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52 min ago | Daily Kos

Elections Morning Digest: Florida redistricting? We've got it covered

Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Mica, Representative Allen West, Representative Sandy Adams, Representative Kathy Castor, Democrat, Florida

4 hrs ago | The Florida Times-Union

Florida Morning: $1 billion energy amendment; profiles of two very different politicians

Andy Gardner , R-Winter Park, promised that this year's energy bill would not raise electric rates to customers, an amendment filed late Friday would change all that.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Florida, Orlando, FL, Opinion

Sun Feb 12, 2012

FrontPage Magazine

ObamaCare Architect: Premiums to 'Dramatically' Rise

Once again for the Obama administration, lofty promises are giving way to hard reality.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Healthcare Law, Law

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Komen for the Cure affiliate gives $587,944 in grants

The Central Virginia Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure has awarded 13 community grants totaling $587,944 for breast cancer screening, treatment and education programs for uninsured or underinsured women.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

Sat Feb 11, 2012

St. Petersburg Times

U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns adamant about Planned Parenthood inquiry

The young woman visited U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns last spring and what she showed him triggered a controversy that has brought abortion roaring back into the national political discourse.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Abortion, Barack Obama, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democrat

NH Insider

Cooler Heads Digest 10 February 2012

Will DOE's Fisker Doubts Take Down Its Battery Supplier, Too? Paul Chesser, National Legal and Policy Center , 10 February 2012 The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is reviewing the Port of Los Angeles's decision to use $489,000 in green energy stimulus funds to retrofit the Angelena II , a 70-ft. Port-owned yacht used for ... (more)

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, US Politics, Fred Upton, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Startups, Solyndra, Bill Richardson, US Governors

Reuters

UPDATE 1-US Energy Dept needs loan oversight overhaul-review

The U.S. Energy Department relies on too many consultants and committees for managing its loans and needs to beef up its management, concluded a review commissioned by the White House in the wake of publicity over failed solar panel maker Solyndra.

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Related Topix: US News, Startups, Solyndra, US Politics, Fred Upton, Republican, US House of Representatives, Barack Obama, George Bush

Swing State Project

Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 2/10

Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Ben Chandler, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, John Mica, Representative Allen West, Representative Sandy Adams, Kentucky

Fri Feb 10, 2012

The Washington Post

Energy Loans Seen Losing $2.7 Billion, Below Congress's Forecast

The U.S. Energy Department's loan programs may end up losing $2.7 billion, less than the agency or Congress projected, according to an independent analysis sought by the White House in response to Republican pressure.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, James Sensenbrenner, Fred Upton, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Wisconsin Gazette

Protests force Komen retreat on Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood supporters gather for a lobby day in Tallahassee, Fla. In addition to the fight over the Susan G. Komen grant funding, the organization and its supporters have battled at federal and state levels against funding cuts.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Abortion, Wisconsin

Swing State Project

Florida redistricting: New map emerges from Republican legislature

Add one more big state to the tally of states with a fully-formed redistricting map: on Thursday, the Florida state Senate signed off on the map that had passed earlier in the week by the state House.

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Related Topix: John Mica, US Politics, Ander Crenshaw, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Vern Buchanan, Representative Allen West, Representative Steve Southerland

Thu Feb 09, 2012

Washington Times

GINGREY: Keystone versus Solyndra

Achieving energy independence is paramount to our economic prosperity and national security.

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Related Topix: Startups, Solyndra, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Economics News, Bankruptcy, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

The Florida Times-Union

Two lawsuits follow Florida Senate's final passage of redistricting maps

The Senate passed the Legislature's final version Thursday of the state's redrawn political lines.

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Related Topix: John Mica, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Corrine Brown, Democrat, Florida

Weekend

The Undeniable Impact of Social Media on Susan G. Komen, Planned Parenthood, and All Nonprofits

Immediate and fierce Twitter and Facebook backlash causes Susan G. Komen to reverse decision to defund Planned Parenthood.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Facebook, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Abortion

The Florida Times-Union

New maps mean big moves for two area congressmen

As the state's new political lines began to take shape, a clear question emerged: Where would U.S. Reps.

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Related Topix: John Mica, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Sandy Adams, Opinion

Wed Feb 08, 2012

Orlando Weekly

Happytown

This Little Underground Bao Le-Huu takes on Glen Runciter, Sloppy Kisses, the Nude Scene, Reptar, Joe Buck and more Sugar-coated Orlando College students are hooking up with rich older men through sugar-daddy websires.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Newt Gingrich, Republican, US House of Representatives, Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology

WSTC-AM Norwalk

Oregon Editorial Rdp

Why does medical insurance cost as much as it does? Because medical claims are expensive, not because insurance companies are ripping us off.

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Related Topix: Oregon, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Opinion

HeraldNet

What Komen affair means for November

Nationally, 37 percent of Americans say abortion should be generally available, according to a CBS News/New York Times poll taken last month.

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Related Topix: Abortion, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Republican, Opinion

Tue Feb 07, 2012

Daily Kos

Countdown with Keith Olbermann - Feb. 7, 2012

Bat$hit Bachmann claimed in an interview the other day that she would've been the PERFECT MENSA candidate to defeat President Obama in November.

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Related Topix: Twitter, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Gay/Lesbian, US Supreme Court

Politico

Keystone votes on both ends of Capitol Hill - BP completes massive...

BREAKING: BP recorded a $23.9 billion profit in 2011, including $7.6 billion in the fourth quarter, a massive gain from the company's nearly $5 billion loss in 2010 following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

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Related Topix: Oil Spill, US News, US Politics, Lee Terry, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Senator John Hoeven, Mike Ross, Democrat

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