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Wavering Dems in Obama’s sights on health vote (AP)

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U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington, May 21, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing/FilesAP – Days away from a make-or-break vote on his health care overhaul, President Barack Obama is turning up the pressure as only presidents can, as Democratic leaders make a desperate scramble for votes.

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PROMISES, PROMISES: Is gov’t more open with Obama? (AP)

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President Barack Obama speaks in Strongsville, Ohio, Monday, March 15, 2010. The government's use of legal exemptions to keep records secret rose during President Barack Obama's first year in office, despite promises of increased openness, an Associated Press review found. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – The government’s use of legal exemptions to keep records secret rose during President Barack Obama’s first year in office, despite promises of increased openness, an Associated Press review found.

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Break the law and your new ‘friend’ may be the FBI (AP)

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FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2009, file photo, Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Scoville displays part of the Facebook page, and an enlarged profile photo, of fugitive Maxi Sopo in Seattle. The Feds are on Facebook. And MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter, too. U.S. law enforcement agents are following the rest of the Internet world into popular social-networking services, going undercover with false online profiles to communicate with suspects and gather private information, according to an internal Justice Department document that offers a tantalizing glimpse of issues related to privacy and crime fighting. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP – The Feds are on Facebook. And MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter, too.

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Obama heads to Ohio looking for health care votes (AP)

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In this image released by NBC David Axelrod, President Barack Obama's top political adviser, is interviewed on NBC's Meet the Press in Washington Sunday, March 14, 2010. Axelrod said Sunday that lobbyists are gathering on Capitol Hill 'like locusts' to try to derail health care legislation, that passage will be a struggle, but that he's confident the overhaul will soon become law. (AP Photo/NBC, William B. Plowman) NO ARCHIVES. NO SALESAP – Still seeking votes for his proposed health care overhaul, President Barack Obama appears ready to reverse his position and allow unpopular deal-sweetening measures in the hopes of finding Democratic support for legislation whose future will be decided in coming days.

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Dodd seeks difficult consensus on financial rules (AP)

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FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2009, file photo Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., announces a financial reform package during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Dodd is expected to unveil a new sweeping regulatory proposal Monday, March 15, 2010, that will abandon his initial plan for a stand-alone consumer financial protection agency and for a single powerful regulator to oversee all of the nation's banks. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP – Combining Obama administration and Republican priorities, the leading Senate author of a sweeping rewrite of the nation’s financial regulations is looking for consensus with a proposal that neither side of the political spectrum is ready to embrace.

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