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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Gov. Bill Haslam (R) speaks to reporters after announcing in Nashville, Tenn., on Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, that that he had decided against creating a state-run health insurance exchange. (AP/Erik Schelzig)

States and the White House are negotiating over details of two key elements of Obamacare — expansion of Medicaid and Health Insurance Exchanges.

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
A police officer stands in front of the Supreme Court on the eve of oral arguments on President Obama's health care legislation on Sunday. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

On day two of legal arguments on the constitutionality of President Obama’s 2010 health care reform law, the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether the law overreaches by requiring that everyone have or buy health insurance.

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Protesters who identified themselves as being with the Tea Party Patriots, demonstrate against the health care law outside of the Supreme Court in Washington on Monday. (AP)

Will the Supreme Court be willing to risk the blowback of negative public opinion that followed the Bush v. Gore and the Citizens United cases?

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Friday, December 31, 2010
President Barack Obama speaks at a rally on health care reform, in College Park, Md., in 2009. (AP)

The debate over the new health care law looks to continue into 2011 as many new reforms take effect January 1st. We take a look at some of the looming repeal fights.

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Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Pro-democracy protesters hold a candle light vigil supporting jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo, shown on a poster, in Hong Kong. (AP)

President Pledges To Boost Community Colleges, But Falls Short On Funding, General Speaks Out On Military Suicides After Losing His Soldier Son, Peace Prize Nominee Awaits Announcement From Jail Cell, Making Non-Renewable Materials Infinitely Useable, Pulling The Wool Over Readers’ Eyes

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Monday, March 8, 2010
Kathryn Bigelow with the Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture (AP)

Mandating Health Care Hitch, Regulating The Financial Industry, Paul Farmer On Haiti, Iraq Elections, Saving Energy, Kathryn Bigelow

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Thursday, March 4, 2010
Daniel Ellsberg, 78, at a movie event in Sept. 2009 (AP)

Hurdles For Health Care, A New Push To Regulate Wall Street, High-Stakes Iraqi Elections, An Update From Earthquake-Stricken Chile, Daniel Ellsberg Documentary “The Most Dangerous Man In America”

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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Dick Button skates during a practice session at the 1948 Winter Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland

What Will The Health Care Summit Produce?, Is Temple Grandin Changing How Animals Are Treated?, The Case Against Amy Bishop, Force Feeding and the Doctor’s Dilemma, Listener Letters, Dick Button on Olympic Skating

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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Toyota CEO Before Congress, Health Care Check-Up, Wyoming Considers A “Cowboy Code, Rebuilding In Haiti, Good Greens and Long Fairways

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Monday, February 22, 2010
Lay Low, 2007. (Arnar Ómarsson)

Health Care, Again, ‘Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows’, More Questions For Toyota, Olympics Update, Florida Woman Fights Court Order For Bed Rest While Pregnant, Iceland’s Patsy Cline Reflects On Finding Country Music

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Monday, May 20, 2013
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If you find yourself waxing nostalgic for the kind of 1970s investigative journalism that led to the Watergate hearings, you can now relive the chills and thrills of the Washington Post investigation.

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Monday, May 20, 2013
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The law requires the IRS to determine whether a group is a social welfare organization, which is allowed some political activity, or a political group, which must disclose its donors.

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Friday, May 17, 2013
Paul Monti next to the truck of his son, Jared Monti. Jared Monti died while serving in Afghanistan in 2006. (Anna Miller/Here & Now)

A conversation Here & Now’s Alex Ashlock had with Paul Monti about his son Jared Monti, who was killed in Afghanistan, sparked a song that hit No. 1 on the country charts last month.

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