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Why did FBI militia informant have a foot in Alaska politics?
SEATTLE -- Now that the mole who helped bring down the leadership of the Alaska Peacemaker Militia has talked publicly, the big question on some minds in Alaska is: Why was federal FBI informant William Fulton involved in political campaigns? The...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, Joe Miller, Journalism
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McManus: The GOP looks inward
No political party enjoys losing an election, but a healthy party reacts to defeat — after a suitable period of grieving — by trying to figure out what went wrong. That's what Democrats did in the late 1980s after a string of failed...
Tags: Paul Ryan, Barack Obama, Marco Rubio, Bill Clinton, Arts and Culture
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It's 2013, when dreams may yet come true
New Year's Day is a time for reassessment and renewal — and hoping the next year is an improvement over the messy rat race that was the last one. On that note, The Times has a tradition of reserving this page on this day for our own, often...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, WikiLeaks, General Electric Company, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, U.S. Supreme Court
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Rep. Jo Ann Emerson leaving Congress to join top campaign donor
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.), freshly reelected to her ninth term in Congress, announced Monday that she would resign in February and become the president and chief executive of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn., the top donor...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on House Administration, Media Industry, U.S. Congress, Politics, Elections
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Conservatives dismiss Boehner's 'fiscal cliff' offer
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON – House Speaker John A. Boehner’s counteroffer in “fiscal cliff” talks ran into resistance Tuesday from the Republican Party’s right flank, which dismissed the proposal as giving too much ground to President...Tags: Paul Ryan, U.S. Congress, Heritage Foundation, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama
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A primer for the 113th Congress
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON – With the “fiscal cliff” averted despite the failure to solve key budget issues, the 112th Congress will close out its widely criticized term and the 113th Congress will be sworn in Thursday. The outgoing Congress was...Tags: Patrick Leahy, Barney Frank, Media Industry, Ron Paul, U.S. Senate
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Do not pity the rich; they can handle higher taxes
The richest Americans might find lumps of coal in their stockings on Christmas morning and, if not that, then they can definitely anticipate big hangovers on New Year’s Day. The metaphorical coal lumps and hangovers will be thanks to President...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Heritage Foundation, Metal and Mineral, Bill Clinton, Mining
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Rep. Tim Scott becomes South Carolina's first black senator
This post has been updated, as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- Rep. Tim Scott, a freshman tea party Republican, will become South Carolina's first black senator, Gov. Nikki Haley, announced Monday, appointing the congressman to fill the seat left vacant by Jim DeMint. "It is a great day for South...Tags: Regional Authority, Heritage Foundation, Barack Obama, Nikki Haley, Jim DeMint
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McManus: The worst job in Congress
Spare a little sympathy, if you can, for John A. Boehner of Ohio, speaker of the House of Representatives. On paper, he's the most powerful Republican in the land. In practice, he's caught between a cliff and a ceiling as the uneasy chairman of an...
Tags: John Campbell, Eric Cantor, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate
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Derelict 112th Congress sets new record for low achievement
The 112th Congress worked hard on just one thing: competing to be known as the most worthless, incompetent, do-nothing gathering of lawmakers in the nation’s history. These political underachievers may well have guaranteed themselves that dubious...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Philosophy, Andrew Cuomo, U.S. Congress, Heritage Foundation
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House Republicans sharply divided on 'fiscal cliff' deal
WASHINGTON -- A sharply divided House Republican leadership struggled to reach agreement on a measure to avoid part of the so-called “fiscal cliff,” as key members said they could not support the compromise approved early Tuesday by the...
Tags: Eric Cantor, Spencer Bachus, U.S. Congress, Heritage Foundation, Personal Income
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House GOP lines up debt ceiling vote; White House will not oppose
WASHINGTON – House Republicans appear confident they have the votes to pass a short-term debt ceiling increase as they attempt to dispatch with this fiscal battle to focus on bigger ones ahead. The bill, coming up for a vote Wednesday, would be an...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Budgets and Budgeting, Paul Ryan, Justice System, Twitter, Inc.
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