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Romney Campaign Soft-Pedals Private Remarks

AP | By DAVID ESPO and ALAN FRAM | Posted 04.16.2012

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PHILADELPHIA -- Mitt Romney's aides soft-pedaled his latest tax pronouncements on Monday, insisting he wasn't tipping his hand when he told donors pri...

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Dave Camp: You Have The Right To Fire Aharon Friedman

Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld | Posted 03.30.2012

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Dave Camp absolutely has the power to deal with the actions of his employee, Aharon Friedman. If he wanted to, he could fire him today.

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Republicans Deny Their Support Of Green Energy Is Support

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.06.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A group of Republicans are complaining that Energy Secretary Steven Chu has mischaracterized GOP lawmakers' attempts to speed up federal...

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Compelling Jewish Men To Grant A Divorce Through Social Media

Rabbi Jason Miller | Posted 05.05.2012

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This might be the first example of how social media can help get a recalcitrant husband to end the marital legal war and present his wife with a get, but it likely will not be the last.

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GOP Gambit Draws Mixed Reaction

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 04.15.2012

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By ANDREW TAYLOR, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- House-Senate talks on renewing a payroll tax cut that delivers about $20 a week to the av...

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Should The U.S. Spend Billions To Protect Lakes, Rivers From Invasive Species?

AP | JOHN FLESHER | Posted 03.31.2012

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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Groups representing states and cities in the Great Lakes region on Tuesday proposed spending up to $9.5 billion on a mass...

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GOP Warms To Obama's Plan To Trim And Merge

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 01.14.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Congressional Republicans are cautiously embracing President Barack Obama's proposal for shrinking the size of the federal government, a...

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Michigan Wants To Drug Test Welfare Applicants

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 12.29.2011

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Officials in Michigan's Department of Human Services want to bring back drug testing of welfare recipients, a controversial practice that Michigan cou...

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Report Pokes Holes In Republican Tax Plan

AP | By ALAN FRAM | Posted 01.02.2012

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WASHINGTON -- It will be hard for Republicans to attain their goal of lowering the top corporate tax rate to 25 percent if they want to pay for it sol...

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Note to Dave Camp: Emotional Abuse Is Not Just "Gossip"

Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld | Posted 12.19.2011

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What exactly is the "gossip" here? Is it the fact that this is an issue that involves the breakup of a marriage and is therefore a personal matter which Camp has no interest in? Well, the fact that a woman is possibly being hurt is something we should talk about and care about a great deal.

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Withholding Get: Should Congressman Dave Camp Care?

Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld | Posted 12.10.2011

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Camp's office has rebuffed attempts by the Jewish community for him to urge Aharon Friedman to give a get... Camp's office has said that this is an internal religious matter in which they do not want to get involved.

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Super Committee Holds More Closed-Door Meetings

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 12.05.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The six Democratic members of a 12-member super committee with extraordinary powers to shape spending over the next decade held another ...

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Super Committee Members Still Raising Money For Themselves

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 10.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The super committee created by the debt limit deal to plot $1.5 trillion in deficit cuts is set to begin hearings in the next two weeks....

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Former Lobbyists Could Staff 'Super Congress'

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 10.11.2011

WASHINGTON -- With congressional leaders having finalized their selection of the 12-member, bicameral panel designed to pinpoint $1.5 trillion in defi...

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McConnell, Boehner Make 'Super Congress' Appointments

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 10.10.2011

WASHINGTON -- Republican leaders of the House and Senate announced their picks Wednesday for the "super Congress" deficit committee slated with findin...

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Korea Trade Agreement Would Subsidize North Korea Government

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 10.04.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In 2004, Hyundai inked one of the best land deals in history. For a mere $12 million, the South Korean conglomerate secured the rights t...

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Progressive Groups Launch 11th Hour Debt Ceiling Ad Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.20.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In a sign of where politics currently stand on a vote to raise the debt ceiling, two progressive-leaning groups are launching a new ad c...

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IRS Drops Investigation Of 5 Donors Who Contributed To Politically Active Nonprofit Groups

AP | By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 09.06.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Internal Revenue Service is dropping its investigation of five donors for making contributions to the kind of nonprofit groups that ...

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99ers and the Long-term Unemployed Are the Elephants in the Economic Recovery Room

Michael Thornton | Posted 07.15.2011

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Job growth is important, but it's also important to realize the hole that needs to be filled. Since February 2010, 1.8 million jobs have been created, but 8.8 million jobs were lost prior to that period. That's a shortage of 7 million.

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Bill To Help Long-Term Jobless Overshadowed By Bill That Could Cut Benefits

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.09.2011

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WASHINGTON -- After some encouraging signs that Republicans might cooperate with them, the two House Democrats trying to give the long-term jobless ex...

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Health Care Repeal Is 'Dead,' Says Top Republican, Sights Turned To Repealing Individual Mandate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.05.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, acknowledged Thursday that Republican plans to repeal...

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BP Greases Palms: Spill's One-Year Anniversary Marked With Campaign Contributions

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 06.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A year after BP's catastrophic Gulf oil spill, the petroleum giant is easing its way back into the political money race -- and the stain...

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Big PAC Money Flows To New Republican House Chairmen

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 06.16.2011

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It's true what they say about victors and spoils. Fundraising reports for the first quarter of 2011 show that the new Republican chairmen of key Ho...

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U.S. House May Vote To Close Chicago Locks Due To Asian Carp

AP | JOHN FLESHER | Posted 05.25.2011

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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — A showdown is brewing in Congress over whether to close shipping locks in the Chicago area in hopes of keeping the enviro...

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Top 5 to Watch in 2011: Infrastructure Leaders

Michael Likosky | Posted 05.25.2011

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1. Bellwether Members of Congress - Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) Rep. John Mica (...

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