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Deal Near on Fla -- Panel May Punt Michigan
Spin CycleThe Clinton campaign is resigned to a Florida deal, backed by the state party and Barack Obama's surrogates, that would seat half its disputed delegation, giving Clinton a 19-delegate net gain, according to DNC sources and people from both......Tags: Florida, Michigan, Barack Obama, Political Candidates, Elections
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RBC Saturday: Michigan
Spin CycleMichigan is particularly tricky because, unlike Florida, only Hillary's name was on the ballot -- the only option was her, or "uncommitted." As with Florida, while 600,000 voted, many other Democrats either didn't bother to vote or voted in......Tags: Florida, Michigan, Politics, Referenda, Voting
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Tim Russert's peers, pols reflect
The Swampby Katie Fretland Many expressed their deep sadness today for the death of newsman Tim Russert at age 58. Colleagues remembered him as a giant of the profession who was satisfied with no less than the highest standard of journalistic......Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Politics, Tim Russert, Central Intelligence Agency, Walter Cronkite
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'If detainee dies, you're doing it wrong'
The Swampby Frank James One of the most memorable and chilling lines from today's Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the treatment of detainees came when Sen. Carl Levin, the Democrat who chairs the committee, referred to the back-and-forth between......Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Central Intelligence Agency, Armed Forces
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Senators support limited Iran diplomacy
The Swampby Katie Fretland Seven senators, including Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), sent a letter to President Bush today endorsing a limited diplomatic presence in Iran. Durbin joins Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Carl Levin (D-Mich.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Russ Feingold...Tags: Dick Durbin, John Kerry, Diplomacy, Politics, Nuclear Weapons
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Senators to Iraq: Pick up more of tab
The Swampby Frank James For months, members of Congress, especially but not only Democrats, have questioned why the Iraqi government doesn't spend more of its own billions in oil dollars (it has the world's third largest known oil reserves) on its......Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Politics, The New York Times, State Budgets
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Most U.S. firms avoided taxes: report
The Swampby Frank James Here's some information that could easily become fodder for the presidential and congressional campaigns. The General Accountability Office, Congress's investigative agency, has a report out today that says most corporations didn't pay...Tags: Cato Corporation, National Government, Politics, Companies and Corporations, Byron Dorgan
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McCain unsurprised by Powell Obama nod
The Swamp(AP Photo/FOX News Sunday, Gary Gardiner) by Frank James Sen. John McCain, appearing on Fox News Channel this morning, responded to Gen. Colin Powell's nationally televised endorsement this morning Sen. Barack Obama for president. Powell's was a coveted...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Richard Nixon, Edward M. Kennedy, Health Insurance
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Is waterboarding torture?
The Swampby Frank James At yesterday's confirmation hearing for Adm. Dennis Blair who is President Barack Obama's nominee for director of national intelligence, there was a fascinating exchange between Blair and Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) Levin sought a bright-line...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, National Government, Politics, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Central Intelligence Agency
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Citigroup hits turbulence for $50 mill. jet
The Swampby Frank James Memo to Citigroup: You might want to get your crisis-management people cranked up because Washington is up in arms about reports that the troubled financial-services giant which received a $45 billion federal bailout still intends to take.....Tags: Michigan, George W. Bush, National Government, Time Warner Inc., Barack Obama
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Citigroup: No TARP funds used for jet
The Swampby Frank James In a Monday post, I wrote that Citigroup had better have a good explanation for Congress for the company;s controversial deicision to accept delivery of a $50 million corporate jet after receiving $45 billion in taxpayer bailout......Tags: Contracts, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Transportation Accidents, Citigroup Incorporated
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Rep. Dingell sets House longevity record
The SwampRep. John Dingell, D-Mich., with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, left, and former President Bill Clinton, share a laugh at a Capitol Hill ceremony honoring Dingell (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson) by Frank James "Change" was the rallying cry of last year's......Tags: Henry Waxman, Nancy Pelosi, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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