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Jennifer Bendery

Biden 'Not Pessimistic' About Progress Of Bipartisan Deficit Talks

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Taxes, Bipartisan Deficit Talks, Sen. Max Baucus, Sen. Jon Kyl, Debt Limit, Elections 2012, Vice President Joseph Biden, 112th Congress, Deficit Reduction, Rep. Eric Cantor, Deficit Talks, Biden Deficit Talks, Joe Biden, Sen. Daniel Inouye, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Rep. James Clyburn, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joseph Biden said Thursday’s bipartisan deficit talks with lawmakers were the “most frank discussion we have had” b...

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Jennifer Bendery

Obama Slams GOP On Immigration Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 07.10.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In a show of his return to full campaign mode, President Barack Obama used a Tuesday speech in El Paso, Texas, to rally his base on the ...

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Newsflash: What Comes Out of a Politician's Mouth is Not to Be Considered "Factual"!

Andy Ostroy | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Bill Buckner, Planned Parenthood, Jon Stewart, Sen. Jon Kyl, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

Perhaps I'm just different from most folks. Maybe I just expect all politicians to lie and deny. So when they do, rather than be upset I'm actually happy...for they've not let me down.

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Outraged Lily-White GOP More Upset with Sen. Reid than Prominent Black Leaders

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Steele, Gop, Al Sharpton, President Obama, Congressional Black Caucus, Sen. John Cornyn, Sen. Jon Kyl, Harold Ford Jr, Meet the Press, Sen. Harry Reid, Kweisi Mfume, United Negro College Fund, Rep. Barbara Lee, Eric Holder, Naacp, Strom Thurmond, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

According to the 99.5% lily-white Republican Party, these poor black folk defending Reid are either too naive or forgiving or both to understand just how offensive and insensitive his remarks were.

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Congress Bails out Those Who Shower Before Work, but not Those who Shower After Work

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Phil Gramm, Hank Paulson, Chrysler, United Auto Workers, Senate Banking Committee, Economy, Honda, U.S. Treasury, Cars, Mercedes-Benz, Federal Reserve, $700 Billion Bailout, Vikram S. Pandit, Ford, Charles O. Prince III, Automakers, Nissan, Unemployment, Bailout, Default, George Will, Hyundai, Sen. Jon Kyl, Detroit, Big Three, Financial Crisis, Washington Post, President Bush, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Detroit Bailout, Automaker Bailout, Big Three Automakers, Toyota, Sen. Richard Shelby, Detroit Three, Gm, The Big 3, Chysler, Detroit Automakers, Robert Rubin, Wall Street, Martin Feldstein, Ben Bernanke, Wachovia, Auto Industry, Bankrupt, Citigroup, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Detroit is a place where workers are unionized; Wall Street is not. And right-wing Republicans and conservative pundits have made it clear they want the union workers to suffer.

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Fix PEPFAR Now to Prevent HIV Infections, Save Lives

Scott Swenson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, HIV/AIDS, Congress, Sen. Jon Kyl, Africa, Global Poverty, HIV/AIDS Africa, Aids Epidemic in Africa, President Bush, Sen. Tom Coburn, Pepfar, Politics News
Scott Swenson

The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is moving toward a cloture vote in the Senate, a vote that will determine whether the $50 bil...

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