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1 day ago ago from Political Truth and Fact
The contents of these articles are based on Fact and Truth. Challenges are invited. The day’s top political news: SEIU Union pulls back on supporting bill The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) backed out of an event with other organizations promoting the Senate healthcare reform bill Wednesday over concerns about changes made to the legislation to accommodate centrist Democrats. The SEIU had planned to ...
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14 hours ago ago from Texas Insider
Mostly tongue-in-cheek & in holiday festivity By Stephen Raines, Texas Insider TV Political Analyst From the Desk of Santa Claus: Proving Texas Insider finds information about Texas politics no one else has, Santa provided us with items on the wish list for several politicians. President Barack Obama - Passage of any health care bill. Just one victory besides the unearned Nobel Peace Prize would be nice for the ...
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16 hours ago ago from PoliTex
While the Tarrant County Republican Party saw a strong stream of candidates file for a place on the ballot earlier this month, local Democrats had to settle for a trickle. In the first couple of days, four incumbents -- all members of the Texas House -- filed for re-election and one challenger, Lisa Woodard, filed to run for Justice of the Peace, District 8. No one else filed for the next two weeks. Finally, community activist ...
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4 hours ago ago from Indyfromaz's Blog: The Thoughts of An Independent Arizonan
IBD: We'd guess Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana sums up the Beltway wisdom when he says that tension across party lines makes it tough to rein in the debt and deficits. Democrats want to spend more than we can afford, he said. Republicans want to cut more taxes than we can afford. And since politicians don't cut programs, especially their own pet ones, tax hikes are inevitable. And these could be on the backs of the Health ...
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12 hours ago ago from Bearing Drift: Virginia Politics On Demand
From the Scott Rigell campaign, confirming what we first reported yesterday here Chuck Smith Announces Withdrawal From His Campaign For the 2nd District Congressional Seat Endorses Scott Rigell for Congress VIRGINIA BEACH, VA: Chuck Smith, candidate for the Republican Party nomination for the 2nd District Congressional seat, announced his withdrawal from the race today. The former Chairman of the Virginia Beach Republican ...
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White House’s Pfeiffer Bares His Teeth - Washington Wire - WSJ
20 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
By Jonathan Weisman Liberal Democrats may be accusing President Barack Obama of shying away from a fight, but they cannot make the same claim for his communications director, Dan Pfeiffer . In a blog posting on the White House Web site today, Pfeiffer accused Senate Republicans of stunning hypocrisy, political gamesmanship at its worst, and stunts and obstruction that have reached a new low. At issue was an attempt last night to delay a ...
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19 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
AP -- Minority Republicans in the Maine House have lost a member. Rep. Jim Campbell of Newfield said Thursday he's withdrawn from the Republican Party and will become the only legislator with no party affiliation. That leaves the House with 95 Democrats, 55 Republicans and one unenrolled or independent member. The Senate also is controlled by Democrats. "I have been very frustrated with the Republican Party in Maine, and nationally, for ...
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20 hours ago ago from Washington Post - Politics
With tensions running high in the Senate amid a grueling schedule, Democrats are trying to make political hay out of Republicans' failed effort to filibuster the defense spending bill. The Senate voted at 1 a.m. Friday to invoke cloture on the $626 billion measure funding the Pentagon, a key procedural step that will allow the chamber to vote on final passage Saturday morning. The motion passed, 63-33, with just three Republicans joining ...
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20 hours ago ago from Media General - WNCT.com
Search: Keyword Site Web | RSS + - Text Size Print Share This Republicans threaten health care read-a-thon The Associated Press Published: December 18, 2009 Updated: December 2009 WASHINGTON (AP) - It's nice to curl up with a good book on a snowy day but hundreds of pages of proposed changes ...
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21 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
WASHINGTON Republican senators say they're ready to do everything in their power to delay action on the Democrats' health overhaul bill including requiring lengthy amendments to be read aloud on the floor. Senator John McCain of Arizona accused Democrats of violating President Barack Obama's promises of transparency by finalizing the sweeping health bill behind closed doors. McCain said Friday that given the secrecy, it's reasonable to ...
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