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Poll: Hoosiers split on gay marriage
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Hoosiers are evenly split on legalizing gay marriage, although a majority of them do not want to amend the state constitution to ban it, according to a new poll. The survey taken for the Bowen Center for Public Affairs at Ball...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Politics, Elections, U.S. Supreme Court
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Michigan Senate OKs new emergency manager proposal
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican-led Michigan Legislature cleared the way Thursday for GOP Gov. Rick Snyder to sign a replacement for an emergency manager law struck down by voters, delivering another punch to Democrats still reeling from this...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Voting, Rick Snyder, Disasters and Accidents, Laws
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Boehner to House GOP: Don't make Christmas plans
CBS NewsDespite some tentative signs of progress on a deal to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff," House Speaker John Boehner continues to insist that Republicans and Democrats are as far apart as ever in the negotiating process -- and is sending out warning...Tags: Religious Festivals, CBS Corp., Parties and Movements, White House, Fiscal Cliff
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Senate approves anti-abortion bills in Michigan
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Michigan Senate voted Wednesday to restrict and regulate abortion practices, including requiring a health professional to screen patients to ensure they aren't being forced to end pregnancies. The...
Tags: General Practitioners, Hospitals and Clinics, Abortion, Dentistry and Dental Health, Politics
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Leading conservative says Obama will win tax fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five weeks after President Barack Obama won re-election and gained more leverage to make GOP conservatives bend on taxes, the new balance of power is proving vexing for both sides. Republicans still aren't budging on Obama'...
Tags: CBS Corp., White House, Parties and Movements, Fiscal Cliff, Social Security
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Despite deal, taxes to rise for most of us
WASHINGTON (AP) — While the tax package that Congress passed New Year's Day will protect 99 percent of Americans from an income tax increase, most of them will still end up paying more federal taxes in 2013. That's because the legislation did...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Fiscal Cliff, Barack Obama, Politics, Small Businesses
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Republicans, Democrats honor Lugar's Senate work
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats on Tuesday honored GOP Sen. Richard Lugar from the Senate floor, praising him for his years of service and calling him one of the chamber's all-time best. Mitch McConnell, the Senate's Republican leader,...
Tags: Dick Durbin, Parties and Movements, Richard Lugar, Politics, Washington, DC
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Indiana changed state under 8 years of Daniels
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mitch Daniels will leave Indiana a state modeled after the businessman's conservatism he practiced and studied for decades, with all the successes and mistakes that came of his bold vision. He leased the Indiana Toll...
Tags: National Government, Parties and Movements, Regional Authority, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics
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Mich. House approves right-to-work limiting unions
JOHN FLESHER,Associated PressLANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican-led Michigan House has approved a contentious right-to-work bill limiting unions' strength. By a vote of 58-to-51, the measure approved Tuesday morning deals with public-sector workers. Another bill focusing on...Tags: Rick Snyder, Politics, Labor Legislation, Democratic Party, Career and Workplace
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Obama finishes Michigan visit promoting tax plan
ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — President Barack Obama has ended a brief visit to Michigan, where he pushed for Republican congressional approval of his tax plan and repeated his opposition to the state GOP's move to approve right-to-work legislation. Hours...
Tags: Rick Snyder, Barack Obama, Politics, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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UPDATE: 11th-hour fiscal cliff deal reported
South Bend TribuneWASHINGTON -- Racing against the clock, the White House reached agreement with congressional Republicans late Monday on a deal to prevent across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts to government programs from taking effect at midnight, according...Tags: Parties and Movements, White House, Fiscal Cliff, Barack Obama, Joe Biden
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Anti-tax conservatives say they'd rather jump off cliff than compromise
BOSTON (AP) — In the city where a protest over tax policy sparked a revolution, modern day tea party activists are cheering the recent Republican revolt in Washington that embarrassed House Speaker John Boehner and pushed the country closer to a...
Tags: CBS Corp., Parties and Movements, Fiscal Cliff, Activism, Mitt Romney
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