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  1. Who Gets Lie Of The Year 'Honors'?Read the original story

    2 min ago | NPR

    ... Joe Biden for claiming that "when one person sneezes, it goes all the way through the aircraft"? Maybe 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin for warning about "Obama's death panel"? Or someone else for something else? PolitiFact.com, ...

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    Related Topix: US House of Representatives, US Politics, Joe Wilson, US News, Barack Obama, Joe Biden

  2. DisarmRead the original story w/Photo

    2 min ago | Pushing Back the Frontiers of Ignorance

    ... ccessful in America is for countries like China and India to make an equivalent commitment, " said South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham , who's crafting a bipartisan climate bill. " We're not going to unilaterally disarm." "

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    Related Topix: US Senate, US Politics, US News, Lindsey Graham

  3. Moran to have booth at farm showRead the original story

    5 min ago | The Topeka Capital-Journal

    Congressman Jerry Moran will have a booth at the 2010 Topeka Farm Show at the Kansas Expocentre to provide information about congressional actions that affect agriculture.

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Jerry Moran, Topeka, KS, Agriculture, Science

  4. Health-care bill's fate uncertainRead the original story

    6 min ago | Toledo Blade

    ... withheld his vote in pursuit of stricter abortion limits. Any lingering hopes the bill's supporters had of a Republican casting a critical 60th vote vanished when Sen. Olympia Snowe (R., Maine) said after a meeting with Mr. Obama that the Democrats' ...

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    Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, US News, Senator Ben Nelson, US Senate, Democrat, Olympia Snowe, Nebraska, Amy Klobuchar

  5. Wrap-up bill clears Senate hurdleRead the original story

    24 min ago | Deseret Morning News

    ... out debate on the defense measure. The bill passed the House Wednesday by an overwhelming 395-34 vote. A key Republican, Thad Cochran of Mississippi, was expected to vote to advance the measure but succumbed to pressure from GOP leaders to try to ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Patriot Act, US Senate, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison

  6. CPSC delays lead toy testing enforcementRead the original story w/Photo

    12 min ago | KOMO

    ... in order to give the agency more time to promulgate rules," CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum said in a statement. Republican Commissioners Nancy Nord and Anne Northup had pushed for the delay until 2011, but Democratic Commissioner Robert Adler said the ...

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    Related Topix: US House of Representatives, US Politics, Anne Northup, US News

  7. Terrorists, Crooks Allowed to Keep FAA Pilot's LicensesRead the original story w/Photo

    15 min ago | ABC News

    A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has asked the Department of Homeland Security 's Inspector General to investigate why suspect individuals a ' including terrorists and drug kingpins a ' have been able to retain their Federal Aviation Administration pilot's licenses.

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    Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Drug Enforcement Administration

  8. Texas lawmakers become frequent flyers on private payers' dime, study findsRead the original story

    16 min ago | KVUE

    A Texas Tribune investigation has sifted through hundreds of Congressional records to reveal where Texas lawmakers are traveling, and who is paying for it.

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    Related Topix: US Politics, Lloyd Doggett, US News, Kevin Brady, Ted Poe, US House of Representatives, Gene Green, Democrat, Texas

  9. Senate committee sends sweeping bus safety bill to full SenateRead the original story

    16 min ago | KVUE

    For more than 40 years, safety advocates have been trying to improve safety standards for motorcoaches on American highways.

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Sherman, TX

  10. Opinion: Some Amtrak passengers to travel in lock boxes?Read the original story

    17 min ago | Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen

    ... night as the House voted on its final slate of bills for the year. Pelosi's staff tried to negotiate with Republican aides to see if they would agree to change the text of the bill without revoting the entire piece of legislation. But it was all for ...

