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Animal House
WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday night, senators took a break from the hard work of rescuing the nation's finances. They summoned Daniel Day-Lewis and Steven Spielberg, ordered in popcorn, and watched the movie "Lincoln." After Thursday night's debacle in the...
Tags: Lincoln (movie, 2012), Interior Policy, U.S. Senate, Parties and Movements, Santa Claus (fictional character)
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Obama, quit blaming Bush
"Now Gov. (Mitt) Romney believes that with even bigger tax cuts for the wealthy, and fewer regulations on Wall Street, all of us will prosper. In other words, he'd double down on the same trickle-down policies that led to the crisis in the first place."...
Tags: American Enterprise Institute, Religion and Belief, Mortgages, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton
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‘Face the Nation’ talks to David Baldacci, Gillian Flynn, Chris Pavone
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelOn the Sunday morning circuit this weekend, “Face the Nation” will be doing something different. The CBS program offers its annual authors program. One panel features writers David Baldacci (“The Forgotten”), Gillian Flynn (“... -
Bill Maher welcomes Eliot Spitzer, Barney Frank, Nate Silver
The TV Guy - Orlando Sentinel“Real Time With Bill Maher” this week welcomes Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., and Nate Silver, the New York Times blogger who has written “The Signal and the Noise.” The book's subtitle spells out its subject: “Why So Many... -
Deficit cutters look to Pentagon budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — One war is done, another is winding down and the calls to cut the deficit are deafening. The military, a beneficiary of robust budgets for more than a decade, is coming to grips with a new reality — fewer dollars. The...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Jim Webb, Parties and Movements, Public Finance, Budgets and Budgeting
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GOP Retains Grip on U.S. House of Representatives
Los Angeles TimesWASHINGTON -- Republicans held on to their House majority in Tuesday's election, leaving Democrats well short of the net gain of 25 seats they needed to take control. "The American people have once again given the House of Representatives to Republicans,...Tags: Peace Corps, John McCain, U.S. Senate, Mayo Clinic, Career and Workplace
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This is why voters are angry
I am genuinely puzzled by the bewilderment of people like Dan Rodricks who do not understand the anger of voters and the source of that anger ("At long last, it's time to cast our votes," Nov. 6). They are angry about the augmented intrusion of...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Freddie Mac, George W. Bush, Government, Politics
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Early voting events
Sun SentinelThe Rev. Al Sharpton, the MSNBC commentator, is scheduled to appear Saturday at rallies in communities with large black populations: Noon at the Lauderhill Mall, where there’s an early voting site, and 2 p.m. at the E. Pat Larkins Community Center,...Tags: Voting, Chris Smith (New Jersey Politician), Deval Patrick, Wilton Manors, Lauderhill
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Rep. Hoyer, daughter discuss support of same-sex marriage
Sixteen years after U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer voted to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, the No. 2 Democrat in the House of Representatives has disavowed that view and is pushing to uphold Maryland's new same-sex marriage law. Hoyer's...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Gays and Lesbians, Steny Hoyer, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights
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Unconventional
A nation of predominantly couch-bound television watchers got some bad news tonight, as President Barack Obama accepted his party's nomination and delivered the following line: "America's not about what can be done for us, it's about what can be done by...Tags: Steny Hoyer, News Media, The Weather Channel (tv network), Reality Television (genre), Bain Capital, LLC
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George Michael: Obama's blame game
In his recent campaign speeches, President Obama has been asking “Why would we want go back to something that didn’t work before?” This is a variation of his repeated “We had a really big hole to dig out of” theme and a...Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Republican Party, Freddie Mac, George W. Bush, Fannie Mae
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Congressman Barney Frank Weds In Same-Sex Marriage
ReutersBOSTON (Reuters) - Democratic Representative Barney Frank wed his longtime partner, James Ready, on Saturday, becoming the first sitting congressman to enter into a same-sex marriage. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick officiated the ceremony and added...Tags: Weddings, Elizabeth Warren, Civil Rights, Al Green, Deval Patrick
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