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Apr 26 2019
News
Liberal groups' 'anyone-but-Biden' campaign hits former VP as 'out of step'
Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden entered the presidential race Thursday with a roaring anti-Trump message and a claim to a front-runner position, but he immediately ran into a massive anyone-but-Biden campaign from liberal activists.
He made the long-anticipated announcement of his candidacy in an online video in which he took aim at President Trump and framed the 2020 election as
Washington TimesMar 19 2015
News
Mandatory Voting? Obama Says It Would Be 'Transformative'
Obama floated the idea of mandatory voting in the U.S. while speaking to a civic group in Cleveland on Wednesday. Asked about the corrosive influence of money in U.S. elections, Obama digressed into the related topic of voting rights and said the U.S. should be making it easier — not harder— for people to vote.
ABC News (Online)Jul 13 2012
News
Candidates Racing for Future, Gaze Fixed Firmly on the Past
President Obamas re-election slogan is “Forward. But the campaigns he and Mitt Romney are waging these days might be more accurately described as “Backward.
New York Times (News)May 19 2014
News
McConnell Faces Challenge From The Right In Tuesday Midterms
This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Lynn Neary. Primary races are picking up ahead of the midterm elections this fall. On Tuesday, voters in six states will go to the polls, making it one of the most important primary election days of the year.
Among the races to watch is a Tea Party challenge to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. To give us a lay of the land is NPR
NPR (Online News)Jun 25 2019
News
House Democrats unveil changes to border bill to win over progressives
House Democratic leaders on Tuesday unveiled a set of changes to a $4.5 billion package to address the flow of migrants at the southern border in an effort to win over skeptical progressive and Hispanic lawmakers.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Democratic leaders met with members of the Progressive and Hispanic caucuses late into the night on Monday to win over their support to
The HillNov 04 2015
News
Matt Bevin, Republican, Wins Governor’s Race in Kentucky
Matt Bevin, a Republican political novice, wealthy Louisville businessman and Tea Party favorite, was elected Kentucky’s next governor on Tuesday and swept fellow Republicans into statewide office with him. The stunning victory heralds a new era in a state where Democrats have held the governor’s mansion for all but four of the last 44 years.
New York Times (News)Sep 26 2012
News
Americans Feeling Better Than in 2009 Amid Skepticism on Obama
Public confidence in the U.S. economy is bolstering President Barack Obamas re-election chances even as Americans continue to view his stewardship skeptically.
BloombergMay 14 2013
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Uneven I.R.S. Scrutiny Seen in Political Spending by Big Tax-Exempt Groups
An agency that is supposed to stay as far away from partisan politics as possible has been left in charge - almost by accident - of regulating a huge amount of election spending.
New York Times (News)Mar 05 2019
News
Must Read: Sarah Sanders's Fiery Monday Night Statement for Jerry Nadler
Democrats have not been shy about their priorities in this 116th Congress. The chairmen of some of the most powerful committees on the hill have begun the year by launching investigations into President Trump. They are going after his finances, his business dealings, his election win, and, of course, his relationship to Russia.
House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) sent
TownhallAug 31 2016
Opinion
OPINION: Trade With China Is a Net Plus for Americans
“The China Shock: Learning from Labor Market Adjustment to Large Changes in Trade,” a scholarly paper that examines the impact of U.S. trade with China, has made quite a splash in policy circles. Media outlets hail it as “influential,” “famous,” “excellent,” and “a real bombshell.” And the Paulson Institute’s Damien Ma is right when says that “‘China Shock’ has driven a lot of the trade debate
The Heritage Foundation