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    Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative John Fleming, Senator Roger Wicker, Roger Wicker, US Senate, Opinion

  11. AP Interview: SC senator stumps for climate changeRead the original story

    20 min ago | Examiner.com

    Sen. Lindsey Graham makes an unlikely champion for action on climate change. The South Carolina Republican has joined forces with Democrat John Kerry of Massachusetts and independent Joe Lieberman of Connecticut to drum up support for a bill that would put a price on heat-trapping pollution.

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    Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Lindsey Graham, Global Warming, Nuclear Energy

  12. Sens. Franken, Hatch introduce companion bills on principal trainingRead the original story

    23 min ago | HometownSource

    " U.S. Sens. Al Franken and Orrin Hatch and U.S. Reps. Susan Davis and Todd Russell Platts introduced the School Principal Recruitment and Training Act in both chambers.A The legislation would create a new competitive grant program to recruit, support, and prepare high-caliber aspiring and current principals to lead high-need schools.

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Susan Davis, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Todd Russell Platts, Education Etc.

  13. Biden snubs BrounRead the original story

    23 min ago | Athens Banner-Herald

    ... to attend. Unfortunately, he was not given this opportunity, and is disappointed by that fact.a All seven Georgia Republican congressmen voted against the stimulus package. One of them, Tom Price, issued a news release Thursday slamming Biden for ...

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    Related Topix: Representative Paul Broun, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Nathan Deal, Joe Biden, Tom Price

  14. These are the people who scream about patriotismRead the original story

    23 min ago | Guardian Unlimited

    The Washington Post reports this morning that Senate Republicans tried to filibuster the Defense Department appropriation bill -- that is to say, the funding for our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan -- so as to cock up the progress of the healthcare bill.

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Rick Perry, US Governors

  15. Anti-Takings Abuse Bill Introduced in the HouseRead the original story

    25 min ago | The Westerner

    As we approach the five year anniversary of the Supreme Court's notoriously poorly-reasoned Kelo v. New London decision, the lack of meaningful legislative progress on curbing eminent domain abuse has been disheartening.

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, John Sullivan, US House of Representatives, Stephanie Herseth, Democrat, Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin

  16. SC Republicans sets date for governor debateRead the original story

    27 min ago | Island Packet

    ... dre Bauer, state Sen. Larry Grooms, state Rep. Nikki Haley and Attorney General Henry McMaster are running in the Republican primary. Five Democrats also are running. Gov. Mark Sanford's second and final term ends in January 2011.

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Gresham Barrett

  17. Lead Testing Enforcement For Toys DelayedRead the original story

    27 min ago | WEWS

    ... in order to give the agency more time to promulgate rules," CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum said in a statement. Republican Commissioners Nancy Nord and Anne Northup had pushed for the delay until 2011, but Democratic Commissioner Robert Adler said the ...

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    Related Topix: US House of Representatives, US Politics, Anne Northup, US News

  18. White House cyber czar and other security non-events of 2009Read the original story

    35 min ago | Computerworld

    A new administration in Washington this year was expected to herald sweeping changes on the national cybersecurity front.

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Tom Davis, Events

  19. Local R.I. leaders blast Carcieri over prospect of tax hikesRead the original story

    35 min ago | Providence Journal

    ... 10 percent through layoffs, attrition, and I got concessions from many of [Cranston's] major unions." Fung, a Republican, called the Republican governor's move -- aimed at helping to close a current-year state budget hole of $219 million -- the ...

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    Related Topix: US Governors, Donald Carcieri, Pawtucket, RI, Cranston, RI, US Politics, John Carter, US News, US House of Representatives

  20. Pa. delegation tells feds to prevent I-80 tollsRead the original story

    42 min ago | Evening Sun

    ... to stop a plan to turn Interstate 80 into a toll road to raise more state money for roads and bridges. Republican U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, along with Democratic U.S. Reps. Kathy Dahlkemper and Paul Kanjorski traveled with 14 state lawmakers to ...

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    Related Topix: Representative Kathleen "Kathy" Dahlkemper, Representative Glenn Thompson, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Paul Kanjorski, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government