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DWS to stay on as Democratic national chair
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy Anthony Man, Staff Writer U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Weston will stay on as chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. A senior party official said Monday that President Barack Obama would ask members of the DNC to ratify her as his... -
Good riddance
Change of SubjectFrom How Allen West blew it, in Politico: Some Republicans close to the campaign blamed (freshman Florida U.S. Rep. Allen) West’s bombastic, no-holds-barred style — an approach they said simply didn’t work in what was basically a... -
Democrats face problem of ages
President Barack Obama’s re-election means that, for the next four years, the face of the Democratic Party will be its vigorous 51-year-old president. Beyond Obama, however, the party has an increasingly geriatric leadership that is blocking...Tags: Harry Reid, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Elections, Executive Branch
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Jesse Jackson Jr. Quits Congress, Cites Health Reasons
![CHICAGO -- U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned from Congress effective Wednesday, citing the need to spend time "restoring my health."](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-11/73408258-22044335.jpg "CHICAGO -- U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned from Congress effective Wednesday, citing the need to spend time "restoring my health.\"")
CNNCHICAGO -- U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned from Congress effective Wednesday, citing the need to spend time "restoring my health." Jackson, who announced his resignation in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, has been is the subject of several...Tags: Values, Nelson Mandela, Lyndon B. Johnson, Barack Obama, Elections
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House Democrats push on gun control
WASHINGTON — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), joined by members of her caucus personally touched by gun violence, launched a drive Wednesday to build support for new gun restrictions. "All too often, we see these mass...Tags: U.S. Congress, John Boehner, Shootings, Personal Weapon Control, Dianne Feinstein
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Defiant Boehner presses for 'fiscal cliff' cuts
WASHINGTON – House Speaker John A. Boehner broke out the charts Thursday to make his case that spending cuts must be part of any year-end budget deal with President Obama. “It’s this issue – spending!” said Boehner,...
Tags: John Boehner, Barack Obama, Politics, Paul Ryan, Republican Party
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U.S. Rep. Scott named vice chair of new gun task force
U.S. Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott was named vice chair of the newly formed congressional Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Friday. The task force was created by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi in the wake of last months deadly shootings at Sandy...Tags: U.S. Congress, Juvenile Delinquency, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Crime, Law and Justice
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An exercise in fiscal evasion
When it comes to serious, lasting budget constraints, our leaders in Washington have the escape talents of Houdini. The ominous approach of the fiscal cliff put Democrats in a position to extract a lot more revenue and Republicans to force real spending...
Tags: John Boehner, U.S. Congress, Economic Indicator, Barack Obama, Consumer Confidence
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Violence prevention
The 112th Congress' failure to renew the Violence Against Women Act is one more reason why more women should be elected to Congress. The VAWA had been reauthorized without fanfare since it first passed in 1994. The act strengthens the criminal justice...Tags: U.S. Congress, Justice System, CNN (tv network), Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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Mitch McConnell underscores battle lines in budget fight
WASHINGTON -- If the battle lines of the next budget fight between the White House and Congress were not already clear, Mitch McConnell underscored them in emphatic terms Sunday. With three looming fiscal deadlines in the coming months, the Republican...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Personal Weapon Control, Lindsey O. Graham, Barack Obama, Public Finance
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White House, GOP draw red lines in debt debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Struggling for the upper hand in the next round of debt talks, Republicans and Democrats this weekend drew lines in the sand they said they'd never cross when it comes to the U.S. debt limit. The tough talk on the Sunday...
Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, Barack Obama, Elections, Washington, DC, ABC (tv network)
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Hoyer, Van Hollen: No more cuts to federal workforce
As the fiscal cliff looms, two of Maryland's most influential congressmen have a message for those looking to the federal workforce for more savings: Look somewhere else. "Federal workers have already been asked to sacrifice as part of the budget cuts...Tags: U.S. Congress, John Boehner, Donna F. Edwards, Barack Obama, Public Finance
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