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Obama Presses GOP On Contentious Confirmation

AP | STEVE PEOPLES | Posted 02.09.2012

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama isn't backing down from demanding that Republicans confirm his pick to head a new consumer watchdog office, ...

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James Cole, Key Obama Nominee, Shot Down By Senate Republicans

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 07.10.2011

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NEW YORK -- Monday night, Senate Republicans blocked one of the Obama administration's key nominees, ending a long and frustrating wait by James Cole ...

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Obama Nominee Doesn't Believe Deregulation Led To Financial Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 9 to 0 on Tuesday morning in favor of Lew's nomination and referred him ...

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Obama Supreme Court Pick: President Talking With Possible High Court Nominees

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, treading carefully in the explosive arena of abortion and the Supreme Court, said Wednesday he will choose ...

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Hillary Clinton, Supreme Court Nominee? Orrin Hatch Spreads Obama Nomination Rumor (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

The White House pushed back on speculation that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton might be in the running to fill retiring Justice John Paul S...

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Merrick Garland: Supreme Court Justice?

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two experienced federal judges and the Obama administration's top Supreme Court lawyer are widely considered the leading candidates...

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Senator Reid: Stop Folding Your Hand

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Democrats are fighting for their electoral lives against the filibuster, and Harry Reid is folding the few cards left in his hand.

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Carl Levin: Filibuster Could Fall 'After Massive Conflict On The Floor'

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Republicans made a persuasive case for abolishing or reforming the filibuster on Tuesday night when they blocked a routine nomination to the Na...

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Ben Nelson To Filibuster Key Obama Labor Nominee

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a move that will further irritate his Democratic critics, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) announced on Monday evening that he would not just oppose but al...

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Justice Sotomayor: Right-Wing on the Death Penalty?

Marlen Suyapa Bodden | Posted 05.25.2011

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In all the hoopla over Citizens United, few noticed that in the case Wood v. Allen Justice Sotomayor delivered the majority decision denying relief to the petitioner, a death row prisoner in Alabama.

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TSA Without Leader Thanks To Jim DeMint

McClatchy Newspapers | Margaret Talev | Posted 05.25.2011

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An attempt to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day would be all-consuming for the administrator of the Transport...

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Chuck Blahous, Pro-Privatization Bush Aide, Nominated To Social Security Board

Wall Street Journal | Jonathan Weisman | Posted 05.25.2011

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For much of 2005, a battered Democratic Party sought to regain its footing by doing battle with President George W. Bush over his attempt to carve pri...

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The Farmer Out of the Dell: Who's Next in the USAID Courtship Ritual?

Sheila Herrling | Posted 05.25.2011

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An arduous vetting process coupled with diminished authority is a virtual perfect storm for leaving the post vacant and the elevation of development and reform of foreign aid stalled.

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Obama Nominee Moves Forward After GOP Hold Forces Dems To Take Anti-Filibuster Measure

The Washington Independant | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Monday, nearly four months after President Obama nominated Harold Koh to become legal adviser to the State Department, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) fil...

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Senate Republicans Holding Up Census Nominee

The Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert M. Groves will have to wait a little longer to take the reins at the U.S. Census Bureau: Senate Republicans have placed a hold on his nominatio...

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Obama Wants Supreme Court Nominee With Long-Term Impact: Gibbs

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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White House spokesman Robert Gibbs stressed on Monday that while the president was not taking age into consideration when choosing his Supreme Court n...

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Conservatives Rise Up Against Obama's First Court Pick

CBN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Maybe the Obama administration should have nominated George Hamilton instead of David F. Hamilton. The hollywood actor may have an easier time at conf...

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McCain Praises Clinton, Draws On Obama's Inaugural Address

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Hillary Clinton's ascension to the post of Secretary of State has never really been in doubt, even after Sen. John Cornyn put a hold on a confirm...

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Black Leaders On What Obama's Nomination Means To Them

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

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In 1961, Robert F. Kennedy predicted that the country could elect a black president in the next 40 years. That's how fast race relations were changing...

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It's Over! Mostly! La Fin Du Primary Season

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

Expect to hear a lot about Charlie Crist, Katherine Sebellius, Jim Webb, Bobby Jindal, Chuck Hagel, Joe Biden, Wes Clark, Tim Kaine, and, thanks to precedent, Jim Johnson -- but for now this is what we noticed from last night's coverage, in no particular order.

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Obama Speech: 'This Is Our Moment'

AP | TOM RAUM and NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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***Scroll Down For Video Excerpts And Full Speech*** ST. PAUL, Minn. — Before a crowd of cheering thousands, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois laid...

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Superdelegates: We Haven't Heard From The Obama Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is a consensus developing around Washington that Barack Obama's presidential campaign is hoping to herd a dozen or so superdelegates into its ca...

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Warren Buffet Backs Obama For President

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Warren Buffett, the world's richest man, is backing Barak Obama for US president and thinks current US economic policy will push the dollar lower agai...

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Obama Will Not Declare Victory On Tuesday

Politico | Carrie Budoff Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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Concerned about appearing presumptuous or antagonistic towards Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama will not declare victory in the Democratic nominat...

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Obama In Limbo Over 'Almost Nominee' Status

NY Times | Jim Rutenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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The contest with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton not quite over and the one with Senator John McCain not quite under way, Senator Barack Obama is float...

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