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1 hr ago | Right Wing News

Rush Limbaugh Does Live in Obama's Head

On May 14 after news broke that President Obama had once again attacked talk radio host Rush Limbaugh by name, El Rusbo joked that he was "living rent-free in Obama's head." It's hard to fault Limbaugh's logic on this.

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Related Topix: Rush Limbaugh, US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives

Sun May 19, 2013

Ukiah Daily Journal

House lawmakers reach tentative bipartisan immigration deal

Prospects for passage of a major immigration bill improved on Thursday when a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives declared they had reached a tentative deal, resolving disputes that had threatened to torpedo negotiations.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, Mario Diaz-Balart, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Carter, Illegal Immigration

Hudson Hub-Times

Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topic

Five months into President Barack Obama's second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been diminished, partly drowned out by controversies seized upon by Republicans in an effort to weaken him.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat, Knox College, Republican, US House of Representatives

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

In the Spotlight: GOP overplays its hand on Libya, IRS scandals

At the end of a truly dismal week in his presidency, President Barack Obama remains lucky in one crucial category: his opposition.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Representative Michele Bachmann, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Senator Rand Paul, Senator Mike Lee, Opinion

Sat May 18, 2013

WHIO

Obama agenda marches on despite controversies

House Ways and Means Committee member Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio, left, waves a constituent's application to the IRS that was delayed, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013, during the committee's hearing on the extra scrutiny the Internal Revenue Service gave Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tax, Ohio, Tea Party, Devin Nunes, Paul Ryan

Medical Daily

'Obamacare' Insurance Premiums Lower Than Expected, Two States Announce

Officials in Oregon and Washington expressed pleasant surprise at lower-than-expected health rates offered by insurers as part of the new federal law known as "Obamacare." Aside from expanding Medicaid to participating states, the Health Care Act of 2010 encourages Americans to purchase health insurance via an online marketplace as the provision ... (more)

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Medicaid, Health, Health Insurance, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Ohio

The Heritage Foundation

House Republicans Are Right to Focus on Spending Cuts as Part of Debt Ceiling Increase

This week, the House Republican conference met to discuss what their priority will be in connection with any vote to increase the debt ceiling.

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Related Topix: Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics, US News, Representative Steve Scalise

Lincoln Daily News

Obama agenda seems to be weathering controversies

Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Tax, US Senate, Democrat, Amy Klobuchar, Republican, US House of Representatives, Ohio

Mediaite.com

Cable Networks Eagerly Anticipate When GOP Will 'Overplay Their Hand'

You may have heard that there are a variety of scandals unfolding in Washington D.C. at the moment.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Republican, Television

Fri May 17, 2013

National Public Radio

Conservative Advice To GOP: Don't Legislate, Focus On Scandals

Heritage Action, the political activist offshoot of the conservative Heritage Foundation, has some advice for House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor: focus on the scandals plaguing the Obama administration and stay away from legislation that could "highlight major schisms" within the House Republican Conference.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Eric Cantor, Tea Party

Polk County Democrat

Obama calls on Congress to fund embassy security

AP PHOTO President Barack Obama speaks under an umbrella held by a Marine as a light rain falls during a news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Thursday, in the Rose Garden of the White House.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, World News, Middle East, Republican, US House of Representatives

BroadcastNewsroom

U.S. House lawmakers reach tentative deal to revamp immigration

Prospects for passage of a major immigration bill improved on Thursday when a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives declared they had reached a tentative deal, resolving disputes that had threatened to torpedo negotiations.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, Mario Diaz-Balart, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Carter, Illegal Immigration

In El Dorado County

IRS Official in Charge During Tea Party Targeting Now Runs Health Care Office

Sarah Hall Ingram served as commissioner of the office responsible for tax-exempt organizations between 2009 and 2012.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, Tea Party, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Marlin Stutzman, US Senate, John Cornyn

Ogdensburg Courier-Observer/Journal

Farm bill clash centered on retooled insurance program for dairy farmers

With the overdue farm bill festering again in Congress, Republicans and Democrats have resumed clashing over whether the government should regulate the milk supply by penalizing farmers who produce too much.

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Related Topix: US News, Agriculture, Science, Life, Food, Nutrition, US Politics, Representative William Owens, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican

MarketWatch

House again votes to repeal Obama health law

The Republican-led House of Representatives voted Thursday to throw out President Barack Obama's health-care law in its entirety, returning to a favorite target as lawmakers eye midterm elections next year.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Shelley Moore Capito, Representative Paul Broun, Phil Gingrey, Barack Obama

Thu May 16, 2013

WTMA-AM North Charleston

Immigration Overhaul: House Has Agreement in Principle

The House bipartisan "Gang of Eight" has reached an agreement in principle on immigration overhaul, including major points such as a pathway to citizenship, border security, health care and guest workers, a member of the group told ABC News Thursday night.

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, US Politics, Representative Raul Labrador, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Immigration Reform, Mario Diaz-Balart

CNN

IRS scandal adds fuel to Obamacare fire

The House of Representatives passed a measure to repeal Obamacare entirely on Thursday - a move the GOP-led chamber has done twice already.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, US Politics, Greg Walden, Republican, US House of Representatives, Rosa DeLauro, Democrat, Steve Israel

WCAX-TV Burlington

IRS scandal prompts questions about Rep. Peter Welch

Democrats and Republicans are trying to figure out who is behind Internal Revenue Service agents singling out conservative groups for extra scrutiny.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Representative Peter Welch, Democrat, Republican, Vermont, Non-Profit

Examiner.com

Glen Beck is right, Obama, Clinton held faultless, Rush, Bush blamed

Ambassador dies in Benghazi, the IRS vs. Tea Party uses government power against the people who oppose Democrat policies, Dept.

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Related Topix: Mexico, IN, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

Truthdig

GOP Leaders Call IRS Scandal 'Criminal,' O'Reilly Defends Obama, and More

Not Miller Time: In a move that shouldn't surprise anyone, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has accepted the resignation of acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Steven Miller, President Obama announced Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Tax, Washington, DC, US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Chuck Schumer, US Senate