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Who Gets Lie Of The Year 'Honors'?
... 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, ... Comment?
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... 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." " Comment?
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Moran to have booth at farm show
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. Comment?
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Health-care bill's fate uncertain
... 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' ... Comment?
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Wrap-up bill clears Senate hurdle
... 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 ... Comment?
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CPSC delays lead toy testing enforcement
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... 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 ... Comment?
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Terrorists, Crooks Allowed to Keep FAA Pilot's Licenses
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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. Comment?
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Texas lawmakers become frequent flyers on private payers' dime, study finds
A Texas Tribune investigation has sifted through hundreds of Congressional records to reveal where Texas lawmakers are traveling, and who is paying for it. Comment?
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Senate committee sends sweeping bus safety bill to full Senate
For more than 40 years, safety advocates have been trying to improve safety standards for motorcoaches on American highways. Comment?
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Opinion: Some Amtrak passengers to travel in lock boxes?
... 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 ... Comment?
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AP Interview: SC senator stumps for climate change
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. Comment?
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Sens. Franken, Hatch introduce companion bills on principal training
" 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. Comment?
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... 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 ... Comment?
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These are the people who scream about patriotism
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. Comment?
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Anti-Takings Abuse Bill Introduced in the House
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. Comment?
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SC Republicans sets date for governor debate
... 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. Comment?
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Lead Testing Enforcement For Toys Delayed
... 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 ... Comment?
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White House cyber czar and other security non-events of 2009
A new administration in Washington this year was expected to herald sweeping changes on the national cybersecurity front. Comment?
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Local R.I. leaders blast Carcieri over prospect of tax hikes
... 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 ... Comment?
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Pa. delegation tells feds to prevent I-80 tolls
... 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 ... Comment?
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