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Jan 22 2013
News
Obama ‘will not oppose’ House GOP plan to suspend debt limit until May
The House plans to vote Wednesday on a measure that would leave the $16.4 trillion borrowing limit intact but suspend it from the time the bill passes until mid-May. The declaration that the debt ceiling “shall not apply means that the government could continue borrowing to cover its obligations to creditors until May 18.
Washington PostDec 16 2019
News
UK Election
“Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a resounding election victory on Friday that will allow him to end three years of political paralysis and take Britain out of the European Union by Jan. 31.” (Reuters)
The left points out that many challenges await Johnson regarding Brexit, and cautions against comparisons to US politics.
“Every year since the referendum, the average company in
The Flip SideFeb 26 2020
Opinion
A 'messy, chaotic and embarrassing' night
CNN Opinion commentators weigh in on the highs and lows of the Democratic presidential debate in South Carolina. The views expressed in these commentaries are their own. View more opinion on CNN.
Raul A. Reyes Tuesday night's debate was somewhere between an episode of "The Jerry Springer Show" and a "Real Housewives" reunion: messy, chaotic and embarrassing for nearly everyone involved
CNN (Opinion)Jan 23 2020
Analysis
Bernie Sanders’s path to the 2020 Democratic nomination, explained
This week, for the first time, the progressive senator from Vermont emerged in first place in a national CNN poll, showing him 3 points ahead of former Vice President Joe Biden, though within the margin of error. For months, Sanders has been hovering around 20 percent in the RealClearPolitics national polling average, but some good recent national and early-state polls are putting him on an
VoxMay 01 2015
News
House GOP Seek Challenge to DC Abortion Law that Violates Religious Liberty
The Reproductive Health Nondiscrimination Amendment Act (RHNDA) does not live up to its name when it comes to protecting the rights of pro-life employers in the nation's capital. Voted into law by the Washington City Council, the act essentially forces employers to turn a blind eye when their employees use contraceptive or abortion services. Considering many Christian employers are against
TownhallNov 01 2019
News
California’s Latino voters helped turn state blue. Will others catch the wave?
Latino voters in California skew Democratic, driven in part by the politics of immigration. Should that trend repeat nationally, the demographic tide of Latino votes could move more states onto the Democratic ledger.
Lorena Gonzalez remembers well the political earthquake that struck her home state of California 25 years ago. She felt it clear across the country, in Washington, D.C.,
Christian Science MonitorApr 30 2015
News
House yanks first spending bill off the floor
House Republicans on Wednesday night abruptly pulled their first spending bill of the year off the floor after it became clear that a bipartisan amendment to strike part of a multibillion-dollar Pentagon budget increase might actually pass. Leadership just after 8 p.m. canceled late-night votes on an appropriations bill funding military construction projects and the Veterans Affairs Department
PoliticoApr 30 2015
News
House yanks first spending bill off the floor
House Republicans on Wednesday night abruptly pulled their first spending bill of the year off the floor after it became clear that a bipartisan amendment to strike part of a multibillion-dollar Pentagon budget increase might actually pass. Leadership just after 8 p.m. canceled late-night votes on an appropriations bill funding military construction projects and the Veterans Affairs Department
PoliticoSep 12 2015
News
Carly Fiorina swipes at Trump: 'Look at this face.'
"Ladies," Carly Fiorina Said, "Look at this face!"
Fiorina Took direct aim at Donald Trump here Friday evening, Offering up a sharp rejoinder to comments by Trump That Appeared to mock Fiorina's appearance.
"Look at that face," Trump Told Rolling Stone in an interview published Wednesday. "Would anyone vote for that? Can you Imagine That, the face of our next president ?!"
Washington PostJan 10 2016
News
Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders Even in Early Races, Poll Finds
Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are deadlocked in both Iowa and New Hampshire three weeks before voting begins in the 2016 presidential race, while the Republican primary contest remains tight in Iowa, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News/Marist poll finds.
Mrs. Clinton holds a slim, 48%-to-45% lead over the Vermont senator among likely Democratic caucusgoers in Iowa, the
Wall Street Journal (News)