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McManus: A tax everyone can love
The chairmen of Congress' primary tax committees, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), have launched a bipartisan effort to reform our messy, inefficient federal tax law. They've agreed to look for ways to lower tax rates on both...
Tags: Politics, Bob Inglis, Personal Income, Mike Enzi, Republican Party
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Chasm divides gun control and gun rights advocates
SACRAMENTO — "Living in parallel universes," is how Senate leader Darrell Steinberg describes it. Gun control and gun rights advocates "talking past each other." Emanating from different cultures, incapable of agreeing on how to make us all...
Tags: Politics, Mark Leno, Marty Block, Laws, Lobbying
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Most Americans remain in the dark on immigration bill
WASHINGTON – For all the attention given so far to efforts in Congress to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws, nearly four in 10 Americans say they don’t know enough about it to have an opinion, and fewer than one-quarter could...
Tags: Sports, Politics, Immigration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), U.S. Congress
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Sen. Ted Cruz, the next Barack Obama?
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a "tea party" favorite, may be new to elected office, but that might not stop him from running for president before his first term in the Senate is over. And the only people who could legitimately question whether he's...
Tags: Politics, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Elections, Ted Cruz
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Sarah Palin's vulgar tweets: Not funny or effective
Sarah Palin reared her head in American airspace this weekend. As the country’s media, entertainment and political elite gathered in Washington, D.C., for the annual roast that is the White House Correspondents Dinner, Palin could not resist...
Tags: Politics, Fox News Channel (tv network), Starbucks Corp., Republican Party, Elections
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Sarah Palin for Senate? Some tea party activists want her to run
SEATTLE — Sarah Palin’s last elective position in Alaska ended early when in 2009 she abandoned the governorship midway through her first term. But tea party activists appear eager for a comeback, urging supporters to contribute money toward...
Tags: Politics, Ted Stevens, Sean Parnell, Lisa Murkowski, Republican Party
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Republican effort to rebrand the party takes a hit
WASHINGTON — As the new Congress began this year, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia sought to redefine the Republican Party as focused on "making life work" for ordinary Americans. Surveys showed that the public had tired of the...
Tags: Politics, Republican Party, Human Interest, George W. Bush, Sociology
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Conservatives mourn, praise 'hero' Margaret Thatcher
WASHINGTON -- As news of the death of Margaret Thatcher came in Monday, tributes flowed from conservative leaders across the Capitol, showing the lasting influence the "Iron Lady" on the personal careers of many American lawmakers. “Lady...
Tags: Politics, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Nancy Pelosi
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Immigration reform -- a conservative approach
A consensus has been building about the need to reform and modernize our immigration system. While I am optimistic that Republicans, including "tea party" members, will support reform, it must be done right. We must create a system for the 21st century...
Tags: Politics, Republican Party, Illegal Immigrants, Laws, Personal Data Collection
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Mitch McConnell may miss sharing the spotlight with Ashley Judd
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will not be facing a challenge from actress Ashley Judd when he runs for reelection next year. Though he may be happy to have avoided the physical comparison -- she, after all, played Marilyn Monroe in a movie, while...
Tags: Politics, Bill Clinton, Marilyn Monroe, Republican Party, Alec Baldwin
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'Stupid': Alan Simpson gores GOP on immigration, Obama on budget
CODY, Wyo.--Alan Simpson has spent the better part of two years flying around the country ticking people off, though that's putting it more politely than the former Wyoming senator does. Simpson is the Republican half of the Simpson-Bowles duo...Tags: Politics, Civil Rights, Republican Party, Gays and Lesbians, Illegal Immigrants
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Letters: Math catching up to Republicans
Re "The GOP's 'autopsy,'" Opinion, March 20 Doyle McManus examines the GOP's problems as it relates to winning the 2016 presidential election. The real problem is not the message but simply the math. The GOP is hanging on to its old ways thanks to its...Tags: Politics, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Republican Party, Elections, Parties and Movements
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