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An Idaho lobbyist who led an unsuccessful campaign to raise beer and wine taxes during the 2009 Legislature to help pay for substance abuse treatment is running for governor as a Democrat. Read the original here: Keith Allred to run for governor as a Democrat
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Zero to 35 in 24 Hours DECEMBER 10, 2009 House Democrats keep stepping on President Obama's applause lines about innovation and job creation. On Tuesday, Mr. Obama announced that we're proposing a complete elimination of capital gains taxes on small business investment for one year. Responding with rare dispatch, the House voted yesterday to change the capital gains rate for venture capitalists who invest in technology start-ups. ...
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8 hours ago ago from Sweetness & Light
From a curiously forgiving Associated Press : House scales back proposed Wall Street rules By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press Writer Fri Dec 11 WASHINGTON – House Democrats head into the final stretch on a long-awaited Wall Street regulation bill with two crucial and contentious votes looming before they can declare victory on one of President Barack Obama’s legislative priorities . The sweeping regulatory overhaul aims to ...
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CNN Politics page : Eleven months before crucial midterm elections, a national poll indicates that the public is divided over whether the country would be better off with Democrats or Republicans controlling Congress. According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Thursday, 40 percent of people questioned say the U.S. would be better off if Democrats ran Congress while 39 percent feel things would be better if Republicans took ...
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Hot Breaking News about House OKs 39 billion in earmarks in spending bill If you like this hot breaking news, why not put what you have think about this hot breaking news by registering yourself and leave a comment for this hot breaking news. Thanks for visiting CBS News House OKs $3.9 billion earmarks spending bill Los Angeles Times Democrats ve cracked down pork-barrel politics seen Republican times, sponsors projects economic ...
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15 hours ago ago from The New York Times
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8 hours ago ago from PopEater
WASHINGTON -House Democrats head into the final stretch on a long-awaited Wall Street regulation bill with two crucial and contentious votes looming before they can declare victory on one of President Barack Obama's legislative priorities. The sweeping regulatory overhaul aims to address the myriad conditions that led to last year's financial crisis. Test votes during two days of debate indicate that Democratic support for the underlying ...
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With the national debt projected to soar by nearly $1.4 trillion this year, congressional Democrats are planning a year-end push to dramatically increase the legal debt limit so they don't have to revisit the politically uncomfortable issue before facing voters in November. This Story House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that she would include legislation to raise the debt ceiling in a must-pass defense ...
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The House passed a 1,088-page, $1.1 trillion spending bill by a 221-to-202 vote. The Senate immediately voted to begin debate, with a final vote likely this weekend. The measure combines $447 billion in operating budgets with about $650 billion in payments for federal benefit programs like Medicare and Medicaid . No House Republican voted for the bill, and 28 Democrats, chiefly centrists and abortion opponents, also opposed it. The measure ...
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