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Sep 19 2015
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House OKs bill blocking Planned Parenthood funds, amid shutdown worries
The House voted Friday to block federal funding to Planned Parenthood for a year and curb some abortion practices, in the chamber's first legislative response to videos showing the abortion provider's tissue harvesting practices.
The Planned Parenthood "de-fund" bill passed 241-187, on a nearly party-line vote.
Hanging over the debate, though, was the possibility of a
Fox News (Online News)May 15 2019
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Alabama Senate passes near-total abortion ban
Alabama sent the most restrictive abortion bill in the country to the governor's desk Tuesday night, with the state's Senate passing legislation that could punish doctors who perform abortions with life in prison.
The state's Republican backers have pushed the legislation, which amounts to a near-total ban on abortion in the state, forward with the express goal of overturning Roe v.
CNN (Online News)Jun 03 2014
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EPA to Require Photo IDs to Attend Climate Change Hearings
Democrats have argued for the past few years that voter ID laws are being used by Republicans to create obstacles to voting by minorities, the elderly and others.
The BlazeOct 03 2016
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Does the Road to the White House Run Through Gary Johnson's New Mexico?
Take a look at the map above. It was put together by Nate Silver over at FiveThirtyEight and it depicts an unlikely but credible scenario in which Gary Johnson wins his home state of New Mexico and neither Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton get the 270 electoral votes needed to win the election outright.
ReasonOct 02 2016
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BORIS JOHNSON’S LATEST MOVE WOULD MAKE TRUMP BLUSH
When it comes to barefaced untruth and witless inconsistency, there is perhaps only one politician in the Western world who approaches the level of Donald Trump: Boris Johnson, the former Conservative mayor of London who became British foreign secretary in the wake of the United Kingdom’s narrow vote to leave the European Union this June.
Vanity FairJan 23 2015
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Marco Rubio Makes Moves Toward A 2016 Run, ABC Reports
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio is preparing to launch a bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, signing on a prominent fundraiser and planning trips to early voting states, a Rubio adviser said on Friday.
HuffPostNov 27 2016
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Bernie Sanders downplays Wisconsin recount: ‘Nobody cares’
Sen. Bernard Sanders on Sunday dismissed the presidential vote recount in Wisconsin, saying “nobody cares” about it and that it’s unlikely to affect the outcome of the election in any way. Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union,” the Vermont independent and former presidential hopeful said the recount, while perfectly justified, simply is not a big deal.
Washington TimesSep 15 2020
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Some Democrats Press for Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Before Election Day
Bipartisan group lays out a roughly $1.5 trillion framework; Pelosi has held out for bigger deal.
Many House Democrats are raising pressure on party leaders to break the logjam with the White House on coronavirus aid, eager to pass a bill before Election Day even with further concessions to Republicans.
There is no vote on coronavirus-related aid scheduled for the House’s current
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 12 2019
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Is our political divide, at heart, really all about abortion?
Perhaps no issue has been used more effectively by political parties in recent decades to motivate and divide voters than abortion, with its emotional resonance. Without it, our partisan landscape might look quite different. Part one of an occasional series.
When Kristen Day joined the nonprofit Democrats for Life of America in 2002, she wanted only to be put out of business.
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Christian Science MonitorSep 15 2020
Analysis
Are China and Iran meddling in US elections? It’s complicated.
Don’t expect them to follow the Russian playbook.
This spring, the Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua posted a roughly two-minute video titled “Once Upon a Virus” on social media, including on official Chinese government accounts.
The video is in English and features Lego-like figures. One of the Statue of Liberty, representing America, and a warrior Lego representing China,
Vox