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Caves discovered in Patagonia may unlock secrets of how continents formed

Obamacare Could Help People Register to Vote—Unless the Administration Caves to the GOP

Republicans have slammed Obamacare’s health care exchanges—where uninsured Americans can apply for subsidized coverage—as “Democrat Party front organizations.” That’s because the millions of mostly low-income and minority applicants—who tend to vote Democratic—will be asked if they want to register to vote when they sign up for insurance through the exchanges, which open up next week. The administration has been adamant that it will not cede to the GOP on this provision. Until now.

The 1993 National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), known as the Motor Voter law, says that DMVs and other state agencies that provide public assistance have to provide voter registration services. The Obama administration has said that means that both the state-run exchanges, and the federally-run exchanges that are being rolled out in states where Republican governors have refused to set them up, will have to comply with the Motor Voter law. But now it appears that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is wavering on whether it will require the 35 federally-run exchanges to offer voter registration, according to a recent report by the left-leaning policy shop Demos and the voting rights organization Project Vote. Congress also recently launched an inquiry into the matter, Hill staffers told Mother Jones.

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Obamacare Could Help People Register to Vote—Unless the Administration Caves to the GOP

VIDEO: Sinkhole Threatens Cajun Bayou Community

Almost a year after a salt cavern collapsed near a scenic south Louisiana bayou, the sinkhole has grown to 22- acres and is still releasing oil and natural gas. Hundreds of residents have evacuated but a few stayed behind despite the dangers. (July 8)

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