Category Archives: Voters

Romney wins N.H. primary, Paul second, Huntsman third

By doris | Published: January 11, 2012

Full Story at NBCPoliticsmsnbc.msn.com MANCHESTER, N.H. – Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, scoring a decisive victory for the former Massachusetts governor in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Texas Rep. Ron Paul finished second, ahead of former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, who came in third. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum [...]

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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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Rick Perry sues Virginia to get on primary ballot

By doris | Published: December 28, 2011

Full Story at FirstRead.msnbc.msn.com After failing to secure a spot in Virginia’s presidential primary, the presidential campaign of Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday filed a federal court challenge to the state’s stringent ballot access rules. Perry was one of several candidates, including Newt Gingrich, who failed to gather 10,000 individual voters’ signatures by Friday’s deadline. [...]

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House to vote Tuesday on Senate payroll tax plan

By doris | Published: December 20, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — House Republican leaders put off until Tuesday a vote on a Senate plan to extend the payroll tax cut and said they were willing to work until the end of the year to negotiate a compromise with Senate Democrats. The vote had been expected Monday night, but after [...]

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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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Congress set to take up trade, jobs bills

By doris | Published: October 10, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — Congress is embarking on a flurry of votes to show it is trying to do something about creating jobs. The prospects for legislative success, however, are spotty. One exception is in the area of trade. Congress is expected to approve free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama [...]

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Obama wants jobs bill vote this month

By doris | Published: October 3, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he expects Congress to vote on jobs legislation this month and plans to press legislative leaders from both parties to act quickly on the $447 billion proposal he delivered three weeks ago. Speaking to reporters at the beginning of a Cabinet meeting Monday, Obama said [...]

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Just how important is Ohio in 2012? Very!

By doris | Published: September 20, 2011

Full Story at PoliticalTicker.blogs.CNN.com (CNN) – How important is Ohio to the Obama White House? Vice President Joe Biden heads there Tuesday, the fourth visit to the crucial battleground state by President Barack Obama or Biden since Labor Day. And Obama will be there again on Thursday to lobby for his jobs package. Ohio’s 18 [...]

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Republicans hope to seize Democratic House seat

By doris | Published: September 13, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK — Democrat David Weprin faced an unusually tight race against Republican Bob Turner in a special election Tuesday in New York’s heavily Democratic 9th Congressional District, where voters unhappy with President Barack Obama could elect a Republican for the first time. The contest to replace disgraced Democratic Rep. Anthony [...]

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Inhofe: Perry’s ‘the one’

By doris | Published: August 30, 2011

Full Story at FirstRead.msnbc.msn.com TULSA, Okla. — Sen. Jim Inhofe knew Gov. Rick Perry was running for president before Rick Perry did. “I said to him, ‘Rick, I know you’ll deny it now, and you’re supposed to, but you’re going to end up running,” Inhofe recalls from a conversation with 14 months ago. “And when [...]

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Ariz. sues feds over Voting Rights Act

By doris | Published: August 28, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com Opening up a new front in its legal battles with the Obama administration, the state of Arizona on Thursday challenged the federal Voting Rights Act, prompting a swift response from Attorney General Eric Holder. “The Voting Rights Act plays a vital role in our society by ensuring that every American has [...]

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Parts of Obama jobs package coming into focus

By doris | Published: August 27, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com VINEYARD HAVEN, Massachusetts — President Barack Obama is finalizing a jobs package that could include a program to refurbish school buildings nationwide and tax breaks to encourage firms to hire workers. The package, to be unveiled in early September, is Obama’s chance to convince skeptical voters he can bring down the [...]

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