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rasmussenreports.com - 5 days ago
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Senator John McCainâs future in the U.S. Senate
may be a little less assured than previously thought....
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely 2010 Republican Primary voters in Arizona finds the longtime incumbent in a virtual tie with ...
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Election 2010: Arizona Senate GOP Primary
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youtube.com - 7 days ago
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Lindsey Graham vs. Attorney General Eric Holder
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Lindsey Graham Destroys Eric Holder (video)
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nydailynews.com - 6 days ago
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Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani has decided not to
run for governor next year - but will run...
for U.S. Senate instead, sources told the Daily News. A source familiar with Giuliani's thinking said the failed presidential candidate has been telling people he ...
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Rudy Giuliani to run for U.S. Senate; If elected may aim ...
thehill.com - 7 days ago
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized
Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) for voting against the Democrats’...
signature healthcare bill. Read more...
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Jesse Jackson: 'You can't vote against healthcare and ...
politics.theatlantic.com - 4 days ago
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When I reached Jonathan Gruber on Thursday, he
was working his way, page by laborious page, through...
the mammoth health care bill Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had unveiled just a few hours earlier. Gruber is a leading health economist at the ...
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A Milestone In the Health Care Journey
washingtonpost.com - 4 days ago
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It's simply not true that America is ambivalent
about everything when it comes to the Obama health...
plan.
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David Broder: Fears of health-reform cost are justifiable
nytimes.com - 7 days ago
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Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, was joined
by other Democrats as he discussed the Senate’s health...
care plan at a news conference on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
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Senate Democrats Unveil Health Bill With Public Option
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keithhennessey.com - 7 days ago
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The following is from the Joint Tax Committee
estimate of the revenue effects of the Reid bill...
. I have listed provisions with major revenue effects (+$20 B / 10 years) and a few others that have significant policy or political impacts. There are ...
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Major tax increases in the Reid health care bill
washingtonexaminer.com - 5 days ago
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A congressional investigation of the volunteer organization AmeriCorps
contains charges that D.C. schools chief Michelle Rhee handled...
"damage control" after allegations of sexual misconduct against her now fiance, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, a ...
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Congressional Report: Rhee did 'damage control' after ...
powerlineblog.com - 3 days ago
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One of the hacked East Anglia emails that
has gotten considerable play on the web indicates that...
several alarmist scientists deleted emails that were subject to a Freedom of Information Act request rather than produce them. That's true; here is the ...
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When In Doubt, Delete
nytimes.com - 3 days ago
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Senator Harry Reid continues to seek Republicans' support,
adding, “But everyone should understand we're going to do...
a bill.”
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Democrats Step Up Push for Votes on Health Care
politico.com - 6 days ago
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Lieberman’s threat to filibuster any health care bill
with a public option could kill health reform this...
year.
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Lieberman slams public option; taunts critics
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 4 days ago
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Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) tells TPMDC that Sen.
Chuck Schumer (D-NY)--one of the architects of the opt-out...
public option--is now negotiating with members on the compromise that won't die: triggers.
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Landrieu To Reid: No Triggers, No Bill--Negotiating ...
politico.com - 4 days ago
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Politico - Democrats announce Saturday that Sen. Mary
Landrieu (D-La.) will vote to start the debate....
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Landrieu a 'yes,' all eyes on Lincoln
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washingtonexaminer.com - 2 days ago
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Just hours after Sen. Charles Grassley and Rep.
Darrell Issa released a report Friday on their investigation...
into the abrupt firing of AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin, the Obama White House gave the lawmakers a trove of new, ...
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New documents: White House scrambled to justify ...
hotair.com - 4 days ago
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According to a report from Ohio today, a
member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee...
has asked the ACORN-tainted Ohio Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner, to investigation ACORN’s voter registration work in the state. [...] ...
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Inside ACORN’S Political Plans: Ensuring a Democrat Majority
washingtontimes.com - 4 days ago
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S.A. Miller A report Friday by the Justice
Department's independent inspector general revealed that ACORN won approval...
for nearly $200,000 in Justice grants since 2002 and mismanaged some of the money. The grant tally, though only from a single ...
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Report: ACORN mismanaged grant money
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 7 days ago
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At a special evening meeting of the Democratic
caucus, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid outlined, in broad...
strokes, the details of his health care bill, which the CBO has found, in a preliminary analysis, will expand coverage to 94 percent...
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Reid Outlines Bill For Caucus, Warns Conservative Dems ...
thehill.com - 6 days ago
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If the U.S. captures Osama bin Laden, there's
no need to interrogate him, the chairman of the...
Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the chairman of that committee, said that arguments raised by Republican senators about ...
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Leahy: No need to interrogate bin Laden
youtube.com - 6 days ago
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James Inhofe tells Barbara Boxer to "get a
life," and gets a laugh from the audience....
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Inhofe to Boxer - We Won, You Lost, Now Get a Life! (video)
