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The contract is unusually vague, making reference only to consulting services. gingrich has emphatically maintained he never acted as a lobbyist, however, the contract shows the group was hosted on k street and retained by freddie macs vice president for public policy, that is it lobbying arm which was in turn headed by craig thomas, at that time a registered lobbyist. mitt romney cited the k street address, ridiculed gingrichs original claim and turned to still other clients of other gingrich-o...

Abramoff. last week they called delays lawyers to tell him there wont be any charges. the former leader does, however, still face a state case in texas that will begin later this month. were guessing, though, that delay might just be dancing a texas two-step to celebrate passing the first hurdle. next, its august, and the time of year when teachers are getting ready to head back to the classroom. in wisconsin the milwaukee teachers education association has been waging a two-year battle to hav...

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Breaking about the new jersey governor. again, campaign carl cameron reporting governor christie is, as he has said repeatedly, not joining this presidential race. also in this washington today, new privacy concerns over a white house plan to gather up your medical records. thats exactly the proposal by the secretary of health and human services, kathleen sebelius. forcing insurance companies to collect private medical records and send them to washington. molly henneberg live in washington wit...

More well cover offer you this private coverage plan, most people would check that box and say im going to stay with the program im used to except ill buy it directly from the insurer. >> im not sure the 70% of employees who have said that are exactly sure how much their health insurance would cost them as individuals. remember, as an employer you get a tax-free benefit. you can offer insurance to your employees and you get to not pay any taxes on it. if youre an individual you have to keep that...

>> some pro-lifers say this federal order prohibiting funding for the new healthcare law has a loophole. >> the exective order of the president did not prohibit abortion funding in the high-risk pools. >> high-risk pools are the taxpayer funded insurance coverage plan for uninsured americans who have preexisting conditions. initially states like new mexico and pennsylvania indicated the plans would include abortion coverage but then reversed course. spokesperson for the health and human services...

Loophole. >> the exective order of the president did not prohibit abortion funding in the high-risk pools. >> high-risk pools are the taxpayer funded insurance coverage plan for uninsured americans who have preexisting conditions. initially states like new mexico and pennsylvania indicated the plans would include abortion coverage but then reversed course. spokesperson for the health and human services department said in all the high risk insurance plans abortions will not be covered except in t...