CNN 2009-12-11(在线收听

"This makes me so angry, I was there, I know all about TARP. First, it was never intended that all this money would ever have to be spent. But any money that wasn't spend was to go to the deficit and the idea of taking this money and spending it is repulsive."

Senators are considering alternatives to part their health care legislation. Specifically, the so-called public option -- government-run health insurance program. Senate Republicans and some Democrats and independents are against that plan. A group of Democrat Senators was working to come up with some other ideas that could replace the public option. And late last night, they said they had reached an agreement. If the Senate passes its health care bill that doesn't make it law, which still need to be combined with the House bill. And then that final version would need to pass both the House and Senate.

The head of Iraq's government says that a series of suicide bombings is designed to create chaos in that country and prevent progress toward the elections that are scheduled for next year. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called yesterday's terrorist attacks  "cowardly." The five explosions killed more than 125 people and injured more than 440 others. The bombings all took place within  minutes of each other Tuesday morning. They targeted several government buildings around the capital city of Baghdad as well as neighborhood and a business district.
 

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