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Democrats face challenging Senate landscape
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a surprising string of victories last fall, Democrats now face a challenging terrain as they look to hold onto their Senate majority in 2014 and prevent Republicans from gaining full control of Congress during President...Tags: Mitch McConnell, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Mary L. Landrieu, Mitt Romney
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Lawmakers look to repeal Medicare provision aiding Amgen drug
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is seeking to repeal a Medicare-pricing provision in the recent "fiscal cliff" deal that benefits biotech giant Amgen Inc. U.S. Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) filed legislation this week to eliminate the exemption for a...
Tags: Dialysis, Peter Welch, Medicare, Prices, Health Insurance Cost
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Farm-state lawmakers returning home empty-handed
WASHINGTON (AP) - Farm-state members of Congress have campaigned for decades on the back of farm bills delivering election-season subsidies and other goodies to rural voters. Not this year. The bill is stalled, primarily because House GOP leaders don'...Tags: Parties and Movements, Democratic Party, Radio, Labor Legislation, Elections
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Social Security Administration gets C's in clear communication
Advocates for plain language have issued their first report card on how clearly federal agencies communicate with taxpayers and others — and the Social Security Administration has drawn a pair of C's. That put the Woodlawn-based administration in...Tags: Al Gore, Social Security, Barack Obama, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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861 days and $787 billion in, Obama pleads for more time on jobs
Top of the TicketDemocrat Obama tells Iowa it will take more time to create the new jobs that were supposed to be here now.... -
Delta bag fees for soldiers ignites backlash
WASHINGTON — Delta Air Lines hastily changed its baggage fees for troops Wednesday after a YouTube video showed soldiers complaining that they had to pay $200 apiece to check extra bags as they made their way home from Afghanistan. The video was...Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Arts and Culture, Economy, Business and Finance, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry
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NEW MAP: A proposed congressional redistricting plan would toss two Republicans in the same district and two Democrats in another
Staff WriterA proposed new map of congressional districts tosses Republican congressmen Steve King and Tom Latham into the same district. It also puts Democratic Reps. Bruce Braley and Dave Loebsack in the same northeastern Iowa district. The proposed maps delivered...Tags: Democratic Party, Iowa, Tom Latham, Des Moines (Polk, Iowa), Republican Party
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PLAN PASSES: A legislative redistricting plan has passed the Iowa legislature and is awaiting Gov. Branstad's signature
Staff WriterThe Iowa House and Senate have overwhelmingly approved new maps of legislative and congressional districts. The Legislature approved the maps Thursday, send them to Gov. Terry Branstad. He hasn't taken a position on the redistricting plan. Under the...Tags: Executive Branch, Terry Branstad, Iowa, Government, Steve King
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Ag secretary's wife moves toward U.S. House run
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Christie Vilsack, the wife of Agriculture Secretary and former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, announced Wednesday she is taking the first step toward running for Congress by relocating to Iowa's new 4th District. "The decision to run for...Tags: Executive Branch, Barack Obama, Iraq, Government, U.S. House of Representatives
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