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The night after the Senate gets 60 votes to proceed on debating health care reform, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell shares his thoughts on what to expect with CNN's John King. "We know the American people don't want us to do this," McConnell argued, adding that the bill is "the wrong direction to go." "It drives the cost up for Americans... This bill is a job killer." King then asks McConnell to explain why health reform was not proposed during the Bush administration. McConnell said ...

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The Washington Post reported on a provision in the health reform bill that would give the state of Louisiana - whose Senator, Mary Landrieu, is indecisive on health reform - $300 million. "The promise of the Obama campaign is to change the way Washington works," CNN's John King asks Sen. Sherrod Brown. King argues that this process is "Washington as usual, is it not?" Brown and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen were tongue-tied as to how to answer the question at first. King continued, "Is it important ...

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CNN's John King asks freshman Democrat Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado: "If... you are a critical vote for health care reform, and every piece of evidence tells you if you support that bill, you will lose your job, would you cast the vote and lose your job?" Bennet firmly answered: "Yes." "That tape will be held," King warns Bennet. ... michael bennett freshman senator colorado vote yes risk job state union john king sunday morning talk shows news politics republican democrat liberal ...

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From China, President Barack Obama tells CNN's Ed Henry that after "procedural hurdles" in the legislation of health care reform, "I remain confident that we're going to get this done... I'm absolutely confident." As far as why he hasn't been like LBJ, Obama says: "LBJ didn't have the Congressional Budget Office." Obama also fields a question from a disgruntled Obama supporter regarding the bank bailout. "I understand people's frustrations... The American people have gone through a very ...

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After announcing she would be stepping down as White House Communications Director, Anita Dunn talked to Albert Hunt about the White House's war with Fox News, and whether or not she was behind the war. "I am not one to be going rogue, to use a popular phrase," she said, actually relying on the popular Sarah Palin phrase twice in the interview. She also refers to "an opinion show using edited footage" (Hannity) and the show that exposed the practice (The Daily Show). "Comedy Central ...

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Army Specialist Logan Burnette talks to CNN's Sanjay Gupta about the horrific Fort Hood shooting rampage. "He screamed allah akbar and then started shooting," he said.

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Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin wall, former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev tells CNN's John King it was "a very important event" in which "the voters could vote in a competitive election." He also comments that United States President Barack Obama is "facing a very difficult challenge" in his current role, though his election was "unprecedented." Gorbachev also suggests that it is not necessary for additional American troops to be sent to Afghanistan. ... mikhail ...

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The day after the House passes the health reform bill 220-215, President Obama comments on the historic moment from the Rose Garden at the White House. Obama says it was "a courageous vote for many members of Congress" given the "rhetoric" prior to the vote. "We are finally this close to getting reform done... Now it falls on the United States Senate... and I'm absolutely confident that they will" pass the bill. For more videos of reaction to the House's passage of health reform, go to www ...

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Mayor Buddy Dyer and Chief Val Demings of the Orlando Police Department tell the media that Jason Rodriguez, a suspect in a shooting at an office building in Orlando, was apprehended "without incident" at his mother's residence.

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CNN coverage of the "big" unemployment rate report of October 2009: it reaches 10.2%, but job loss has slowed down.

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