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In GOP response, Daniels blames Obama for economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has resorted to "extremism" with stifling, anti-growth policies and sought to divide Americans, not unite them, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said Tuesday in the formal Republican response to the president's...Tags: Dave Camp, Jim Jordan, George W. Bush, Productivity, Labor Markets
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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: Maryland, Politics, Government, Public Finance, Medicare
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Senate GOP pushes for repeal of health care law
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans want to repeal the health care law that President Barack Obama signed with a flourish a year ago. The Senate's top Democrat says they can forget about it. A quick showdown looms as lawmakers maneuver on an...Tags: Judges, Medical Services, Politics, Healthcare Laws, Laws
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Senate opens debate on immigration overhaul
WASHINGTON — With an overwhelming vote, the Senate on Tuesday launched debate on an ambitious overhaul of the nation's immigration laws, as Republicans, most of whom have not yet embraced the effort, declined to stand in the way of bringing it to...Tags: Business, Migration, Dick Durbin, Personal Data Collection, Lindsey O. Graham
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Insight: In Washington, lawmakers' routines shaped by fundraising
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - For lawmakers in Washington, the daily chase for money can begin with a breakfast fundraiser in the side room of a Washington restaurant. At noon, there might be a $500-per-plate lunch with lobbyists in a Capitol Hill town house....Tags: Tulsi Gabbard, Lifestyle and Leisure, American Enterprise Institute, U.S. Congress, James Inhofe
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Obama exhorts Congress to act on immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama prodded Congress Tuesday to send him a bill by fall remaking the nation's immigration laws, even as the Senate prepared to cast its first floor votes on the landmark measure opening a door to citizenship...
Tags: Migration, Voting, Justice and Rights, Illegal Immigrants, U.S. Congress
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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: Politics, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Government, Joe Biden, Republican Party
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John David Dyche: McConnell's half-century of hardball politics
jddyche@yahoo.comThe big news at the University of Louisville in the spring of 1963 was the school’s strong showing in the College Bowl academic quiz show. Of lesser note, but perhaps more lasting significance, Mitch McConnell was elected president of U of L’s...Tags: University of Louisville, Politics, Scranton, James P. Hoffa, Students
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Obama, Congress reenact battle over student loan rates
WASHINGTON -- President Obama complained about the looming interest rate hike on student loans in a Rose Garden event Friday morning and urged Americans to call, write and tweet their Republican members of Congress to do something about it. But on...Tags: White House, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Politics, Elections
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Ehrlich distorts the facts about Obamacare
As is often his wont, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s recent column on Obamacare provided a very one-sided narrative using gross generalizations and failing to provide context for his arguments ("Lost jobs, higher costs: Obamacare hits home," May 26). Mr....Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Politics, Government Debt, Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Congress
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