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First cracks in GOP stance on higher tax rates

Source: Boston.com, Nov 28 2012, 2:59pm CST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first cracks are developing among Republicans over whether to accept a quick deal with President Barack Obama on allowing the top two income tax rates to expire, even as an administration official said the White House was stepping u ...

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Obama against prosecuting reporters for doing their jobs: White House

Source: Straits Times  |   May 21 2013, 6:57pm CDT

White House press secretary Jay Carney answers questions in the White House press briefing room inside the White House in Washington on May 21, 2013. President Barack Obama believes firmly in freedom of the press and does not want ...

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Church, political leaders extend prayers to Oklahoma victims

Source: Catholic News Agency  |   May 21 2013, 6:33pm CDT

Archbishop Timothy Dolan, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks at the fall General Assembly on Nov. 14, 2013. Washington D.C., May 21, 2013 / 05:05 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Following a devastating tornado in Oklah ...

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Danger Lurks for GOP in Overdoing 'Message' Votes

Source: Roll Call  |   May 21 2013, 6:21pm CDT

Last week’s party-line House vote to repeal the 201o health care law was arranged so the 70 freshman Republicans could go on record in support of a campaign promise. Such messaging votes have their place, argues Don Wolfensberger of the Wilson ...

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Report Says GOP Aides Are Beginning to Mock House Republicans Benghazi Accusations as Crazy

Source: Democratic Underground  |   May 21 2013, 6:16pm CDT

Source: DeadState In an interesting report from Roll Call, GOP aides are apparently criticizing House Republicans, slamming their rhetoric in regards to the Obama administrationÂs handling of the attacks in Benghazi last year. The aides are argu ...

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First Divide, Then Conquer

Source: Talking Points Memo  |   May 21 2013, 6:04pm CDT

At the end of the day, a big budget agreement that passes both the House and Senate is pretty unlikely. But before it can happen, there have to be negotiations, and before there are negotiations, Republicans have to allow themselves to negot ...

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Pritzker Gets Encouragement From 2 GOP Senators

Source: Wall Street Journal Blogs  |   May 21 2013, 6:02pm CDT

By Josh Mitchell Associated Press President Barack Obama looks to longtime fundraiser and philanthropist Penny Pritzker, right, as she laughs in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, May 2, 2013, where he announced he would n ...

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‘Scandals’ could actually hurt Republicans

Source: HeraldOnline.com  |   May 21 2013, 5:48pm CDT

Republican politicians and activists can barely contain their glee at the simultaneous eruption of three major controversies about the Obama administration. Conservatives are at a low boil over the administration's dissem ...

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Democrats push back on House student loan bill

Source: Southern California Public Radio  |   May 21 2013, 5:44pm CDT

Find the races in Southern California that matter to you! Get started by entering your address* and clicking "Go". *None of the data you submit is collected by KPCC. Politics, government and public life for Southern Cal ...

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Pew: Plurality of Democrats support DOJ’s phone-records dragnet against the Associated Press while GOP, indies oppose

Source: Hot Air  |   May 21 2013, 5:41pm CDT

Nothing surprising here, but after Democrats spent the entirety of Bush’s second term loudly despairing over civil liberties and freedom of the press being trod upon in the name of counterterrorism, polls like this w ...

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House GOP panel moves on deep budget cuts

Source: Buffalo News  |   May 21 2013, 5:40pm CDT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans controlling the House are pressing ahead with slashing cuts to domestic programs far deeper than the cuts departments like Education, Interior and State are facing under an already painful round of a ...

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