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US House approves billions for wars without debate

By doris | Published: December 18, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed legislation that authorizes the Defense Department to spend nearly $160 billion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this budget year without major restrictions on the conduct of operations. The 341-48 vote on the defense authorization bill came after House and [...]

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Clinton to the rescue?

By doris | Published: December 12, 2010

Full Story at FirstRead.msnbc.msn.com From NBC’s Athena Jones: With the fate of a tax deal reached with Republicans still uncertain, President Obama brought out one of his party’s biggest guns to help drum up support for the agreement: former President Bill Clinton. The current president called on his predecessor in part to help convince angry [...]

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Way cleared for tax cut bill; energy breaks added

By doris | Published: December 10, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — The White House and key lawmakers in both parties cleared the way Thursday night for swift Senate action to avert a Jan. 1 spike in income taxes for most Americans, agreeing to renew expiring breaks for ethanol and other forms of alternative energy. Tax provisions aimed at increasing production [...]

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Obama eyes tax deal — but with jobless extension

By doris | Published: December 5, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama told Democratic leaders Saturday he was open to compromise on Bush-era tax cuts, but would oppose even a temporary extension if it did not include an extension of benefits for unemployed Americans, a White House official said. Obama also told Democratic congressional leaders he would oppose [...]

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Democrats see hope, Republicans temper expectations for Tuesday vote

By doris | Published: November 1, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — In what are either last-minute head games or reflections on a shifting electorate, Democrats are predicting better-than-expected results for their side while Republicans are downplaying the extent of their expected victory in Tuesday’s congressional elections. With less than 48 hours before polling booths open, the comments on Sunday [...]

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Clinton: GOP ‘banking on you not thinking’

By doris | Published: October 24, 2010

Full Story at FirstRead.msnbc.msn.com BALTIMORE — Former President Bill Clinton thinks that voters need to pay attention to the facts like they pay attention to their sports. “When we care about something that’s really important to us, like football or basketball or the World Series — some life or death deal like that,” he said [...]

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Nixing — or ‘fixing’ — health law? Don’t hold your breath

By doris | Published: October 19, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com WASHINGTON — When West Virginia Senate candidate John Raese delivered a thundering promise to support a “termination and repeal of Obamacare” at a recent campaign event, the crowd went wild. “Boy, do I know the applause lines!” exclaimed the Republican hopeful. Raese’s Democratic opponent, Gov. Joe Manchin, isn’t all that different [...]

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Across America, people speak out on tea party

By doris | Published: October 18, 2010

Full Story atnews.Yahoo.com The Tea Party Express, one of the largest national organizations in the fractured political movement that aims to elect candidates who fiercely advocate for lower taxes and smaller government, is leaving for a cross-country bus tour Monday. Sarah Palin, a champion of the movement, kicks off the trip with a speech in [...]

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Big labor mobilizing Tea Party alternative

By doris | Published: October 2, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Bensalem, Pennsylvania (CNN) — It sounds like a political classified ad. “Wanted: unemployed voters.” That’s the message from one of the nation’s biggest labor unions, the AFL-CIO. Between now and Election Day, the union’s community outreach organization known as Working America will be recruiting jobless Americans for a new political movement. [...]

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Powell says illegal immigrants do his home repairs

By doris | Published: September 20, 2010

Full Story at  msnbc.msn.comThis is the only place that you can come to illegal and get a job and be treated better than you are in the United States. It’s not right. Government is off their rocker. It is not right. WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says illegal immigrants do essential work [...]

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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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Primary voters set to head to polls in Louisiana, West Virginia

By doris | Published: August 28, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Primary voters are set to head to the polls this weekend, this time in Louisiana and West Virginia. In Louisiana, GOP Sen. David Vitter is expected to easily overcome a primary challenge Saturday in his first appearance on the ballot since a 2007 prostitution scandal. In West Virginia, voters [...]

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