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Mitt Romney had 3 of top 2012 search memes, and not in a good way
Online news giant Yahoo! announced its top search terms of 2012 Monday and, no surprise, the 2012 election topped all other topics, including the iPhone 5, which registered the second-most searches; Kim Kardashian, who attracted the third most and...
Tags: Kony 2012 (movie), Politics, Mitt Romney, Kim Kardashian, Barack Obama
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Elizabeth Warren's first grilling of regulators is a YouTube hit
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a darling of liberals who has been mentioned as a potential 2016 presidential contender, had kept a deliberately low profile since her election in November. In less than five minutes last week,...
Tags: Politics, Elisse Walter, Republican Party, Business Institutions, Barack Obama
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Senate Democrats are united against GOP push to weaken consumer bureau
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats said Thursday they were united in opposing Republican efforts to weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and told President Obama they supported the renomination of Richard Cordray to head the agency. "It is...
Tags: Politics, Washington, DC, Mitch McConnell, Republican Party, Arkansas Razorbacks
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'Mo' Cowan sworn in, giving Senate a record number of blacks -- 2
WASHINGTON — The usually pin-drop-quiet Senate gallery erupted in applause Thursday after William “Mo” Cowan was sworn in as the newest senator from Massachusetts. Vice President Joe Biden administered the noontime oath to Cowan, a...
Tags: Elections, Stephen F. Lynch, Politics, John Kerry, Executive Branch
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Scott Brown won't seek Senate comeback
WASHINGTON – Scott Brown, defeated last November in a marquee election battle for a Massachusetts Senate seat by Elizabeth Warren, has opted against seeking a return to Congress this June in the special election to replace John F. Kerry. The...
Tags: Politics, Marth Coakley, U.S. Senate, Democratic Party, Barack Obama
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Mass. governor names ex-aide as interim senator to replace Kerry
WASHINGTON -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has named his former chief of staff to temporarily fill the Senate seat being vacated by John Kerry, and called a special election for June 25 for voters to choose a permanent replacement for the incoming...
Tags: Politics, John Kerry, Lobbying, Government, Deval Patrick
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Mary Jo White won't be intimidated as SEC chief, Obama says
WASHINGTON -- President Obama nominated Mary Jo White to be the new head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, saying her track record as a hard-nosed prosecutor means she won't be easily intimidated as Wall Street's new top watchdog. "You don't...
Tags: Washington, DC, Prosecution, Elisse Walter, Republican Party, Business Institutions
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Garcetti's campaign spending pledge has roots in Massachusetts
Los Angeles City Councilman Eric Garcetti's call last week for a "People's Pledge" — to limit spending by outside groups in the mayor's race — hails from Massachusetts, where a similar pact got mixed reviews from the Boston Globe. The Boston...
Tags: Elections, Boston, Eric Garcetti, Politics, U.S. Senate
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New twist in L.A. mayor's race: the 'People's Pledge'
L.A. NOWWill the candidates for L.A. mayor sign the People’s Pledge? Eric Garcetti would like to know if opponent Wendy Greuel would agree to a pledge that he said would reduce the influence of special interests in the campaign.... -
COLUMN: Who's on Democrats' 'short list'?
Soon after the 1988 presidential election, pollsters asked Democrats whom they favored to be their party’s nominee in 1992. The strongest candidates were Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Gov. Mario M. Cuomo of New York. The governor of...Tags: Politics, Mark R. Warner, Republican Party, Democratic Party, James Carville
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McManus: Will it be Clinton? Cuomo? Warren?
Shortly after the 1988 presidential election, pollsters asked Democrats whom they favored to be their party's nominee in 1992. The strongest candidates were Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Gov. Mario M. Cuomo of New York. The governor of...
Tags: Politics, Mark R. Warner, Martin O'Malley, Democratic Party, James Carville
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Time to break up the biggest Wall Street banks
TARP, the infamous Troubled Assets Relief Program that bailed out Wall Street in 2008, is finally over. The Treasury Department recently announced it will soon be completing the sale of the remaining shares it owns of the banks and of General Motors....
Tags: Politics, Citigroup Incorporated, Christopher Dodd, Republican Party, Sherrod Brown
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