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Kingsley Guy: Democrats' spending leading U.S. to disaster
If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, then the folks with the white coats need to pay visits to the offices of President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House...Tags: Calvin Coolidge, Politics, Bill Clinton, Economy, Business and Finance, Harry Reid
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Poll shows Connie Mack with big lead in U.S. Senate primary
A Quinnipiac poll released Thursday gives U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV, R-Fort Myers, a wide lead in a U.S. Senate matchup against former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux and tea party candidate Mike McCalister.
If the Republican primary were today, Mack would...Tags: Quinnipiac University, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Rick Scott, George LeMieux, Democratic Party
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Mourdock backs Notre Dame in lawsuit
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND – Republican U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock defended an effort by the University of Notre Dame to overturn a federal mandate involving health care coverage for contraception during a campaign stop here Thursday. The state...Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Politics, Richard Mourdock, Insurance, Religion and Belief
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The ag version of Fannie Mae
From the Kansas City StarWhile the U.S. economy as a whole remains sluggish, the farm sector has been doing well. Exceptionally well, in fact. Last year net farm income was a record $101 billion, and it's expected to be only slightly off the pace in 2012. With the national...Tags: Politics, Agriculture, Insurance, Fannie Mae
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Ex-senator tells how he picked an untouchable, Patrick Fitzgerald, to be U.S. attorney in Chicago
Politicians were dancing and singing all along the Chicago Way on Wednesday, after U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald announced he would step down. "I can hear the champagne corks popping all the way over here, and I'm in Virginia," said banker and...
Tags: Richard M. Daley, Chicago City Hall, Rod Blagojevich, White House, Patrick Fitzgerald
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JPMorgan's fantastic dividend
— JPMorgan Chase has spent upward of $20 million on lobbying and campaign contributions in the past three years. On Tuesday, the bank received a healthy dividend on that investment. Its chairman, Jamie Dimon, has admitted that the firm was "sloppy"...
Tags: Politics, The Washington Post, Economy, Business and Finance, Bob Corker, Jamie Dimon
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Q Poll gives wide lead to Mack; Scott gets a bump in approval rating
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — A Quinnipiac Poll released this morning gives U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, R-Fort Myers, a wide lead in a U.S. Senate matchup against former Sen. George LeMieux and Tea Party candidate Mike McCalister. If the election were held today, Mack... -
Schumer decries 'Nazi' comparison in push to punish tax-dodgers
This post has been updatedWASHINGTON -- One week after proposing a law that would punish Americans who avoid paying large tax bills by renouncing their citizenship, Sen. Charles E. Schumer scolded anti-tax activist Grover Norquist for comparing the legislation to efforts taken...Tags: Germany, Facebook, Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice, Charles Schumer
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Two polls, two different results on Casey v. Smith Senate race
Call Washington BureauWithin 24 hours two polling groups, one left-leaning, the other right-leaning, came out with survey results that showed dramatically different scenarios in the race between incumbent Democrat Bob Casey and his millionaire challenger Tom Smith. The Public...Tags: Tom Smith, Politics, Polls, Republican Party, Elections
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Durbin calls for chemical regulation
Urging colleagues to overhaul the nation's chemical laws, Sen. Dick Durbin spoke Wednesday on the Senate floor about his own frustrations as a grandfather to twins born into a world laden with flame retardant chemicals. Two other senators joined the...Tags: Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Health, Parenting, Chicago Tribune
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Cirque du so lame
WASHINGTON -- The Secret Circus may soon be looking for a new ringmaster. The prostitution scandal involving a dozen Secret Service agents in Cartagena, Colombia, is spreading into a broader burlesque for the agency, furthered by a Washington Post report...
Tags: Politics, Rob Portman, Prostitution, The Washington Post, Ron Johnson
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The diversity of Elizabeth Warren
BOSTON -- Blond, blue-eyed Elizabeth Warren, the Senate candidate and Harvard professor who cites "family lore" that she is 1/32nd Cherokee, was inducted into Oklahoma's Hall of Fame last year. Her biography on oklahomaheritage.com says she "can track...
Tags: Politics, The Washington Post, Scott P. Brown, Colleges and Universities, The New York Times
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