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On Monday, President Obama formally introduced his much-anticipated and highly ambitious deficit-reduction plan. The plan aims to use a combination of tax increases, entitlement cuts, and reductions in defense spending …
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Last week, as President Obama began to wrangle support for his jobs bill, Congress quietly passed an extension to the Federal transportation and Federal Aviation Administration bills, averting potential shut …
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President Obama sent the text of the American Jobs Act to Congress on Monday. The bill, which is meant to reduce unemployment and generate long-term economic growth, has a price …
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Sunday will mark a decade. September 11 is scorched into America’s psyche. The smoke. The tumbling bodies. The rumble, the rubble, and the clouds of dust. Men and women covered …
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Wednesday’s Republican Presidential Debate, hosted by NBC and Politico at Simi Valley, California’s Ronald Reagan Memorial Library, provided viewers with plenty of content, information and insight. If you didn’t have …
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Rebel forces took control of Tripoli, the Libyan capital, this week after heavy fighting, and are now being recognized by many as the seat of power for Libya’s government. What remains to be seen is how long it will take for Rebels to gain enough stability to begin forming a true government, and what that government will look like.
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Before I move on to my usual hard-hitting profile of one of the nations most attractive congresspeople, it is my sad duty to inform you that this will be the …
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This week, South Dakota made a challenge to Illinois for state with the greatest number of Foxy Congresspeople. Previously, Illinois’ two winners had easily held the top spot, but this …
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Those of you who were in Boston during the winter of 2010 (when Scott Brown was elected to Ted Kennedy’s old Senate seat) will not be surprised to see Brown …
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This morning my Metro ride to work was made more unpleasant than usual by the fact that I was forced to contend not only with a bunch of tired sweaty …
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