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113th Congress: This time, it's out with the new

Source: Star Advertiser, Dec 10 2012, 6:33am CST

WASHINGTON » As a fundraiser for a local college scholarship program, Rick Nolan understands how much it costs to send children in northern Minnesota to technical school. Having run a sawmill, he can speak lik ...

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House members unite on new, bipartisan term limits proposal

Source: Washington Examiner   |   May 22 2013, 6:30am CDT

Limiting how many terms members of Congress can serve has long been among the most popular proposals with American voters, but opposition from entrenched incumbents in both political parties has prevented adoption of the idea in law. That may ...

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3 hours ago

Republican divisions may hinder party's momentum

Source: WTHR  |   May 22 2013, 4:44am CDT

An Arizona restaurateur's online rants against unhappy customers has become an Internet sensation - and taught small businesses an important lesson about keeping customers happy.More >> It was the customer service disaster heard around the ...

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23 weeks ago


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"Wouldn't you want somebody in Congress who actually knows how to do that stuff?"


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4 hours ago

Republican Bucshon seeks southern Ill. House seat

Source: Belleville News-Democrat  |   May 22 2013, 3:29am CDT

O'FALLON, Ill. — An Illinois Army National Guard veteran and former sports journalist says he's running for a southern Illinois congressional seat. The Belleville News-Democrat reports (http://bit.ly/10jru5a) Republican Doug Bucshon is seeking the 1 ...

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5 hours ago

Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?

Source: Newsday  |   May 22 2013, 2:16am CDT

(AP) -- Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress -- a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies.The question now is whether the chair ...

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5 hours ago

Congress cashing in

Source: Salt Lake Tribune  |   May 22 2013, 2:01am CDT

Letter: Congress cashing in First Published 11 minutes ago • Updated 11 minutes ago Government’s latest side effect — depression, personal depression. Those we elected have caused slow employment growth and airport delays . Because of the sequester, Medi ...

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8 hours ago

Wasko defeats Firestone in West York mayoral race

Source: In-york  |   May 21 2013, 11:16pm CDT

of the area earlier this year. Voters in West York ousted two-term mayor Sam Firestone in the primary election Tuesday, choosing instead a former councilman. Fellow Republican Charles "Chuck" Wasko won by just 10 votes, gai ...

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12 hours ago

Civic Essay

Source: EssayClub.com  |   May 21 2013, 7:15pm CDT

CIVICS BENCHMARK ESSSAY The United states have 3 branches. The federal government is composed of three distinct branches: Legislative, executive and judicial. The United States government is based on the principle of federalism, in w ...

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13 hours ago

Jeff Baker: an entertaining, balanced book about the Tea Party in Congress

Source: Oregon Live  |   May 21 2013, 6:10pm CDT

Robert Draper wrote a really good book with a really bad title last year, and his publisher was smart enough to change it for the paperback. "Do Not Ask What Good We do' is out; "When the Tea Party Came to Town" is in. The new title bett ...

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13 hours ago

Republicans push for changes to election observer, local recall laws

Source: Madison.com  |   May 21 2013, 5:53pm CDT

Election observers could get far closer to the tables where poll workers gather information from voters on Election Day under a bill introduced by a group of Assembly Republicans late last week, which already had a public hearing on Tue ...

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