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With their signature priority - health care legislation -stalled and voter anger and mistrust of Washington accelerating, House Democrats are moving to Plan B: Introducing a slew of smaller initiatives meant to put Republicans on the spot as incumbents enter a volatile campaign season. Democrats, who return with their Republican counterparts from a weeklong recess tomorrow, expect to take up a limited bill to remove the antitrust exemption health insurers have enjoyed for many years, a move Democrats say will stop collusion during the setting of premiums. Consideration of other tightly focused health care bills, such as allowing parents to...

<p>WASHINGTON — With the war effort in Iraq bearing fresh fruit, some campaign experts say Democrats may want to do themselves a favor and tone down the harsh criticism of President Bush.</p> <p>"I think [the news of Uday's and Qusay's deaths] helps. I think it's moving in the right direction," said Fox News political analyst Al D'Amato (search). "I think that it dispels the rumors that we are doing nothing in Iraq, and [indicates] that we will eventually capture or kill Saddam."</p>

Democrats target homeland bill GOP denies measure is filled with special interest provisions 11/16/2002 Associated Press WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats said Friday that they would try to strip what they called Republican special interest provisions from the homeland security bill, a move Republicans said might kill the measure already passed by the House and pushed relentlessly by the White House. "If this is a homeland security bill, let's keep it homeland security related and let's take out all this terrible special interest legislation that has nothing to do with homeland security," said Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D. But...