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Florida GOP Candidate Defends Campaign Attacks

The Huffington Post | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.17.2012

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Former Sen. George LeMieux (R-Fla.) has no regrets about character attacks on his Senate primary opponent, Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fla.), including charge...

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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowd (Funding)

Barbara Roper | Posted 05.06.2012

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Although the bills making up the JOBS Act are typically described as "non-controversial," they have been severely criticized by leading securities law experts and are opposed by investor advocates and unions, among others.

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Labor Leaders And Economists Unimpressed With Jobs Proposals In Obama's State Of The Union

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 01.25.2012

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President Obama's emphasis on creating manufacturing jobs in his State of the Union address on Tuesday sounded just right to union leaders. But ev...

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'Millionaire Job Creators Are Like Unicorns'

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.12.2011

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) compared millionaires who create jobs to unicorns Monday on the Senate floor. "Millionaire job creators ...

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Dems Drop Key Part Of Obama Jobs Plan

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 02.04.2012

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama accepted a move by Senate Democrats to scale back his Social Security payroll tax cut extension on Monday, t...

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Focus Turns To House After Senate Defeats Crucial Expiring Provision

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 02.01.2012

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WASHINGTON — Courting disaffected conservatives, House Republican leaders offered Friday to overturn a pair of Obama administration environmenta...

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House Republicans Moving To Renew Expiring Provision

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR and DAVID ESPO | Posted 01.31.2012

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WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday sidetracked rival plans to extend a Social Security payroll tax cut, in dueling votes that pave the way for ...

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Obama: 'The Only Reason I'm Here Is Because Someone Invested In Me'

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 11.23.2011

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If you could sit down for dinner with the President of the United States, what would you ask him? Retired school teacher Juanita Martinez of Bright...

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WATCH: Obama Interrupted By Occupy Protesters

Posted 11.22.2011

Protesters reportedly with the Occupy Wall Street movement delayed the start of President Obama's speech in Manchester, New Hampshire Tuesday, chantin...

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Obama Signs Bill To Help Jobless Vets

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 01.21.2012

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WASHINGTON — Heralding a rare moment of bipartisan agreement, President Barack Obama signed into law Monday legislation aimed at helping unemplo...

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Congress Set To Reach Rare Agreement On Unemployed Vets Bill

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 01.16.2012

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WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans rallied on a rare patch of common ground Wednesday and Congress approved legislation helping government c...

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Obama Urges Congress To Pass Jobs Bill For Veterans

AP | By ERICA WERNER | Posted 01.12.2012

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CORONADO, Calif. -- President Barack Obama says veterans of conflicts overseas should not struggle to find work once they return home, and he's urging...

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The Daily Szep -- Obama Jobs Bill

Paul Szep | Posted 01.07.2012

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Senate GOP Blocks Obama Infrastructure Plan

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 01.03.2012

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WASHINGTON — Republicans in the Senate Thursday dealt President Barack Obama the third in a string of defeats on his stimulus-style jobs agenda,...

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Jobless Protesters Occupy Mitch McConnell's Office As Congress Dithers On Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 01.03.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Roughly 30 jobless protesters from D.C. neighborhoods occupied Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's office in the Russell Senate Off...

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Jobs Message War Hits Fever Pitch As Obama Makes Case For Infrastructure Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.02.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The high political stakes of winning the debate on jobs was on prominent display Wednesday -- and will be again Thursday -- as both part...

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Obama Mocks Congress For Vote

Posted 01.02.2012

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President Barack Obama urged lawmakers to move on the transportation funding portion of his jobs bill Wednesday, while simultaneously mocking them for...

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Pittsburgh Schools Cannot Afford Backward Steps

Nina Esposito-Visgitis | Posted 12.31.2011

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The president's proposal to put more people back to work included provisions for teachers who were laid off due state budget cuts -- a situation we deal with daily in Pittsburgh.

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The GOP's Ongoing Lack of Respect

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. | Posted 12.28.2011

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All American presidents deserve respect, and all American voters deserve candidates who will confront bigotry, and not sit in convenient silence when it rears its ugly head.

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Teachers, First Responders To Protest Against Scott Brown

Posted 12.26.2011

In hopes of securing his re-election bid, Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) has cast himself as the bipartisan candidate. Touting his ability to handle p...

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Obama Campaign Effort Fueled By Star Power

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 12.25.2011

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DENVER — Raising money and appealing for votes, President Barack Obama is framing his 2012 re-election campaign as a call to complete unfinished...

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Obama Jobs Plan Pitch Takes President Out West

AP | Posted 12.24.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is heading west Monday morning to pitch his American Jobs Act in Las Vegas and speak at campaign events there and...

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Joe Biden Defends Controversial Rape Comments

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 12.23.2011

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Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday offered a defense of his provocative claim that if Republicans didn't support the president's jobs bill, rapes and ...

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Senate Rejects Slimmed-Down Jobs Bill Aimed At Helping Teachers, First Responders

AP | By ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 12.20.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Despite a campaign-style push this week by President Barack Obama, the Senate on Thursday scuttled pared-back jobs legislation aimed at ...

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Modern Investments: A Historic Truth

Gov. Martin O'Malley | Posted 12.20.2011

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To create jobs, modern economies require modern investments. That isn't a Democratic or Republican idea; it's a historic and economic truth that we have proved out time and again as a people.

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