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Jul 21 2013
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Pressure Builds for Data-Sweep Alternative
The White House and Congress have urged the National Security Agency to consider an alternative to its sweeping telephone-data surveillance program, but the Director of National Intelligence in a new report to select lawmakers has cited hurdles that will make drastic changes difficult to adopt, U.S. officials said.
NSA has drawn fire for collecting and holding the phone records of most
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 19 2019
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Scarborough Implores Dems: Don't Play it Safe—Impeach Trump!
Joe Scarborough has challenged Democrats not to "play it safe," but instead to impeach Donald Trump, whom Scarborough describes as "obviously unfit to be President of the United States."
On today's Morning Joe, Scarborough cast the choice facing Dems as a dilemma. They could be politically pragmatic, "play it safe," focus on dinner-table issues, and defeat Trump at the polls in 2020.
NewsBustersJan 05 2014
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Cantor: GOP to Push Bill to Protect Health Records from Obamacare
Congress returns to work Monday with election-year politics certain to shape an already limited agenda.
Republicans intend to focus on every facet of President Barack Obama's health care law. They see a political boost in its problem-plagued rollout as the GOP looks to maintain its House majority and seize control of the Democratic-led Senate.
First up in the House, according to
Newsmax (News)Aug 25 2020
Perspectives Blog
When Republicans and Democrats Live in Alternate Universes
Donald Trump and Joe Biden lead two different political parties with two vastly different ideologies and two dramatically different sets of policy, cultural and societal goals. But the biggest contrast between their respective political conventions has not been about COVID-19, or taxes or immigration. Rather, the two men are following two completely opposite campaign blueprints will take them
Dan SchnurDec 30 2013
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2014: The year of the blame game in Washington
For President Barack Obama and Congress, 2014 will be the year of the blame game. Congressional elections in November mean that every issue gets framed by politicians and pundits in the context of who won or lost as Republicans and Democrats vie for control of the U.S. House and Senate. The challenge will be in distinguishing reality from spin as events both anticipated and unexpected unfold
CNN (Online News)Dec 29 2013
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JUST GUESS WHAT NANCY PELOSI SAYS ‘MUST BE OUR PRIORITY ON DAY ONE’ OF THE NEW YEAR
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Friday that the top priority of Congress in 2014 should be to extend unemployment insurance.
According to The Hill, Pelosi said in a statement that the upcoming expiration of federal unemployment benefits is “simply immoral.”
“Starting tomorrow, too many American families will face the New Year with uncertainty, insecurity,
The BlazeApr 17 2019
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The Mueller Report Will Be Released on Thursday. Here’s a Guide.
After 23 months, 500 search warrants, 2,300 subpoenas and a string of indictments, the results of the investigation by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, will be public on Thursday in a nearly 400-page report. The treatise is likely to add significantly to our understanding of Russia’s 2016 election interference and President Trump’s efforts to control federal inquiries into the
New York Times (News)Apr 17 2019
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‘Shadowy’ dark money network behind left-wing causes exposed in new report
An expansive network of “shadowy” dark money donors has grown to rival the influence of the conservative Koch brothers -- pumping millions into left-wing causes ranging from health care to climate change to abortion -- all while flying well under the radar of public scrutiny, according to an explosive new report obtained by Fox News.
The report, by conservative watchdog Capital Research
Fox News DigitalSep 01 2015
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Farmers: Trump 'terrible for agriculture'
Even before real-estate mogul Donald Trump called undocumented immigrants "rapists and murderers" who "have to go," California contractor Carlos Castañeda was having difficulty hiring enough workers to pick celery and squash. Now Castañeda and others fear Trump's talk about erecting a "big beautiful wall" at the border and deporting millions could make it nearly impossible to find the guest
PoliticoNov 04 2019
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Warren Releases Healthcare Plan
“Elizabeth Warren on Friday proposed $20 trillion in federal spending over the next decade to provide health care to every American without raising taxes on the middle class.” (AP)
The left applauds Warren’s detailed projections despite noting that some of the estimates may be unrealistic.
“The administrative costs [and profits] of private insurers are more than 25% of what they
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