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With the federal deficit reaching $1.4 trillion and most state budgets deep in the red, policy makers are desperately searching for new sources of revenue that the tapped-out American public might support. Comment?
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Bipartisan budget group says deficit curbs needed to avoid economic crisis
A bipartisan group of former lawmakers and budget officials called on Congress and President Barack Obama Monday to commit to reining in trillion-dollar plus budget deficits to avoid dragging down the economy. Comment?
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Harry Can't Find 60: Lieberman resists Medicare buy-in plan
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Risking the wrath of Democrats, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., threatened Sunday to join Republicans in opposing health care legislation if it permits uninsured individuals as young to 55 to purchase Medicare coverage. Comment?
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What’s Jim DeMint up to?
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US Sen. Jim DeMint has begun to make a name for himself in national politics. Not content to pursue his own hard-line conservative course in the Senate, he has begun to encourage the election of Republicans of similar outlook across the nation. Comment?
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Joe a no-go on Medicare buy-in plan
Two senators whose support for the health care overhaul has been in question are speaking out against a proposal to let people as young as 55 buy into Medicare . Comment?
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McCain slams both parties for earmarks
After Democrats broke the Republican filibuster Saturday against a pork-stuffed spending bill in the Senate, Sen. Comment?
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Blumenthal Blasts The Credit Card Industry On Rate Increases
This year's massive reform by Congress of credit card industry practices was supposed to protect consumers and businesses from abusive rate increases and fees. Comment?
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Democrat seeks veto on spending bill
A Senate Democrat on Monday called on President Obama to veto the $1.1 trillion catchall spending bill Congress sent the White House over the weekend, saying the president must "take the credit card away from the politicians who just want to spend, spend, spend." Sen. Comment?
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This is a rush transcript of "Special Report With Bret Baier" from December 11, 2009. Comment?
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Southern lawmakers seek emergency aid
A farm disaster program authorized by Congress last year still isn't fully in place, and even if it was, some lawmakers say its design could keep many farmers with losses this year waiting for help until January 2011. Comment?
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Lieberman Rejects Medicare Expansion
The end game in sight, Senate Democrats coped with stubborn internal differences as well as implacable Republican opposition on Monday in a struggle to pass health care legislation by Christmas. Comment?
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Feds close to making decision on tainted drywall
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The office of Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., issued the following news release: A U.S. senator said today the federal government's close to resolving the question of help for people whose homes are contaminated with imported drywall. Comment?
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Sen. Joe Lieberman strongly rebutted charges Monday that he flip-flopped to oppose the expansion of Medicare as part of health care legislation, as Democratic leaders struggled to get President Barack Obama's top domestic initiative on track for passage by Christmas. Comment?
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Grant Will Help NKU Reach For The Sky
Northern Kentucky University is set to receive $200,000 from the federal government in support of its Immersive Technology Sky Dome project. Comment?
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Barack Obama health care bill dealt blow by Joe Lieberman
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President Barack Obama's hopes of achieving health care reform have been dealt a body blow by Senator Joe Lieberman, once a Democratic vice-presidential candidate but now one of the party's btes noire. Comment?
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History Channel plans scripted Kennedys miniseries
In this Nov. 9, 1960 file photo, President-elect John F. Kennedy, center, is surrounded by members of his family in the living room of the home of Joseph P. Kennedy, in Hyannisport, Mass. Comment?
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Once Again, Joe Lieberman Reminds Us He's An Independent
The progressive/left blogosphere is up in arms, once again, over Sen. Joe Lieberman , the Connecticut Independent who has been driving his fellow Democrats nuts for years. Comment?
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Kyrgyzstan: Adoptive Families Losing Hope as Kyrgyz Children Remain Stuck in Central Asia
US lawmakers intend to press the government of Kyrgyzstan to expedite the adoptions of 65 Kyrgyz children by American families. Comment?
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Bayh calls for veto on omnibus bill
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Sen. Evan Bayh joins Sens. Claire McCaskill and Russ Feingold in breaking from their party to oppose the bill. Comment?
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Ma'am' remark is campaign fodder in California
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During a hearing last June, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.,A interrupted Brig. Gen. Michael Walsh of the Army Corps of Engineers to request that he call her 'senator' rather than 'ma'am.' NBC Video: Politics The next 24a A A Dec. Comment?
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