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Gingrich Suggests Drug Testing For 'Any Kind Of Federal Aid'

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.28.2011

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Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich thinks the federal government should make it more expensive to be a drug user. "It could be throug...

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Republican-Hood: Steal from the Workers; Pander to the Rich

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leo W. Gerard

Republicans want to, as they put it, 'undo' the health insurance benefits that the Affordable Care Act provides to Americans. And they're offering nothing in return to the uninsured.

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Debt Ceiling Blackmail Will Axe All Republican 'Concessions' in Tax Package

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Abrams

Anyone who believes the Democrats got a 13 month extension of unemployment this week should think again. It is more like 2 months. Unless a rise in the debt ceiling beyond the 2012 elections is part of the package.

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Schakowsky's Deficit Plan Shows How to Get Things Done

Richard Kirsch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard Kirsch

Is Rep. Jan Schakowsky's proposal dead on arrival with this deficit commission? Maybe so, but that's not the point. You can't win a debate with nothing. And it's time to take the offense.

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Republicans Kiss the Rich; Diss the Jobless

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leo W. Gerard

To Republicans, the unemployed -- along with the un-rich -- deserve only disrespect. And they've been heaping it on.

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