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Obama recasts birth control debate on own terms
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is casting the contraception controversy as an issue of women's rights, not religious freedom, seizing on what backers see as a political gift from Rush Limbaugh to firm up support from women and young...Tags: U.S. Presidential Election Exit Polls (2008), Joe Biden, Birth Control, Georgetown University, Career and Workplace
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Gregg pondering 2nd run for Indiana governor
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Gregg said Wednesday he is pondering another run at the state's top job, but has yet to make a decision. Gregg narrowly lost to Republican Gov. Mike Pence last November despite the...Tags: Richard Mourdock, Elections, Regional Authority, Government, Mike Pence
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Minn. governor to sign bill allowing gay marriage
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — With marriages to be available for Minnesota's gay couples starting Aug. 1, Duluth residents Gary Anderson and Gary Boelhower are getting ready to do something that seemed impossible when they started dating three years ago:...
Tags: Family, Elections, Social Issues, Government, Executive Branch
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Walorski joins fellow Republicans, votes in favor of overtime bill
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski voted this week in favor of a bill that would allow private-sector employees to trade overtime pay for paid time off at the same rate of 1.5 hours per hour of overtime worked. The bill passed by a vote of 223-204 with mostly...Tags: Fred Upton, Elections, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Politics
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Democratic Dyngus Day without Butch
SOUTH BEND – For Democrats it was the first Dyngus Day in more than a decade without former St. Joseph County Democratic Party Chair Butch Morgan. He and three others were arrested last week on felony charges related to allegations of petition...
Tags: Elections, Trials, Parties and Movements, Politics, U.S. Congress
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Four accused in election fraud scandal appear in court
WSBT TV ReporterKaren Nolan says her signature is something important – something she always thinks about carefully before signing. But when she saw her name and her husband’s next to what appears to be their forged signatures on a 2008 ballot petition for...Tags: Elections, Prosecution, Lawyers, Witnesses, Hillary Clinton
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Republicans debate message, battle bad messengers
ATLANTA (AP) — National Republican leaders made waves recently with a dim view of the party's future if it fails to expand its core support beyond white males and social conservatives. But weeks after GOP Chairman Reince Priebus unveiled the "Growth...
Tags: Elections, Social Issues, Migration, Don Young, Reince Priebus
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Plea deadline set in ballot petition case
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — Four members of the local Democratic party accused of conspiring to forge ballot petition signatures appeared in St. Joseph Superior Court Monday for an initial hearing. Butch Morgan, former chair of the county Democratic Party, and...Tags: Trials, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Lawyers
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Butch Morgan resigns as St. Joseph County Democratic chairman
It's official. WSBT first told you longtime St. Joseph County Democratic Chair Butch Morgan had resigned in the wake of possible voter registration fraud.
But, there was some confusion over whether in fact Morgan did resign, until shortly before 10 p.m....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Lawyers, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama
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WSBT Fact Finder: Getting legitimate candidate petition signatures not difficult
WSBT TV ReporterLocal political science experts say getting voters to sign a piece of paper to put two well-known Democratic candidates on the 2008 presidential primary ballot should have been easy. Court documents say former St. Joseph County Democratic Party chair,...Tags: Social Sciences, Elections, Culture, Joe Donnelly, Primaries
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Donnelly wants Zody to lead Democrats
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly asked veteran Capitol Hill staffer John Zody this week to run the Indiana Democratic Party, but his appointment hinges on approval of the party's state central committee. A Democratic official close to...
Tags: Richard Mourdock, Elections, Joe Donnelly, Government, Joe Donnelly
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Ind. Dem Donnelly opposing assault weapons ban
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Freshman Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly is opposing a ban on assault weapons sought by President Barack Obama. A Donnelly spokesman on Wednesday said that the Indiana lawmaker will vote against the ban but has not decided whether...
Tags: Elections, Joe Donnelly, Gabrielle Giffords, Joe Donnelly, Laws
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