Category Archives: Government

New laws toughen rules on abortions, immigrants, voters

By doris | Published: December 31, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com About 40,000 state laws taking effect at the start of the new year will change rules about getting abortions in New Hampshire, learning about gays and lesbians in California, getting jobs in Alabama and even driving golf carts in Georgia. Several federal rules change with the new year, too, including a [...]

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How ballot access laws hurt voters

By doris | Published: December 30, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Only two Republican presidential candidates will appear on the ballot in Virginia next year, regardless of how many are in the race. Mitt Romney and Ron Paul will have the Dominion State all to themselves. Supporters of Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Jon Huntsman and Michele Bachmann will [...]

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Caution mutes US response to North Korea

By doris | Published: December 27, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s cautious response to the death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il reflects unease and uncertainty about the leadership transition in the reclusive country that has confounded U.S. presidents for 60 years. North Korea, the “hermit kingdom,” has vexed the United States and its allies with war, [...]

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Romney clarifies Medicaid comments

By doris | Published: December 19, 2011

Full Story at PoliticalTicker.blogs.cnn.com Greenville, South Carolina (CNN) – Mitt Romney quickly clarified comments he made regarding Medicaid Friday, saying he had in fact been familiar with the entitlement program in the early 1990s. At a town hall in Sioux City, Romney told an audience he had once been unclear about the particulars of the [...]

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Five things we learned from Saturday’s debate

By doris | Published: December 11, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) — Newt Gingrich’s position at the top of the Republican presidential field made him the target of his rivals in the 12th major GOP debate Saturday in Iowa, a little more than three weeks before the state’s caucuses launch the 2012 primaries. Here are five things we [...]

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Repressive governments using U.S.-made spy technology

By doris | Published: December 6, 2011

Full Story at CBS News (Washington Post) Virginia technology entrepreneur Jerry Lucas hosted his first trade show for makers of surveillance gear at the McLean Hilton in May 2002. Thirty-five people attended. Nine years later, Lucas holds five events annually across the world, drawing hundreds of vendors and thousands of potential buyers for an industry [...]

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Why Congress can’t save the Postal Service

By doris | Published: November 29, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) — There’s one thing that turns some Tea Party Republicans into government-job lovers like their Democratic rivals: Their neighborhood post office. In fact, the U.S. Postal Service’s reach into every state and congressional district is a big reason why Americans shouldn’t expect Congress to make the drastic changes that [...]

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New Hampshire Union Leader backs Gingrich

By doris | Published: November 27, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON (AP) — The New Hampshire Union Leader endorsed former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in Sunday editions, signaling that rival Mitt Romney isn’t the universal favorite and that the state’s largest newspaper could reset the contest there with six weeks to go before voters cast their ballots. “We are in critical [...]

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Former Chicago first lady Maggie Daley dies at 68

By doris | Published: November 25, 2011

Full Story at NBCPolitics.msn.com CHICAGO — Maggie Daley, the wife of former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and a gracious promoter of the city’s cultural and educational programs, has died. She was 68. Maggie Daley, who had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002, died Thursday night, family spokeswoman Jacquelyn Heard told The Associated Press. [...]

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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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Obama tells agencies to save on travel, coffee mugs

By doris | Published: November 9, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama asked government agencies on Wednesday to slash $4 billion in spending on things like travel, printing and coffee mugs, in his latest effort to sidestep Congress and help the economy. The White House order on cost-cutting is the latest in a series of small-scale initiatives [...]

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Man arrested for alleged threats to harm House majority leader’s family

By doris | Published: November 3, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A Tennessee man was arrested Wednesday and charged with making threats against the family of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, according to federal documents. Glendon Swift allegedly twice called Cantor’s office in Glen Allen, Virginia, on October 27 and left voice mail threatening to rape the congressman’s daughter and [...]

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