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Obama unveils plan to control college costs

By doris | Published: January 28, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — President Barack Obama unveiled a new college affordability plan Friday, proposing to further expand student financial aid while providing more assistance to schools that hold tuition down and cutting aid to those that do not. The plan is part of a populist White House pitch to middle class families [...]

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Obama’s 30% millionaire tax

By doris | Published: January 27, 2012

Full Story at moneh.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — President Obama this week defined what he believes should be the minimum “fair share” for millionaires and billionaires to pay in taxes. His answer: At least 30% of their income. “If you make more than $1 million a year, you should not pay less than 30% in [...]

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Obama pushes campaign themes in Arizona and Iowa

By doris | Published: January 26, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday launched a three-day visit to five battleground states in the November election by pressing State of the Union themes of core American values and having the wealthy pay more taxes. At an Iowa manufacturing plant that he said represented the kind of job creation [...]

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Obama: Debt ceiling fight contributed to poor economy

By doris | Published: January 25, 2012

Full Story at FirstRead.msnbc.msn.com President Obama railed against dysfunction on Capitol Hill during his State of the Union address, blaming gridlock in Washington for the economy’s sluggish performance in the past year. The president demanded a series of reforms intended to address the poor function of Congress, which played out in a series of battles [...]

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Secret tapes of JFK’s last days released

By doris | Published: January 24, 2012

Full Story at usnews.msnbc.msn.com BOSTON — President John F. Kennedy’s library is releasing 45 hours of privately recorded meetings and phone calls, providing a window into the final months of his life. The tapes include discussions of conflict in Vietnam, Soviet relations and the race to space, plans for the 1964 Democratic Convention and re-election [...]

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Gingrich: S.C. ‘decided to be with us in changing Washington’

By doris | Published: January 22, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com Columbia, South Carolina (CNN) — Newt Gingrich won Saturday’s South Carolina GOP presidential primary, marking a stunning turnaround for a candidate who finished fourth in Iowa and New Hampshire and whose campaign had been left for dead — again — by observers just weeks ago. With about 95% of polling places [...]

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Weekly addresses preview State of Union

By doris | Published: January 21, 2012

Full Story at PoliticalTicker.blogs.CNN.com (CNN) – Three days before the State of the Union address, President Barack Obama and Texas Rep. Jeb Hensarling on Saturday offered what could be previews of their parties’ messages next week. In the GOP weekly address, Hensarling bashed the record of Obama’s three-year administration, criticizing the state of unemployment, gas [...]

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Gingrich delivers show-stopper at beginning of South Carolina debate

By doris | Published: January 20, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com Charleston, South Carolina (CNN) — The four remaining GOP candidates played to their individual strengths on Thursday and tried to leave a lasting impression in a final, boisterous debate two days before South Carolina’s pivotal primary. In a campaign cycle where debates have had direct consequences on the ebb and flow [...]

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Obama aims to reward businesses that invest in US

By doris | Published: January 19, 2012

Full Story at NBCPolitics.msnbc.msn.com President Barack Obama said Wednesday he wants to reward companies that invest in America and eliminate tax breaks for companies that don’t, and he’s planning new tax proposals to do it. A day after his Republican foes competed in the New Hampshire primary, Obama sought to grab back the spotlight and [...]

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White House locked down because of ‘smoking objects’

By doris | Published: January 18, 2012

Full Story at POLITICO.com The White House was locked down Tuesday night because of “smoking objects” found near the North Portico as hundreds of protesters rallied outside the executive mansion, Secret Service officials said. “We had approximately 1,000 to 1,500 protesters from Occupy D.C. on the fence line. There were no arrests but what we [...]

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Obama unveils plan to streamline government

By doris | Published: January 16, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama asked Congress Friday for more power to streamline and reorganize the federal government, a move designed to claim the political middle ground in an election likely to be dominated by questions about Washington’s role in the economy. The president asked legislators to grant him the [...]

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Pardon power varies widely

By doris | Published: January 15, 2012

Full Story at NBCPolitics.msnbc.com Most states give their governors broad latitude in granting pardons. Some don’t trust them with that authority at all. And the rest allow a governor to grant pardons only with the recommendation of other state officials. Mississippi’s raging controversy over last-minute pardons by outgoing governor Haley Barbour has generated calls for [...]

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