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U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) waves at the 38th annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, February 10, 2011.

McConnell says health care repeal is long-term fight

Sen. Mitch McConnell R-KY on Thursday urged conservatives to stick to their principles and realize that battles over issues such as reform for health care or campaign finance required a long-term, lifetime commitment effort to get right.

EPA to set first-ever standard for perchlorate in water

US Environmental Protection Agency Director Lisa Jackson at the EPA in Washington, December 7, 2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it will develop a first-ever national standard for perchlorate, a naturally occurring and man-made chemical found in rocket propellant, fireworks, explosives and in some drinking water systems.
Lindsay Cronin carries her snowboard back up the hill in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington January 27, 2011.

Senate defeats health care repeal

U.S. Senators on Wednesday defeated a bill to repeal last year's landmark healthcare bill, as Republican party members came up short against the Democratic majority. The vote was 47-51.
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Health benefits and cost in focus for repeal vote

U.S. lawmakers will consider new health care insurance benefits and the cost of paying for them on Wednesday, as the House heads to a vote on whether to repeal last year's major health care overhaul law.
Rev. Stephen Petrovich.

Priest pleads for Ground Zero health bill

The Rev. Stephen Petrovich, 58, of Huron, Ohio, is Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of his orthodox Ukrainian Church. He does not perform archbishop duties because he is dying, from the damage to his lungs from the air at Ground Zero in 2001. Petrovich spent nearly two weeks at Ground Zero giving last rites to human remains and counseling the living.

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