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Senate 'gang's' new energy plan
The Swampby Frank James In the Senate, it nowadays apparently takes a self-appointed, biparitsan "gang" of senators to get past the partisan gridlock. For instance, there was the Gang of 14 group of senators who helped the Senate get beyond an......Tags: Blanche Lincoln, Crime, Law and Justice, Credit and Debt, Natural Gas, Energy Resources
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Arne Duncan inspires Republican lovefest
The Swampby Frank James Arne Duncan's confirmation hearing to be the incoming Obama Administration's Education Secretary could have easily been confused for a lovefest. Or the peaceable kingdom with the lion laying down with the lamb. Because the atmosphere was...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Barbara A. Mikulski, Charter Schools, Steven Chu, Education
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Stimulus: $900 billion and growing
The Swampby Mark Silva $900 billion and climbing. The economic stimulus package has clocked in with a new price tag in the Senate - more than $900 billion - with the addition of tax breaks for car-buyers and medical research. It......Tags: Services and Shopping, Tom Harkin, Real Estate Sales, Vehicles, National Institutes of Health
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Obama pivots: Tougher talk for GOP
The Swampby Peter Nicholas President Barack Obama has abruptly changed tactics in his bid to revive the economy, setting aside his bipartisan stance and pointedly blaming Republicans for demanding what he cast as discredited "piecemeal measures." Obama's...Tags: Republican Party, United States, National Government, News Media, Real Estate Buyers
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Updating Schumer: On Wall Street bonuses, housing
Spin CycleAn addendum to set the record straight on some of our recent blogging on the subject of Chuck Schumer: 1. Last week, you may recall, Obama went off on Wall Street after a report from NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli......Tags: Politics, Credit and Debt, Upper House, Homes, CEO Pay
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Health care, debt and taxes: GOP
The Swampby Mark Silva Debt and taxes. That's what Americans stand to get from the health-care reform that Democrars are pressing, Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson says in his party's weekly address. "Americans have been calling us and e-mailing us,'' the senator......Tags: Republican Party, United States, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, National Government, Healthcare Policies
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Georgia primary tests Palin, Clinton endorsements
The Swampby Mike Memoli The crowded field of candidates hoping to be Georgia's next governor will likely be narrowed down to a final four tonight, when votes are counted in the state's primary election. Both Republicans and Democrats expect that no......Tags: Republican Party, Local Elections, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Elections, Politics
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Super Bowl Census commercial: $2.5 m
The Swampby Mark Silva The 2010 Census-takers won't be riding into town on Clydesdales, but the Census will take its place alongside the king of American beers on Super Bowl Sunday. In Super Bowl ads. The U.S. Census Bureau is paying......Tags: John McCain, Population and Census, Twitter, Inc., Demographics, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Courage in short supply
WASHINGTON -- The gun bill was going down, but Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who reached a compromise to try to save it, went to the Senate floor Wednesday morning to give it one more try. In an unorthodox tactic, he appealed directly...
Tags: Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control, National Rifle Association of America, Personal Weapon Control
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Rubio has dinner at the White House
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, one of President Obama’s most persistent critics, joined him for dinner at the White House on Wednesday night to talk immigration, the budget and a wide range of other... -
Should a 20% mortgage down payment be standard?
Money & CompanyKey U.S. financial regulators have agreed to require a minimum 20% down payment on home mortgages that would be exempt from so-called risk-retention standards for banks, according to two reports Tuesday. The upshot is that home buyers with less than...... -
10 more GOP senators demand answers from the NEA about teleconference
Culture MonsterTen Republican senators have written to National Endowment for the Arts chairman Rocco Landesman, expressing concern that the Obama administration may have violated federal law by trying to use the agency for political purposes -- something the White...
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