much oxygen out of the Capitol’s chambers that it’s been easy to miss another simmering story: Democratic fears about the economy. Well that pot finally boiled over Thursday, with black caucus members walking out of a Barney Frank financial markup, liberals and conservatives [...]

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