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McManus: A Rove 'money bomb'?
Here's a short list of Democrats who secretly hope Mitt Romney gets his presidential campaign turned around fast and gives President Obama a run for his money: Heidi Heitkamp, the Democratic Senate candidate in North Dakota; Jon Tester, the Democratic...
Tags: Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Shelley Berkley, Politics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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SD Sen. Tim Johnson retirement opens door for GOP
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson was expected to announce his retirement Tuesday, making the state the fifth where Democrats will have to defend a seat without an incumbent seeking re-election. The decision opens up a 2014 race...
Tags: Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Politics, Mike Rounds, Frank Lautenberg
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House OKs 'fiscal cliff' deal
Associated PressPast its own New Year’s deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid a national ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ of middle class tax increases and spending cuts late Tuesday night in the culmination of a...Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Kristi Noem, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress
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Reid urges cooperation as Democrats expand Senate control
CNNSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid called on Republicans to cooperate with an expanded Democratic majority Wednesday, a day after the Democrats picked up at least one more seat in the chamber. "It is better to dance than to fight," said Reid, D-Nevada....Tags: Claire McCaskill, Ben Nelson, Bob Corker, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, George W. Bush
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Democrats Hold onto Narrow Majority in U.S. Senate
Los Angeles TimesWASHINGTON -- Democrats retained a narrow majority in the Senate on Tuesday, but Republicans kept their grip on the House, delivering another divided, and highly polarized, Congress. The balance of power was likely to shift by no more than a seat or two,...Tags: Claire McCaskill, Ben Nelson, Joe Lieberman, George W. Bush, Barack Obama
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Controversies dim GOP hopes to take over Senate
CNNEven before a second Republican Senate candidate tripped over incendiary comments about rape, GOP leaders in Washington knew that their once promising chances of winning control of the Senate had diminished. Whether Richard Mourdock of Indiana can move...Tags: Claire McCaskill, Joe Lieberman, Olympia J. Snowe, Tammy Baldwin, George W. Bush
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Clinton to campaign for Heitkamp in Fargo
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton is coming to North Dakota to campaign for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Heidi Heitkamp. Clinton is to speak at 7 p.m. Monday in Fargo. The site wasn't immediately announced. Heitkamp is running...Tags: Bill Clinton, Politics, U.S. Senate, White House, Kent Conrad
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Candidates, issues for voters to contemplate
swaltman@aberdeennews.comWith the general election less than a month away, many local voters are contemplating their choices. In the weeks to come, the American News will publish more election-related stories with an emphasis on local races and topics. Below is a list of...Tags: Voting, Politics, Local Elections, Roseland, Charlie Hoffman
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Farm Bill gamble means trouble
A long, bitter year in the long, bitter Congressional session drifted into the campaign season with the U.S. House of Representatives unable or unwilling to butter the softest piece of legislative toast before them, the 2012 Farm Bill. Speaker of the...Tags: Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Politics, Collin Peterson
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Farm Bill gamble means trouble
Farm and Food FileA long, bitter year in the long, bitter Congressional session drifted into the campaign season with the U.S. House of Representatives unable or unwilling to butter the softest piece of legislative toast before them, the 2012 Farm Bill. Speaker of the...Tags: Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Politics, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, John Boehner
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Farm-state lawmakers returning home empty-handed
WASHINGTON (AP) — Farm-state members of Congress have campaigned for decades on the back of farm bills delivering election-season subsidies and other goodies to rural voters. Not this year. The bill is stalled, primarily because House GOP leaders...Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Kristi Noem, Barack Obama, Scott Tipton
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The 50 richest members of Congress
CNN MoneyThe Hill, a political newspaper, unveiled its annual list of the 50 richest lawmakers on Tuesday. Rep. Michael McCaul, a Republican from Texas, held on to the top slot with a cool $290.5 million. "McCaul remains in the stratosphere of the very richest...Tags: Claire McCaskill, Michael T. McCaul, Ben Nelson, Bob Corker, Olympia J. Snowe
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