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Editorial: Leaders must work together

Source: Salem Statesman-Journal, Nov 10 2012, 5:56am CST

In 2010, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., famously told the National Journal that The single most important thing (Republicans) want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president. It didnt work. On Tuesday, the American v ...

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IRS Scandal, HHS Fundraising Stir The Health Law Political Pot

Source: Kaiser Health News  |   May 20 2013, 9:48am CDT

The Obama administration's efforts to raise money from private sources for the health law have led some likely donors to become "skittish." Meanwhile, as GOP lawmakers seek to link the Internal Revenue Service issu ...

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33 minutes ago

Move on to What?

Source: FOX News  |   May 20 2013, 9:44am CDT

“Already, officials that would normally talk to us, and people we talk to in the normal course of newsgathering are already saying to us that they’re a little reluctant to talk to us. They fear that they will be mo ...

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Hunt: How Barack Obama can rescue his presidency from scandal

Source: Newsday  |   May 20 2013, 9:42am CDT

Here's the White House view of the current trilogy of so-called scandals: Republicans are trying to destroy President Barack Obama 's second term by magnifying bureaucratic miscues and distorting policy realities. This isn't without some ...

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36 minutes ago

Myanmar leader making landmark White House visit

Source: New York Daily News  |   May 20 2013, 9:41am CDT

Former general Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first Myanmar president to be welcomed to the White House in almost 47 years, crowning a dramatic diplomatic rehabilitation for his nation after years of international isolation. But activists are angr ...

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39 minutes ago

D.C. is obsessed with scandal. America isn't.

Source: The Week  |   May 20 2013, 9:38am CDT

e just had a week that showed, once again, why the American people are right to hold their elected leaders in contempt, and why trust in government is so low. It really does seem like our lawmakers spend all their time trying to put the pol ...

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Tea party looks to take advantage of moment

Source: KHOU.com  |   May 20 2013, 9:37am CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa—Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement’s leaders certainly think so. They say the IRS acknowledgement that it had targeted their groups for ext ...

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Obama advisor always looking for someone else to blame

Source: GayPatriot  |   May 20 2013, 9:36am CDT

White House officials on Sunday dismissed Republican attacks over three simmering scandals as a partisan witch hunt, hoping to put behind them President Obama’s single worst week in office and to move Washington’ ...

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McConnell Calls Obamacare the Biggest Issue for 2014

Source: Firedoglake  |   May 20 2013, 9:35am CDT

The GOP is convinced that the Affordable Care Act will remain a winning political issue for them. On Meet the Press Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said be the “biggest issue” in the next congressional elect ...

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David Kolb: Be sure to read past the headlines of the IRS controversy

Source: MLive.com  |   May 20 2013, 9:16am CDT

If you’re only half-paying attention to the Internal Revenue Service stink that Republicans are trying to gin up into a full-fledged presidential scandal, you need to tune in. First, I’ll let you in on a sec ...

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House GOP Says It Can Legislate and Investigate at the Same Time

Source: GovExec.com  |   May 20 2013, 9:13am CDT

House Republicans are pushing back against a prominent conservative group’s suggestion that congressional leaders should avoid scheduling potentially divisive votes which could shift the media spotlight away fro ...

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