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...embrace of private-style health care, its failure to rein in pharmaceutical companies and its generous subsidies for HMOs. The House narrowly passed the controversial measure early Saturday morning, 220-215, but only after the vote was held open for nearly three hours so both Republican leaders on the floor and Bush on the phone could browbeat G.O.P conservatives, angry that the bill didn't contain enough market reforms, into switching their votes...
...warned Frist that their activists would sit out next year's elections if they didn't see him cracking down on Democratic filibusters of conservative judges. "He got the message," says Free Congress Foundation chairman Paul Weyrich. Earlier this month Frist staged a 39-hour talkathon on the Senate floor to harangue the Democrats on the judges they blocked. The gabfest infuriated Daschle, who claimed Frist double-crossed him. Daschle had agreed to Frist's request to keep the Senate working through Veterans Day so it would have more time to clear its usual backlog. Only later did he learn...
Colorado’s senior center Tera Bjorklund—a preseason contender for many player of the year awards—kept the Buffs close with 20 first-half points. She would finish with 33 points, shooting 12-for-14 from the floor and nine-for-nine from the line...
...changed the way we played in the second half,” Cserny said. “We had to step up on defense and run the floor...
...Crimson improved upon their 10-for-30 first-half effort from the floor, including zero-for-eight behind the arc, and was able to hit 15 of 29 shots from the field during the second period...