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Obama defends typically GOP states in race to 270
President Barack Obama begins his re-election campaign defending traditionally Republican territory that he carried when he won the White House four years ago. Republican Mitt Romney is looking to reclaim any combination of these GOP strongholds now in...Tags: Executive Branch, Brian Sandoval, John Kerry, Unemployment, Newt Gingrich
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Republicans bail on budget talks, blame Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans pulled out of debt-reduction talks led by Vice President Joe Biden with a flourish on Thursday, blaming Democrats for demanding tax increases as part of a deal rather than accepting more than $1 trillion in cuts to...Tags: Medicare, Barack Obama, John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Unemployment Benefits
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Obama: Japan earthquake potentially 'catastrophic'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said he was "heartbroken" by images of devastation in Japan following Friday's deadly earthquake and tsunami, and pledged U.S. assistance to help the country recover. "Our hearts go out to our friends in...Tags: Barack Obama, Naoto Kan, Politics, Tsunamis, Disasters
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Emanuel to be sworn in as Chicago's new mayor
CHICAGO (AP) — Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel will soon be sworn in as Chicago's first new mayor in two decades. Vice President Joe Biden is expected to attend the Monday morning inauguration ceremony at a popular downtown park....Tags: Politics, Richard M. Daley, White House, Rahm Emanuel
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Politics as Usual
Toomey reaffirms background check support Six months after the Sandy Hook murders of 20 children and six adults, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., reaffirmed his support for expanding background checks on firearms sales, and said he hopes the Senate can...Tags: Executive Branch, South Whitehall Township, Politics, Interior Policy, Allentown
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Newtown Church Bells Will Ring On Anniversary
The Hartford CourantIn Newtown Friday, church bells will toll, clergy will host an inter-faith gathering and activists will call for stricter gun laws as the community observes the six-month anniversary of the worst elementary school shooting in U.S. history. The day...Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Barack Obama
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Newtown families push for gun control, go back to Congress
WASHINGTON — Although the drive for tougher gun controls has faded into the background, families of victims in the Newtown school shooting returned to the Capitol on Wednesday to show they are not giving up. Advocacy groups on both sides of the...
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Barack Obama, John Boehner, Politics, Interior Policy
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Toomey reaffirms support for background checks ahead of Sandy Hook anniversary
Call Washington BureauOn the eve of the six-month anniversary of the Sandy Hook murders, Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Pat Toomey issued a statement reaffirming his support for expanding background checks on firearms sales and said he hopes the Senate can find the votes to make...Tags: U.S. Senate, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Patrick J. Toomey, Politics, Elections
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Democrats seek to avoid repeat of 2010 loss in Massachusetts
WASHINGTON — Desperate to avoid another Massachusetts special-election debacle, Democrats are pulling out all the stops for Rep. Edward J. Markey in the contest to keep the Senate seat formerly held by Secretary of State John F. Kerry in...
Tags: Barack Obama, John Kerry, Abortion, Scott P. Brown, Al Gore
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Obama urges Massachusetts voters to back Markey's Senate bid
ReutersBOSTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, fighting to protect his party's margin of control in the U.S. Senate, urged Massachusetts voters on Wednesday to back fellow Democrat Edward Markey in a June 25 special election that could gauge Americans'...Tags: Barack Obama, John Kerry, The Boston Globe, Parties and Movements, Al Gore
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Obama urges Massachusetts, Florida voters to back Democrats
ReutersMIAMI BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, fighting to protect his party's margin of control in the U.S. Senate and hoping for gains in the House of Representatives, urged Massachusetts voters and well-heeled Floridians to back Democrats....Tags: Barack Obama, John Kerry, The Boston Globe, Parties and Movements, U.S. House of Representatives
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New Republican senator could be key vote on guns
WASHINGTON – Even before New Jersey’s new U.S. senator took the oath of office, Democrats seemed to be lobbying the Republican for his vote on a key legislative priority: expanded background checks on gun buyers. Jeffrey Chiesa, appointed...Tags: Executive Branch, Patrick J. Toomey, Chris Christie, Rush Holt, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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