President Barack Obama visited Rhode Island College to talk about the economy and how important the policies to help women succeed are. ... Obama said "policies that ease financial and other burdens on women will help make the economy stronger overall.... It's "good policy" that will benefit businesses and the economy, he said. ... He made it clear that they were benefits aimed at women, for reasons such as mammograms without co-pays and insurance that can't be denied because of conditions like breast cancer. ...

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With this vote, four previously expired disaster aid programs will be restored, giving aid mostly to livestock farmers and tree farmers, who are not protected by insurance that protects them from droughts like crop farmers. ... Top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee, Representative Collin Peterson of Minnesota, is one such House member who begrudgingly voted for the bill, citing that "this bill is a sad substitute for what is really needed, a long-term farm policy." ... Many Democrats agree that the Republicans voted for the bill simply to avoid having to explain to rural constituen...

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