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EDITORIAL: Bipartisan effort something worth Kentucky pride
A tip of the cap to our Republican Agriculture Commissioner James Comer and former Democratic State Treasurer Jonathan Miller for their inter-party field trip to Washington, D.C., this week. The duo, joined by Republican State Senator Paul Hornback of...Tags: Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, John A. Yarmuth, Elections
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Resignation of state GOP leader reveals party's split on social issues
Pat Brady's resignation Tuesday as chairman of the state's Republican Party was a move months in the making, an effort to leave on his own terms rather than being ousted for his support of gay marriage. But in leaving the post, effective immediately,...
Tags: Peter Roskam, U.S. Congress, Bill Brady, Elections, Executive Branch
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COLUMN - Benghazi and the Republican abandonment of the center
Reuters(Nicholas Wapshott is a Reuters columnist) By Nicholas Wapshott May 10 (Reuters) - In World War Two, the Libyan port of Benghazi was hard fought over, changing hands five times between Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps and the Allied forces. Seventy years on,...Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, Microsoft Windows, Shootings, Immigration
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Food stamps, not crop subsidies, highest hurdle for US farm bill
Reuters* House, Senate panels plan to draft farm bill next week * Split on food stamps widens from last year * Food stamps make up largest part of farm bill spending By Charles Abbott WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - Lawmakers are preparing for a second run...Tags: James P. McGovern, Republican Party, Environmental Issues, Elections, Debbie Stabenow
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GOP leader's resignation spotlights schism
Tribune reportersPat Brady’s resignation Tuesday as chairman of the state’s Republican Party was a move months in the making, an effort to leave on his own terms rather than being ousted for his support of gay marriage. But in leaving the post, effective...Tags: Peter Roskam, U.S. Congress, Bill Brady, Elections, Executive Branch
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O'Malley promises corrections reform as GOP calls for audit
Gov. Martin O'Malley said Thursday that he would expand the use of technology to block cell phone calls in Maryland corrections facilities, part of a set of reforms designed to "root out corruption" after a federal indictment alleged widespread gang...
Tags: Justice System, Maryland State Police, Career and Workplace, Executive Branch, Prosecution
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GOP, Democrats continue to dispute regarding Benghazi deaths
WASHINGTON (AP) — Politicians love few things better than a scandal to trip up their opponents, and Republicans hope last year's fatal attack on U.S. diplomats in Libya will do exactly that to Hillary Rodham Clinton and other Democrats. History...
Tags: Gerald Ford, Trey Gowdy, Bob McDonnell, Elections, Washington, DC
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Gay marriage momentum expands to two Midwest states
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Just six months after Minnesota voters turned back an effort to ban gay weddings, lawmakers are poised to make the state the first in the Midwest to pass a law allowing them. The startling shift comes amid a rapid...
Tags: Justice System, Karen Clark, Executive Branch, Family, Social Issues
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Sarah Palin for Senate? Some tea party activists want her to run
SEATTLE — Sarah Palin’s last elective position in Alaska ended early when in 2009 she abandoned the governorship midway through her first term. But tea party activists appear eager for a comeback, urging supporters to contribute money toward...Tags: Sarah Palin, Harry Reid, Personal Weapon Control, Tea Party Movement, Executive Branch
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Mark Sanford attributes victory to S.C.'s tradition of forgiveness
WASHINGTON -- Mark Sanford said his surprisingly strong victory in a special election Tuesday is a testament to South Carolina’s forgiving tradition, and he vowed to be a watchdog for taxpayers in his district when he returns to Congress. Sanford,...
Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Nancy Pelosi, Elections, Executive Branch, Comedy Central (tv network)
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Former Gov. Mark Sanford wins South Carolina House seat
WASHINGTON — Two years after Mark Sanford left the South Carolina governor’s office tarred by an adultery scandal, he has completed an unlikely political comeback to win a special congressional election. Sanford defeated Democratic neophyte...Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Greg Walden, Steve Israel, Elections
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Republican leader of Michigan House kicks Democrats off committees for missing meetings
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The top Republican in the Michigan House has removed eight Democrats from committees because they missed meetings last week. The move by Speaker Jase Bolger comes amid heightened tension between Republican and Democratic...Tags: Republican Party, Politics
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