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Obama: Health Care Bill Is A Success, Let's Move Forward

President Barack Obama speaks at FamiliesUSA's 16th annual health action conference in Washington on Friday. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption

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Political Junkie

Obama: Health Care Bill Is A Success, Let's Move Forward

President Obama, in a speech before a health-care conference organized by FamiliesUSA, once again made the argument that the health care bill is working and is a success. But, as he's said before, he's willing to make it better.

'Lie Of The Year': Democrats Want A 'Government Takeover Of Health Care'

PolitiFact's "lie of the year": A dubious award. PolitiFact.com hide caption

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It's All Politics

'Lie Of The Year': Democrats Want A 'Government Takeover Of Health Care'

The competition was stiff and the nominees were from both sides of the political aisle, but PolitiFact has decided that the claim from conservatives that Democrats want a "government takeover of health care" was the "lie of the year."

Steve Inskeep and Bill Adair discuss the "lie of the year."

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Housing Starts Up; Redistricting Key Issue In  Elections; Fed Has Hard Choice

A home going up in Springfield, Ill., earlier this month. Seth Perlman/Associated Press hide caption

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The Two-Way

Housing Starts Up; Redistricting Key Issue In  Elections; Fed Has Hard Choice

While housing starts rose, the gain was mostly from construction of apartments and condos, not the much larger single-family home market.

On 'Morning Edition': Midterms & Redistricting

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