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Senate Stimulus Raises Debt Limit Over $12 Trillion, HuffPo Reader Finds

Huffington Post | Ryan Grim and Matthew Palevsky | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics

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As President Obama flew to Elkhart, Indiana to sell his stimulus package, Huffington Post readers were looking through the Senate's final version of t...

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Thomas B. Edsall

The Intriguing Death Of Top GOP Consultant Michael Connell

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 01.25.2009 | Politics

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At 3:31 PM Friday, December 19, Michael L. Connell, a top Internet consultant for the Republican National Committee and for the Bush and McCain presid...

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Stevens Built $2.7M Road From His House To Favorite Restaurant

AP | GARANCE BURKE and ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 11.26.2008 | Politics

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GIRDWOOD, Alaska — Just 0.7 miles long, Crow Creek Road isn't a road to nowhere. It runs straight to the Double Musky Inn, a Cajun bistro owned ...

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FCC Chair Kevin Martin Named "Porker Of The Month" For $355K NASCAR Sponsorhip

TVWeek | Ira Teinowitz | Posted 11.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Digital TV, Fcc, Kevin Martin, FCC NASCAR, Digital TV NASCAR, Nascar, Porker of the Month, Citizens Against Government Waste, Digital TV Transition, Media News

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is being named "Porker of the Month" by a government watchdog group thanks to the FCC's $355,0...

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Cranking Up the Slime Machine
McCain NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 11.10.2008 | Home

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The Media Consortium

Cranking Up the Slime MachineMcCain NewsLadder Just days before the second face-to-face, nationally televised meeting of presidential candidates Bara...

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33 Days Out - McCain on Polls, Debate, Richness: "Life is Unfair"

Jesse Lee | Posted 11.02.2008 | Home

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Jesse Lee

These people who make life so unfair wouldn't know Country First if McCain yelled it at them repeatedly in an "irritable, sarcastic" interview.

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Sam Stein

Palin Received Millions In Earmarks, Clouding Reformer Image

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

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News continues to break regarding vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin that could, in the long term, pose serious problems to one of the main thrus...

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US Government's Car Fleet Numbers 642,233

AP | JENNIFER C. KERR | Posted 08.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Cars, Global Warming, Us Government Cars, Uncle Sam Cars, Us Government Car Fleet, Citizens Against Government Waste, Green News

WASHINGTON — Americans love their cars, and so apparently does Uncle Sam. He's got 642,233 of them. Operating those vehicles _ maintenance, leas...

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Newshunt: The Media And McCain

NewsTrust | Posted 06.11.2008 | Home

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NewsTrust

media attention is starting to focus on McCain's divergence from his image as a reformer. Our top-rated mainstream media piece, McCain Campaign Calls; A Nonprofit Steps In by the Washington Post's Robert O'Harrow Jr., looks at how McCain's top veteran affairs advisor also serves on the board of directors for Citizens Against Government Waste

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Thomas B. Edsall

Bush Discovers Fiscal Conservatism For Final State Of The Union

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Tonight, in his State of the Union speech, President Bush will warn Congress that bills with too many earmarks on special projects sought by influenti...

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More Lawmakers Give Up Earmarks

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Democratic Congress, Ethics Reform, Earmarks, John McCain Earmarks, Earmark Reform, Bridge to Nowhere, Citizens Against Government Waste, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A growing number of lawmakers in Congress are voluntarily giving up one of the biggest perks of office _ at the risk of alienating ...

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