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Dec 18 2019
News
How gay marriage won America
The decade saw a seismic shift in how society views LGBTQ people.
When Robin Tyler married Diane Olson 11 years ago, she assured her it would be a small, simple wedding. “I promised Diane something very quiet, not a spectacle,” Tyler said, laughing.
The reality was anything but: Friends and family had to stand on chairs to watch the ceremony, which took place on the steps of the
VoxMay 28 2020
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Trump campaign seizes on Biden's 'you aint black' comments to court black voters
President Trump’s reelection campaign plans to use former Vice President Joe Biden's "you ain't black" comments to further its outreach to black voters, a top aide told Hill.TV on Wednesday.
“I think it’s important for voters to know and fully understand Joe Biden’s background,” Marc Lotter, director of strategic communications Trump's 2020 campaign, said on Hill.TV’s “Rising."
The HillJul 15 2013
News
Harry Reid: 'Boehner Should Let The House Vote' On Immigration
The House of Representatives must act on immigration reform passed by the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Sunday.
"Yes, they will act. They have to," Reid said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "This is something that the vast, vast majority of Republicans, Democrats, and independents support, and [Speaker] John Boehner should let the House vote. If the House voted it would
HuffPostDec 17 2015
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Budget deal increases federal deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars
Having reached a deal on a nearly 2 trillion deal to keep the government open, President Obama and congressional leaders tried to build support Wednesday for the massive bill which hikes spending across government, thrilling Democrats, and extends a host of special interest tax breaks, exciting Republicans.
Washington TimesApr 02 2021
News
An insider-trading indictment shows ties to Bloomberg News scoops
FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY, a New York man used inside information to make illegal profits in the stock market—and a core element of his alleged scheme was his interaction with Bloomberg News, which published several stories shortly after the trader arranged to make significant purchases of the companies’ shares.
Last month, a federal grand jury indicted Jason
Columbia Journalism ReviewJan 14 2022
Headline Roundup
Was Biden's Voting Speech Praiseworthy or Too Partisan?
President Joe Biden's voting reforms speech divided the political spectrum this week.
Biden spoke Tuesday in Georgia about reforming the Senate filibuster and advancing new voting laws. He challenged listeners to stand "against voter suppression" and asked if they'd rather be "on the side of Abraham Lincoln or Jefferson Davis?" House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) praised the
National Review (News) Washington Post NewsweekSep 26 2017
Opinion
OPINION: Do Republicans Really Care About the Deficit?
Though America really doesn’t need a tax cut — demographic pressures alone suggest the need for more, not less, future revenues — President Trump and the Republican majority want one. But they don’t want to pay for it, which means the budget deficit is going to rise. Based on what we’ve seen so far, the increase in the deficit could be at least $1.5 trillion over 10 years.
New York Times (News)Dec 31 2012
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What if there's no deal on fiscal cliff
Practically speaking, they likely have a "grace period" of a couple of weeks to pass a bill that wards off the bulk of scheduled tax increases and spending cuts without causing too much damage.
CNN DigitalJul 05 2012
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Judicial Betrayal
Betrayal is hard to take, whether in our personal lives or in the political life of the nation. Yet there are people in Washington -- too often, Republicans -- who start living in the Beltway atmosphere, and start forgetting those hundreds of millions of Americans beyond the Beltway who trusted them to do right by them, to use their wisdom instead of their cleverness. President Bush 41
TownhallJun 13 2013
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Grassley immigration amendment tabled
An amendment to the Senate's immigration reform plan that would have required strict border controls be in place before undocumented immigrants are able to begin the process that could lead to citizenship was tabled Thursday.
Democrats and a few Republicans voted 57-43 to table the measure, proposed by Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa,
Democrats, who oppose the Grassley
CNN Digital