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Jun 02 2023
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Senate Approves Debt Ceiling Deal
The Senate passed the debt ceiling deal in a 63-36 vote late Thursday, sending it to President Joe Biden's desk with days to spare before the nation defaults on its debt.
The Details: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and some other defense hawks had threatened to stall the bill if Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) didn't commit to a supplemental defense funding bill, which Schumer
Politico Wall Street Journal (News) Washington ExaminerOct 26 2021
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Biden's Approval Rating Continues Downward Trend
President Joe Biden's approval rating has dropped to 43%, down from a high of 55% in March, according to FiveThirtyEight's (Center bias) most recent polling.
As of October 19, Gallup's (Center bias) public opinion poll had Biden's approval rate at 42%. The dip occurred amid a slowdown in the job market due to the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain problems, the struggle to evacuate
New York Post (News) Axios CNN DigitalOct 15 2012
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After Biden, Obama will be ‘respectful’ in next debate
After Vice President Joseph R. Biden earned the label “Laughing Joe” after he chuckled, sighed and interrupted his way through his debate with Rep. Paul Ryan last week, Team Obama is stressing that the president plans to be respectful in his second verbal match-up against Mitt Romney on Tuesday night. The second presidential debate at Hofstra University in New York will feature a town-hall
Washington TimesApr 09 2015
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Obama to Call for End to ‘Conversion’ Therapies for Gay and Transgender Youth
A 17-year-old transgender youth, Leelah Alcorn, stunned her friends and a vast Internet audience in December when she threw herself in front of a tractor-trailer after writing in an online suicide note that religious therapists had tried to convert her back to being a boy.
In response, President Obama is calling for an end to such therapies aimed at “repairing” gay, lesbian and
New York Times (News)Jan 09 2014
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Nancy Pelosi: Don’t call it Obamacare
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi corrected a reporter Thursday who called Democrats’ health care law “Obamacare.” “First of all, it’s called the ‘Affordable Care Act,’ ” the California Democrat said after a reporter asked about House GOP efforts to try to tweak the law. Democrats, who just a couple of years ago were happy to call President Obama’s signature achievement Obamacare, now are
Washington TimesApr 21 2014
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GOP’s McSally Attacks ‘War on Women’ Line
For one of the most aggressive rebuttals to the Republican “war on women” since Democrats adopted the line of attack a few years ago, look to Arizona Republican Martha McSally, the first American female combat pilot.
“I mean, I’m a woman warrior,” she declared in a speech during her 2012 House campaign. “I’ve been fighting for women’s rights and women’s equality my whole life. You want
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 08 2015
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NYT Writer: Chrsitians 'Must Be Made' to Embrace Gay Lifestyle
In the wake of the Indiana donnybrook over religious liberty, which somehow was transformed overnight into a question of gay rights, it couldn’t be long before the New York Times weighed in against Christians.
Yet who could have expected the draconian measures the Times would propose? Either Christians fully embrace the gay lifestyle, or you will be coerced into doing so.
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Breitbart NewsApr 04 2015
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Greg Gutfeld: Gun Control Losing Because Americans Refuse to Feel Guilty Over Self-Defense
On April 3, Fox News’ host Greg Gutfeld explained that the media’s gun control arguments increasingly fall on deaf ears because Americans refuse to feel guilty over using guns for self-defense.
Gutfeld said, “No matter how hard the establishment media tries, they can’t convince good people how bad guns are when they’re in the right hands.”
He then explained that the American
Breitbart NewsAug 24 2012
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Romney May Be Nominated Early
Mitt Romneys quest to formally win the Republican Partys presidential nomination is coming two days earlier than expected.
Mr. Romney will be elevated as the partys standard bearer on Monday – not Wednesday as previously expected – to keep the official business of the roll call delegate vote from competing with broader themes of introducing Mr. Romney. Officials also are
New York Times (News)Oct 12 2019
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Turkey Begins Military Offensive In Northern Syria After U.S. Troops Pulled From Region
Tracking impeachment: The White House wrote a letter to the House of Representatives on Tuesday, calling the impeachment inquiry into president Donald Trump "unconstitutional" and refusing to comply with it. Former Vice President Joe Biden publicly called for Trump to be impeached at a New Hampshire campaign event on Wednesday.
Turkish ground troops began an offensive against Kurdish
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