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May 21 2014
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House GOP Leaders Block Immigration Votes
House Republican leaders on Wednesday blocked any votes on immigration legislation, raising doubts about the prospects for election-year action on overhauling the nation's laws.
The Rules Committee voted early Wednesday against allowing votes on a measure offering citizenship to immigrants here illegally who serve in the military. The panel also rejected legislation that would have
New York Times (News)Nov 26 2012
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Obama's designer couture pays off for campaign
While President Barack Obama's re-election campaign took heat for launching a high-fashion clothing line as a fundraising tool earlier this year, it turns out the move may not have been such a far-fetched idea.
The Obama team's campaign manager, Jim Messina, recently said the line ultimately brought in "just north of $40 million"–a notable chunk of the more than $644 million raised by
CNN (Online News)Oct 06 2014
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Bill Clinton tries to save Arkansas from GOP
Bill Clinton is coming home, a place that’s increasingly unrecognizable from the place he grew up as a politician. In his most intense political swing of the midterm election yet, the campaigner-in-chief will test whether his legacy and powers of persuasion can keep this state’s rightward drift at bay one more time. He’s out to spare some of his oldest friends in politics: his onetime driver
PoliticoApr 16 2024
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What's at Stake in Donald Trump's New York Fraud Trial?
2024 candidate and former President Donald Trump’s New York fraud trial began on Monday, sparking commentary on the stakes of the trial.
The Allegations: The Christian Science Monitor (Center bias) outlined the allegations. The article emphasized that Trump is not simply accused of making hush money payments. He is accused of “orchestrating a cover-up to hide those payments via fake
CNN (Opinion) Christian Science Monitor National Review (Opinion)May 28 2015
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Former New York Gov. George Pataki Joins Crowded GOP Presidential Field
Former New York Gov. George Pataki is joining the 2016 Republican presidential contest.
“America has a big decision to make about who we’re going to be and what we’re going to stand for,” Pataki said in a campaign video released Thursday morning. “The system is broken. The question is no longer about what the government should do but what we should do about our government, about our
The BlazeFeb 02 2015
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Obama budget’s boost for military spending points to brewing national security debate
The battle over the budget that President Obama will submit Monday is emerging as a preview of the 2016 presidential election debate on national security, an area that for now appears to be the greatest vulnerability of Obama and the Democrats.
The president will ask Congress to break through its own spending caps — commonly referred to as “sequestration” — and allocate about $561
Washington PostApr 12 2019
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Trump Wrong About Tax Law
Asked whether he believes federal law requires him to give Congress his tax returns, President Donald Trump responded, “There’s no law whatsoever.” He’s wrong about that.
There is, in fact, a federal tax law that specifically states if the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee makes a written request for an individual’s tax returns — as Rep. Richard Neal has done seeking Trump’
FactCheck.orgNov 06 2012
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Colorado Early Voting: Romney Has the Edge
ccording to numbers produced by Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler, Mitt Romney has the early voting edge in the Centennial State. So far, more than 1.9 million votes have been cast; 653,450 votes from Democrats and 688,303 from Republicans. Unaffiliated voters have cast 547,437 votes. These early numbers match up with Romney's lead in Colorado heading into Election Day.
TownhallAug 31 2015
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Republicans Wary of Donald Trump’s Populist Tone on Taxes
For years, Republicans have run for office on promises of cutting taxes and bolstering business to stimulate economic growth, pledging allegiance to a Reaganesque model of conservatism that has largely become the party’s orthodoxy.
But this election cycle, the Republican presidential candidate who currently leads in the polls is taking a different approach, and it is jangling the nerves
New York Times (News)May 30 2013
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Bachmann's Legacy: A Trailblazer, For Better And For Worse
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann's announcement Wednesday that she won't seek a fifth term unleashed a torrent of tweets and blog posts on the left lampooning the short-lived 2012 presidential candidate.
Yet the response — her retirement effectively dominated the news cycle — provided a glimpse of Bachmann's impact on Washington.
While she amassed a fat portfolio of missteps and
NPR (Online News)