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Senate rejects attempt to prevent debt ceiling hike

By doris | Published: January 30, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate on Thursday rejected a measure that would have prevented a $1.2 trillion increase in the debt ceiling, putting an end to legislative debate on the politically contentious issue until after the November presidential election. A procedural motion to move forward with the bill was [...]

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‘I pay your salary,’ snaps historian to lawmaker in tense House hearing

By doris | Published: November 24, 2011

Full Story at NBCPolitics.msnbc.msn.com Heated discussions are commonplace on Capitol Hill, but it’s rare form for a witness and a legislator to have at it. But it happened on Friday when Alaska Republican Rep. Don Young sparred (intensely) with historian Douglas Brinkley at a hearing of the House Natural Resources Committee. Brinkley recently authored “The [...]

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Lawmakers, grieving parents push federal standards for teen licenses

By doris | Published: March 8, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Flanked by parents whose children were killed in automobile accidents, congressional lawmakers Tuesday again launched a campaign for federal licensing standards for teenage drivers. Holding a poster-sized photograph of his daughter Michelle — a fatality at the age of 15 — a sobbing Ray Sanderbeck of Medina, Ohio, [...]

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Montel Williams pushes medical marijuana bill

By doris | Published: January 26, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Former talk show host Montel Williams has urged state lawmakers to legalize medical marijuana in Maryland, saying it has a role helping those with painful ailments such as his own. The Baltimore native spoke Monday at a news conference with Maryland lawmakers who support legalized medical marijuana. Williams, [...]

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Meet the Press guest list for September 19, 2010

By doris | Published: September 18, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com Coming up this Sunday, we’ll go one-on-one with the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, as he prepares to host his sixth annual Clinton Global Initiative – a gathering of world leaders to find and implement solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. Plus, an exclusive live interview with [...]

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Winners in Obama education reform unveiled

By doris | Published: August 26, 2010

Full Story at TODAYmsnbc.msn.com ATLANTA — More than 13 million students and 1 million educators will share $3.4 billion from the second round of the federal “Race to the Top” grant competition, the U.S. Education Department said Tuesday. The department chose nine states — Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and [...]

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Senate passes state aid bill, House to return for vote

By doris | Published: August 6, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — Congress is moving rapidly just weeks before the start of the school year to speed billions of dollars in emergency education aid to states in hopes of reversing the layoffs of tens of thousands of teachers. Some $10 billion in aid to school districts is set to flow after [...]

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The New Revolutionaries

By doris | Published: July 5, 2010

Full Story at Newsweek.com It’s not just the 4th of July holiday that’s raising memories of revolution. The idea of active anti-government resistance, once the province of the fringe or a mere historical parable, is now a common component of the national discourse. If all the voices actively calling for or raising the specter of [...]

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White House to fight to preserve National Day of Prayer

By doris | Published: April 23, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The Obama administration will fight to preserve the law establishing an annual National Day of Prayer, the Justice Department confirmed Thursday. A federal judge declared the law unconstitutional last week. The Justice Department’s official filing of a “notice to appeal” Thursday came as no surprise, after White House spokesman [...]

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Poll: Tea Party backers wealthier, educated

By doris | Published: April 15, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK – Tea party supporters are wealthier and more well-educated than the general public, tend to be Republican, white, male, and married, and their strong opposition to the Obama administration is more rooted in political ideology than anxiety about their personal economic situation, according to the latest New York Times/CBS [...]

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Obama advertises tax breaks ahead of Tax Day

By doris | Published: April 11, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – Just ahead of Tax Day, President Barack Obama is urging Americans to take advantage of tax credits for first-time homebuyers, college students and others. Obama used his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday to promote some of the tax benefits in last year’s stimulus bill, saying they could save [...]

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Is the tea party brewing a revolution?

By doris | Published: April 6, 2010

Full Story atmsnbc.com WASHINGTON – They heeded a pamphleteer’s call for “manly opposition to the machinations of tyranny” — the 60 American colonists who stormed Griffin’s Wharf and emptied 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. And with that, a revolution brewed. Now, more than two centuries later, come the angry throngs of the modern-day [...]

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