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2 hrs ago | Boston.com

House GOP have backup on payroll tax

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio watches as House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Eric Cantor, US News, Republican, John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat, Representative Kevin McCarthy, California, California Government, Healthcare Law, Law

5 hrs ago | Boston.com

Obama's proposed tax hikes at odds with GOP rivals

President Barack Obama proposed tax increases on wealthy individuals and some corporations Monday, setting the stage for an ideological battle that won't be resolved until after the November election -- if then.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Eric Cantor, Republican, Tax, George Bush

9 hrs ago | EDGE

Suspect Charged in Gay GA Man's Videotaped Beating

Atlanta police have arrested a suspect in the beating of a 20-year-old gay man that was captured on a widely viewed video .

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Related Topix: John Lewis, US Politics, Democrat, US News

13 hrs ago | The Daily Weston

Shays Focuses on Economic Issues in Senate Run

Republican Senate candidate Chris Shays wants to keep his campaign focused on economic issues rather than social agendas or partisan fighting.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Tom DeLay, US News, Republican, Fairfield County, CT, Terri Schiavo

18 hrs ago | Journal Gazette

Romney sought earmarks for Massachusetts

With his decision to embrace an independent super PAC last week, President Obama issued a plea for deep-pocketed allies to help his campaign fight back against Republican rivals in the increasingly expensive and sophisticated arena of television What in the world is the matter with the Republican Party? This is an election year when pretty much ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, Michael Capuano, US News, Democrat, Mitt Romney, Boston, MA, Charles River Associates, Consulting

Sun Feb 12, 2012

Tri-cityherald.com

Details emerge on Rep. McKeon's Countrywide loan

Documents detail the terms of a discounted mortgage loan received by U.S. Rep. Howard McKeon from the now-defunct Countrywide Financial Corp.

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Related Topix: Howard McKeon, US News, Republican, US Politics, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Countrywide Financial, Financial Services, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Pete Sessions

New York Post

Not over: Conservatives want vote on birth control mandate

Conservatives said today the flap surrounding President Barack Obama's birth control mandate was far from over, with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell saying he'll push to overturn the requirement because it was another example of government meddling.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, Paul Ryan, Roy Blunt, US Senate, Senator Roy Blunt, Barack Obama, Healthcare Law, Law

NorthJersey.com

Obama's budget offers short-term help for economy

The president will send Congress a budget that will provide short-term help to a struggling economy while offering a long-term plan to deal with soaring deficits, the White House said Sunday.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, Paul Ryan

Cybercast News Service

From the go, roller-coaster GOP White House race

GOP primary voters can catch their collective breath for the next two weeks after spending the past six lurching toward one candidate and then another in an exercise of political soul-searching that appears far from settled.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, Ron Paul, Representative Michele Bachmann, Florida, Florida Government, Mitt Romney

Foster's Daily Democrat

Sanford becomes county's political battleground

SANFORD, Maine - Welcome to the "Gettysburg of New England." Connecticut resident Peter Walsh was not allowed to participate in the York County Republican Caucus at the Memorial Gym on Saturday morning, but he made the trip to town anyway because he wanted to learn about the process Maine uses to select its pick for president.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Ron Paul, US News, Republican, Sanford, ME, Kittery, ME, York County, ME, Mitt Romney

Sat Feb 11, 2012

Inside Bay Area

Redistricting by citizens' panel sparks competitive California congressional races

For the first time in two decades, California's newly drawn congressional districts could play a big role in deciding which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Related Topix: Lois Capps, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, Representative John Garamendi, US News, Representative Jeff Denham, Republican, Democrat, Representative Jerry McNerney, Representative Mary Bono Mack

The Jersey Journal

Despite cancer treatments, Payne will run for re-election, son says

Congressman Donald Payne is pictured in this 2011 file photo. Payne will run for re-election and is expected to make a full recovery from colon cancer, according to his son, Donald Payne Jr., who is a Newark city councilman.

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Related Topix: Donald Payne, US Politics, US News, Democrat, Medicine, Cancer, Health, Colorectal Health, Colon Cancer

Inside Bay Area

Suspect charged in gay GA man's videotaped beating

Atlanta police have arrested a suspect in the beating of a 20-year-old gay man that was captured on a widely viewed video.

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Related Topix: John Lewis, US Politics, Democrat, US News

Daily Herald

Chicago residents urged to 'adopt' sidewalks

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Friday urged residents to sign up online for the city's new "Adopt-A-Sidewalk" program.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Democrat, US News, Rahm Emanuel

Boston Herald

Mitt Romney looks to end losing streak in Maine

PORTLAND, Maine - Maine's presidential caucuses come at a critical time for Mitt Romney , the one-time Republican front-runner. Shaken by a string of failures, Romney is hoping to avoid a fourth consecutive defeat Saturday on the path to his party's nomination.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Republican, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Government, Newt Gingrich, Missouri, Opinion

The Daily Tarry Town

County Services Honored in United Way '2-1-1 Day'

Naomi Adler of United Way presented plaques to Kevin McGuire of the county's Department of Social Services and Carol Hardesty of Family Ties of Westchester among several other community leaders Friday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Nita Lowey, US News, Democrat, Westchester County, NY

Fri Feb 10, 2012

Digital Post Production

Reaction to Obama's birth control compromise

"It's absolutely unacceptable. It's just an economic shell game because it, for religious employers, requires indirect funding of contraception and abortifacients.

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Related Topix: Liberty University, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, University of Notre Dame, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, Democrat, Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA

Deseret News

Pelosi says Dems set to take House, 5 states key

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi predicted Friday that five large states will bring Democrats within striking distance of gaining control of the chamber this year.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, Democrat, California, California Government, Barack Obama, US Senate, Illinois, Illinois Government

San Bernardino County Sun

US Rep's spouse gives boost to MaineToday Media

PORTLAND, Maine - The husband of U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree is providing a multimillion loan and taking an ownership stake in the financially struggling company that owns The Portland Press Herald, officials said Friday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Chellie Pingree, Democrat

WPMT-TV York

Navy names littoral combat ship after Gabrielle Giffords

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced Friday that the next Independence variant littoral combat ship will be named after Gabrielle Giffords , the former Arizona congresswoman who survived being shot in the head last January when a gunman opened fire as Giffords met with constituents outside a Tucson grocery store.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Gabrielle Giffords, Democrat, US News

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