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Politicians Honor Armed Forces On Memorial Day

2012-05-28T00:06:14Z

On the last Monday in May, Americans celebrate Memorial Day to remember the men and women of the armed forces and give thanks for their sacrifices.
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Late Returns: Kentucky Primary Features A 'Proxy Showdown' Between Kentucky Senators

2012-05-22T19:25:42Z

The presidential escapade continues to draw most of the media's attention these days, but there are actually some interesting downticket primaries to ...

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GOP Senator: Obama Is Attacking Capitalism

2012-05-22T15:47:04Z

WASHINGTON -- The White House has laid siege to capitalism, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) declared Tuesday.

Asked if President Bar...

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Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee To Donors: 'Wake Up!'

2012-05-22T12:07:41Z

WASHINGTON -- The top Democrat in charge of protecting his party's majority in the Senate thinks it can be done. But he's deeply concerned his organiz...

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Sen. Landrieu: Republicans Say 'In Private' They Support New Revenues In Debt Ceiling Deal

2012-05-21T19:26:00Z

WASHINGTON -- Republicans may publicly trash the idea of including new revenues in a deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, but they say otherwise in pr...

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Boehner Refuses To Budge On Debt Position

2012-05-20T12:27:07Z

WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats are refusing to budge when it comes to their already hardened positions on spending cuts versus tax incre...

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Pelosi Says Boehner 'Wants To Go Over The Edge'

2012-05-20T11:13:39Z

WASHINGTON -- Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) accused House Speaker John Boehner on Sunday of "want[ing] to go over the edge" when it comes ...

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Citizens United II: Sens. McCain And Whitehouse Slam Supreme Court Decision, Super PACs

2012-05-18T14:41:00Z

WASHINGTON -- In an all-out broadside against the current state of campaign finance, Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) submi...

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Carl Gibson: Game On, GOP

2012-05-15T15:26:24Z

The 2012 election is a field full of bratty, intolerant, whiny kids on the field who want to have everything their way and nothing our way. Let's stop giving them legitimacy and play our hardest until we win. It's game time. Batter up.

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GOP Senator: 'I Would Look At' Filibuster Reform

2012-05-15T13:04:11Z

WASHINGTON -- One of the Senate's departing moderate Republicans expressed openness on Tuesday to the idea of filibuster reform, lamenting the ideolog...

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Harry Reid: We Should Have Changed The Filibuster Rule

2012-05-11T15:39:35Z

WASHINGTON -- After an exasperated rant about Republican obstructionism, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Thursday night that it's time...

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Peter Dreier: Are There Any Responsible Republicans Out There?

2012-05-11T09:14:01Z

The defeat Tuesday of Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana in the Republican primary -- trounced by a Tea-Partier -- is one more nail in the coffin of the...

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Byron Williams: I Still Say Republicans Need a Good Shellacking in November

2012-05-09T15:38:51Z

In our system of government, it is always problematic when one political party passes major legislation alone. But what should the president do when the Republicans have no desire to support anything he proposes, even if it is their idea?

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Joe Peyronnin: 2012: A Political Cacophony

2012-04-29T18:08:10Z

The 2012 Republican primary is yet more evidence how disrespectful that party can be -- only in this case it was to their own party members! And a flood of Super PAC money has fueled this year's cacophony of harshly critical attack ads to decibel levels never before achieved.

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GOP Leaders: America 'May Never Recover' From Obama

2012-04-24T12:56:00Z

WASHINGTON -- America's top two Republican leaders fired blistering broadsides Tuesday at President Barack Obama, saying that the president had made t...

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Senate Republicans Join Legal Challenge Of Obama's Recess Appointments

2012-04-17T16:35:58Z

WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans are joining a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of some of President Barack Obama's recess appointments in Ja...

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McConnell Makes GOP Endorsement

2012-04-17T14:58:14Z

WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday became the latest high-ranking Republican to endorse Mitt Romney as his party'...

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Senate Debate On Violence Against Women Act Coming Soon

2012-04-16T18:25:00Z

WASHINGTON -- Democrats are pushing to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act this week, with an event by Vice President Biden on Wednesday and Se...

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Doomed Legislation May Decide Presidential Election

2012-04-14T00:16:00Z

WASHINGTON -- Pay attention, America. Democrats and Republicans in Congress each will launch heated, political debates next week on tax bills that wil...

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Political Scientist: Republicans Most Conservative They've Been In 100 Years

2012-04-13T17:37:32Z

When President Obama recently complained to news media executives about their ostensibly even-handed "pox on both of your houses" coverage of the part...

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Haley Speaks Out On 'War On Women'

2012-04-10T12:45:04Z

Nikki Haley objected to the idea that the GOP is waging a "war on women," telling Fox News on Monday that "women are doing well" and shouldn't be char...

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Senate Gets Something Done

2012-04-10T08:40:41Z

WASHINGTON — For a brief moment in a season of partisan rancor, the Democratic leader of the Senate and his Republican counterpart hit the pause...

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McConnell: 'War On Women' Is A 'Manufactured Issue'

2012-04-09T15:53:18Z

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) dismissed on Monday the idea that the GOP is waging a so-called war on women, calling it a "manufacture...

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Delta Embarrassed By Loan Guarantee From Federal Agency It Wants To End

2012-04-06T15:54:00Z

WASHINGTON -- A bizarre lobbying battle that pits Delta Air Lines and the Tea Party against the Export-Import Bank became even more interesting on Thu...

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Mitch McConnell Warns Obama To 'Back Off' Supreme Court Justices

2012-04-05T12:35:11Z

WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday that President Barack Obama "crossed a dangerous line" this week with his S...

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