Category Archives: Voters

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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Wife of Las Vegas mayor wins race to replace him

By doris | Published: June 13, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com LAS VEGAS — Carolyn Goodman, the wife of Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, will be the next mayor of Sin City after winning 61 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s election. The first lady won a race that pitted the Goodman brand against a longtime elected official whose eagerness and grass [...]

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First Thoughts: Off and running

By doris | Published: May 31, 2011

Full Story at FirstRead.msnbc.msn.com 2012 presidential race to pick up speed in June… Team Obama’s good week, BUT… President signs Patriot Act extensions via auto-pen… NBC’s Brian Williams provides perspective on the auto-pen… Romney’s Iowa dilemma… Bachmann’s technical difficulties… Demon RINO… All politics — even regarding Middle East peace — is local… “Meet the Press” [...]

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Senate Republicans to force vote on Obama’s budget

By doris | Published: April 28, 2011

Full Story at PoliticalTicker.Blogs.cnn.com Washington (CNN) – A day after Senate Democrats announced they would force a vote on an House-passed Republican budget for next year that makes dramatic changes to Medicare – in order to test if Senate Republicans really support it – Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell said he would force a vote [...]

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Obama pumps plan to develop renewable energy

By doris | Published: April 23, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says one answer to high gasoline prices is to spend money developing renewable energy sources. “That’s the key to helping families at the pump and reducing our dependence on foreign oil” in the long term, he said Saturday in his weekly radio and Internet address.

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GOP trying to use tax law to limit abortions

By doris | Published: March 31, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — House Republicans are trying to use the tax code to curb abortions by limiting tax breaks for insurance policies that cover the procedure.                                                           The House Ways and Means Committee is scheduled to vote on a bill Thursday that would prevent taxpayers from deducting the cost of an abortion from [...]

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Ethics watchdog calls for crack down on Congress sleepovers

By doris | Published: February 11, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — A Washington ethics watchdog says it’s time for Congress to crack down on lawmakers who sleep in their offices rather than pay for a place to live. Reacting to a surge in congressmen bunking down in their work spaces, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington wants the Office [...]

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Pelosi, Democrats prepare to relinquish power in the House

By doris | Published: January 5, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Nancy Pelosi, who made history as the first female Speaker of the House, ends her tenure this week as a new Republican majority prepares to take power Wednesday. Led by incoming speaker John Boehner, the GOP has pledged to roll back many of the reforms implemented by the Obama [...]

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