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Feb 10 2021
Analysis
The 6 Senate Republicans to watch on impeachment
When it comes to this week’s impeachment trial, the Senate Republican conference is poised to stay pretty united, barring a handful of exceptions. Most Republicans, after all, have signaled that they won’t vote to convict former President Donald Trump, while only a few have indicated an openness to considering it.
During a vote on the constitutionality of the proceedings a few weeks ago
VoxOct 11 2012
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Obama campaign claims lead on early vote indicators
Led by a surge in Hispanic voters, President Obamas campaign said Thursday Democrats are leading the party registration battle in nearly every battleground state this fall as they try to combat disillusionment among Democrats following last weeks debate with GOP nominee Mitt Romney. The Obama campaign also said that with the exception of Colorado, Democrats are doing better this year versus
Washington TimesSep 13 2012
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Obama’s ‘tested and proven’ foreign-policy claim put to test
In accepting his party’s renomination a week ago, President Obama called himself a “tested and proven” leader in a dangerous world of threats from abroad, especially from the terrorist-spawning Middle East. “The historic change sweeping across the Arab world must be defined not by the iron fist of a dictator or the hate of extremists, but by the hopes and aspirations of ordinary people who are
Washington TimesSep 06 2012
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Obama campaign: 'Tonight is not about magic'
President Obama will trade the "magic" of his 2008 campaign rhetoric for a "pragmatic" pitch for how he plans to restore economic security to America in his nomination address Thursday night, campaign officials said. "Tonight is not about magic. It's about being pragmatic. It's about the future," an Obama official told Fox News, hours before the president was to deliver his speech before
Fox News (Online News)Jun 28 2012
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Supreme Court upholds individual mandate, ObamaCare survives
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld nearly all of President Obama's health care overhaul, in a landmark ruling that will have sweeping consequences for the economy, the election and America's health care system. In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled as constitutional the so-called individual mandate requiring most Americans to obtain health insurance starting in 2014. The ruling is a victory for
CNN (Online News)Aug 06 2019
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‘Corn, soybeans and landmines’: Dems sweat early state blunders
With two sets of debates and six months of fundraising finished, a new stage is opening in the Democratic presidential primary: The summer slog.
For six weeks until the next debate, in mid-September, candidates will shift their focus more completely to the early primary states, grinding through a ritualistic run of picnics, forums, and party fundraisers: The Wing Ding, the Iowa State
PoliticoJan 31 2020
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McConnell Now Likely Has Votes To Block Witnesses; Trial Could End Soon
Sen. Lamar Alexander said on Thursday night that he will not vote to allow witnesses and evidence into the impeachment trial of President Trump.
"There is no need for more evidence to conclude that the president withheld United States aid, at least in part, to pressure Ukraine to investigate the Bidens; the House managers have proved this with what they call a 'mountain of overwhelming
NPR (Online News)Jan 30 2020
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Donald Trump signs his USMCA trade deal into law and uses ceremony to lock down support from Republican senators in his impeachment trial after snubbing Democrats from White House ceremony
President Donald Trump used a signing ceremony for a new North American trade agreement Wednesday to praise Republicans who have defended him during his impeachment trial – and inviting half the sitting GOP senators who are hearing his case.
With the full Senate meeting just hours later during a critical new phase of his impeachment trial, Trump made no effort to mask the power play he
Daily MailJun 25 2019
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'It's kind of the Wild West': Media gears up for onslaught of deepfakes
A low-tech doctored clip of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last month spotlighted the growing challenge of combating misinformation this election season.
A video of Republican Mitt Romney saying in 2012 that 47 percent of Americans were dependent on the government helped sink his presidential bid, and an unearthed clip of President Donald Trump bragging about grabbing women shook up the
PoliticoJan 07 2020
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Bolton’s willingness to testify in Trump’s impeachment trial ramps up pressure on Senate Republicans
John Bolton scrambled Senate Republicans’ impeachment strategy on Monday, declaring his willingness to testify and upping the pressure on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his party to summon the former national security adviser as a witness in President Trump’s trial.
Bolton last fall rebuffed House impeachment investigators’ entreaties to testify about his concerns about
Washington Post