Bill Owens

Obama To Sign Extension Of Jobless Benefits Obama To Sign Bill Friday Extending Jobless Benefits And Homebuyer Tax Credit AP) WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is set to sign a bill extending jobless benefits 20 weeks and prolonging...

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...leader John Boehner of Ohio backed Scozzafava until her withdrawal. President Barack Obama has campaigned for Corzine and Deeds and helped raise money for Owens. Wolfenden said Obama has had no impact on the traders. Vice President Joe...

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Obama and Some House Democrats Press for Vote on Health Care Bill By Erica Werner and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Washington (AP) - President Barack Obama and House Democrats scrambled on Thursday to secure the votes to pass...

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...sworn-in Congressman Bill Owens, who was sitting in the front row. Owens won a surprise victory in the special election Tuesday in New York's 23rd Congressional district. "Think about Bill Owens. He could have dodged it [health care], but...

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...a private sit-down with President Obama. The White House said Obama is scheduled to meet with Owens in the Oval Office Friday at 4:25 p.m. after the president returns from a visit to Walter Reed. Owens (D-NY) was elected Tuesday night...

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...Obama's Secretary of the Army. After leaving the race, Scozzafava bucked her party and endorsed Democrat Owens, even as GOP leaders inside and outside the state shifted their support to Hoffman. Despite thousands of absentee ballots...

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...1872. In the campaign, Mr. Owens gave unabashed support to the pending House health care bill, despite the opposition of national conservative groups, including the new Tea Party Patriots, who backed Mr. Owens' conservative rival. Mr....

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...party. Owens defeated Hoffman despite a voter registration edge of 45,000 for Republicans and big-name endorsements for Hoffman from former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, former Republican Sen. Fred Thompson and others. "This is...

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...of the Army, for heroism in Vietnam. Later, he takes Air Force One to New York to help congressional candidate Bill Owens, attending a fundraiser for him and the Democratic National Committee in Manhattan. Vice President Biden heads overseas...

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