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In three years, whats the one thing that weve learned about health reform? Apparently not much.

It isn't every day that more than half the Democrats in the U.S. Senate vote to repeal part of President Barack Obama's health care law.

Genworth Financial Inc. has elected former Sen. Kent Conrad to serve as a new independent director, the insurance holding company said Friday.

Moving on two fronts, the Republican-controlled House on Thursday voted to keep the government running for the next six months while pushing through a tea-party flavored budget for next year that would shrink the government by another $4.6 trillion over the next decade.

The Obama administration is marking the third anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act this week by touting its savings for Medicare patients.

The House has passed a huge stopgap spending bill to keep the government open through the end of September, sidestepping any threat of a government shutdown.