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Obama 'enemy of humanity:' Rep. Franks
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated at 2:05 pm EDT President Barack Obama has been called a number of things. Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina called him a liar, then apologized. FOX News Channel's Glenn Beck called him "racist,'' and......Tags: Glenn Beck, Social Issues, National Government, Arizona, Arkansas
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McManus: The death of the moderate Republican
Republicans just lost eight seats in the House. But if you'd wandered into the House of Representatives last week without reading the election returns, you might have concluded that the GOP won big on Nov. 6. "We have the second-largest Republican House...
Tags: Demographics, Social Movements, Endangered Species, Parties and Movements, Politics
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Stockton Sikh temple's 100th anniversary noted in Congress
L.A. NOWThis post has been corrected. See note at the bottom for details. A Northern California congressman on Tuesday honored the state’s longstanding Sikh community by formally acknowledging the Stockton temple’s 100-year anniversary in the... -
California GOP governor's race I -- Tom Campbell
Top of the TicketFull text of his introductory speech to the state party convention.... -
Global Warming: Ballot initiative would curb California efforts
GreenspaceSo what happens if California delays the implementation of its landmark global warming law, AB 32? The state's nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office has done the math on Measure 94, a proposed ballot measure, and assessed the fallout. Its verdict? The.... -
GOP may seek to tie debt ceiling deal to tax code changes
WASHINGTON — In a little more than a week, the U.S. will hit its debt limit — and the maneuvering has begun against a backdrop of the mid-2011 drama that led to the nation's first-ever credit downgrade. An improving economy and higher taxes,...Tags: U.S. Congress, Financial and Business Services, Consumers, Budget Control Act of 2011, Gene Sperling
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As budget cuts loom, is government shutdown next?
WASHINGTON (AP) — With big, automatic budget cuts about to kick in, House Republicans are turning to mapping strategy for the next showdown just a month away, when a government shutdown instead of just a slowdown will be at stake. Both topics...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Budgets and Budgeting, Tom Harkin, FBI
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The wrong way for Washington to avoid defaulting
It's rare that the president explicitly pledges to veto a bill -- usually, the White House says the president's advisors would "recommend" a veto -- but that's what happened Tuesday. The measure in question is HR 807, the Full Faith and Credit Act, by...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Government Health Care, Budgets and Budgeting, Medicare, Viagra (drug)
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House finally OKs Sandy aid; Senate action expected soon
WASHINGTON--Seventy-eight days after Superstorm Sandy battered the Northeast, the House on Tuesday approved $50.5 billion in disaster relief in a vote that exposed divisions within Republican ranks and foreshadowed the spending fights that lie ahead. ...
Tags: Head Start, Chris Christie, Parties and Movements, Jerrold Nadler, Politics
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Roll Call: House votes on abortion, health exchange bills
WASHINGTON - Here's how area members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending Saturday: HOUSE Abortion tax policies Voting 251 for and 175 against, the House on Wednesday sent the Senate a bill (HR3) that would use the U.S. tax code as a...Tags: Kent Conrad, Government Health Care, Rick Berg, Tim Johnson, Rape
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Bipartisan Benedict Arnold
JOHN ZIEGLER hosts a weeknight talk show on KFI-AM (640) and is author of "The Death of Free Speech: How Our Broken National Dialogue Has Killed the Truth and Divided America."OF ALL THE buzzwords in politics that have taken on a life of their own, "bipartisanship" is, without a doubt, the most overrated and misunderstood. A spot-on example of the absurd "bipartisan" folly transpired this week at a USC-sponsored conference...Tags: California, NPR, Antonio Villaraigosa, Paris Hilton, Los Angeles
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Auburn Dam may really be dead this time
Use it or lose it is the rule of California water rights, and after 43 years, the would-be Auburn Dam -- subject of one of the state's bitterest water feuds -- is about to lose it.
The proposed plug on the gold-sprinkled American River northeast of...Tags: California, Building Material, Regional Authority, Disasters and Accidents, Sacramento
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