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News Obama administration pulling ‘conscience’ protections for health workers
Obama administration pulling ‘conscience’ protections for health workers
Amelia Mathias
February 27, 2009 02:01:00 pm

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gave notice to the White House Office of Management and Budget Friday that it was preparing to rescind a Bush administration regulation protecting healthcare workers who refuse...

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Scalia criticizes wording of federal corruption law in Chicago case ruling
Amelia Mathias
February 24, 2009 08:02:00 am

US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Monday dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari to a Chicago federal corruption case. Three former aides to Chicago Mayor Richard Daley appealed their convictions...

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UN Security Council resolution condemned Israeli declaration of all Jerusalem as capital

On August 20, 1980, the UN Security Council passed by 14-0 a resolution condemning an Israeli declaration that all of Jerusalem is its capital. The US abstained.

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On August 20, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Economic Opportunity Act. The bill approved $1 billion for social programs to combat poverty. It was central to President Johnson's Great Society legislation program.
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