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On the eve of President Obama's tour of rural America, Agriculture Secretary Vilsack signaled Monday that the administration will launch a campaign focusing on that part of the country's problems, and use the next farm bill to improve the prospects for the creation of off-farm jobs.
GUTHRIE — Third District U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Cheyenne, had a town hall meeting Thursday at Guthrie City Hall where he discussed a variety of issues ranging from the recent passage of the national health-care law to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
WASHINGTON — All five of Oklahoma’s U.S. House members voted against the health care bill.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Democratic-controlled Congress has approved historic legislation extending health care to tens of millions of Americans who lack it and cracking down on insurance company abuses.
The vote in the U.S. House was 219-212. Republicans were unanimously opposed.