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GOP Slams Obama Jobs Plan, Calls for Lower Taxes and Free Trade
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Republicans in Congress came out swinging today against President Obama's new new multibillion-dollar stimulus and jobs proposals , calling for completely different measures to revive the economy. Comment?
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Walden, Schrader, Baird offer forest management bill
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Saying action is needed to save suffering national forests and the rural economies that surround them, Oregon Reps. Comment?
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Why is the Liberal OC really attacking Irvine Councilman Steven Choi?
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Larry Agran's arrest in 1992 trumped Steven Choi's protest at the Truman Dinner, in terms of boorish behavior The big story this week in Orange County is the concerted effort by liberals to attack Irvine Councilman Steven Choi , who is a Republican, because he protested at the DPOC's Truman Awards Dinner last week by showing up with a picture of ... Comment?
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Obama Calls For Federal Spending To Curb Unemployment
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President Barack Obama called for a major new burst of federal spending Tuesday, aiming to jolt the wobbly economy into a stronger recovery and reduce painfully persistent double-digit unemployment. Comment?
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OP-ED: Mark Davis: TCU bowl game outrage proves need to scrap the system
On Jan. 7, the University of Texas may be crowned national champions of college football. Comment?
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Obama Proposes Tax Incentive To Hire Workers
President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed a tax incentive for small businesses that add workers, even as Congress struggles to figure out how such an idea would work. Comment?
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Sensitive security guidelines for airport screening accidentally posted on the Internet
The federal government improperly posted an internal guide to its airport passenger screening procedures on the Internet in a way that could offer insight into how to sidestep security. Comment?
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Remember that excellent Matt Taibbi piece about the Republican way of doing things when in the majority that featured stories like this : The GOP 's "take that, bitch" approach to governing has been taken to the greatest heights by the House Judiciary Committee. Comment?
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Job effort could cost $200 billion or more
A top House Democrat says the job-creating effort envisioned by President Barack Obama could cost anywhere from $75 billion to $150 billion. Comment?
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Paul Ryan: a I Would Prospectively Repeal The Stimulusa
Yesterday, Rep. Paul Ryan spokes at The Economist's " The World In 2010 " forum in Washington, D.C. The Economist named Ryan one of its three "youngsters to watch" next year because he is reportedly " full of good sense on how to restore America's public finances." Speaking at the conference yesterday, Ryan offer his standard stimulus-bashing trope ... Comment?
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Huckabee: A 'Big Tent' Will 'Kill The Conservative Movement'
In the wake of two devastating losses in the 2006 and 2008 elections, and the intra-party dispute surrounding the special election last month in New York's 23rd Congressional District, many Republican Party leaders have argued for a "big tent" GOP in order to regain power. Comment?
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Florida Nurses Association Health Care Forum
The Florida Nurses Association will be hosting a health care forum for Florida House District 46 voters. Comment?
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Salahis To Take The 5th If Subpoenaed
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24, 2009 in Washington DC. Samantha Appleton/Getty Images The White House gate-crashers' plan to invoke their Fifth Amendment rights and refuse to testify if they are subpoenaed to appear on Capitol Hill about the security breach. Comment?
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Bills would push more national forest thinning
Bills to open more national forest to fire-prevention thinning projects and to promote woodburning heating systems in public buildings have been introduced in the U.S. House. Comment?
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Hoyer: I'm 'Disappointed' In John McCain's Flip Flop On Climate Change
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Sen. John McCain called on the U.S. to urgently address climate change, proposing cap and trade legislation and presenting his policies as a break from the backwards views of the Bush administration , which was reluctant to acknowledge the dangers of manmade greenhouse gas emissions. Comment?
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Reliable Source: Salahis to plead Fifth if subpoenaed
If Congress decides to subpoena the Salahis , the alleged White House crashers will plead the Fifth, their lawyer has said. Comment?
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Nev. gov lectures AG on furlough exemptions
Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons lectured Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto over her request to exempt 33 employees within the Bureau of Consumer Protection from state mandated furloughs, then voted to approve them. Comment?
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House GOP says no to Copenhagen proposals
House Republicans on Tuesday warned President Obama not to commit the United States to reductions in greenhouse gas emissions at this month's climate change conference in Copenhagen, saying that Congress would reject any such agreement. Comment?
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Obama Urges Major New Stimulus, Jobs Spending
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President Barack Obama called for a major new burst of federal spending Tuesday, perhaps $150 billion or more, aiming to jolt the wobbly economy into a stronger recovery and reduce painfully persistent double-digit unemployment. Comment?
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Obama proposes tax break for small businesses to add workers, gives few details
President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed a tax incentive for small businesses that add workers, even as Congress struggles to figure out how such an idea would work. Comment?
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