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Conservatives, evangelical Christians rebuff Romney in South Carolina
Sat Jan 21, 2012 8:20 PM EST
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who just a few days ago seemed poised to capitalize on his New Hampshire primary victory to win South Carolina, failed to appeal to conservative, lower-income, and evangelical Christian voters in the state, which led to Saturday&rsq …
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Key provision of voting rights law under court scrutiny
Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:56 PM EST
A central part of election law dating back to the historic civil rights struggles of the 1960s could be scrapped or curtailed in the coming months as a critical case makes its way through the courts. The fate of a key part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act is now being decided by th …
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Gingrich tax returns show he's among the highest-earning Americans
Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:00 PM EST
The 1040 tax return for 2010 that Newt and Callista Gingrich released Thursday night shows that they are paid very well – in the top three-tenths of one percent of all tax filers. Their total income in 2010 was more than $3.1 million.
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Romney takes fire on Bain, tax returns in latest GOP debate
Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:50 PM EST
Updated at 11:03 p.m.
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Obama seeking to shrink government after presiding over increase in headcount
Fri Jan 13, 2012 12:12 PM EST
President Barack Obama said Friday that he will ask Congress for authority to consolidate agencies that deal with international trade, business and patents. Those agencies are now within the Commerce Department, the Office of U.S.
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Romney emerges mostly unruffled by rivals' charges in New Hampshire debate
Sat Jan 7, 2012 6:30 PM EST
Updated at 10:55 pm ET With the New Hampshire primary two days away, six Republican contenders for the presidency met for the first of two back-to-back debates Saturday night, with front-runner Mitt Romney taking a little bit of the rhetorical heat late in the nearly two-ho …
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What the entrance poll told us about Iowa's outcome
Wed Jan 4, 2012 1:16 AM EST
In an election that produced a nail-biter finish between former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, here’s what we can say about Tuesday night’s Iowa caucus participants, based on interviews conducted with a sample of the …
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Progressives urge Obama to wield recess clout
Mon Dec 26, 2011 9:28 AM EST
Will President Barack Obama give his allies a special reason to pop open a magnum of champagne on New Year’s Eve? He could -- if he uses the recess appointment power to overcome Senate Republicans who have blocked confirmation votes on financial industry overseer Richard C …
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Gingrich, Romney, Paul run through debate gauntlet in Iowa
Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:40 PM EST
Updated: 11:24 p.m. ET
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Iowa Republicans confident of 2012 victory, but still in search of a victor
Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:00 PM EST
Talking with Republican activists and voters over the past few days in western Iowa, you hear a mixture of confidence and uncertainty: confidence that the Republican nominee will defeat President Barack Obama in November of 2012, but doubts about each of the contenders for the h …
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Iowa Republicans seek candidate to recapture rural voters from Obama
Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:39 PM EST
Audubon County, Iowa - Barack Obama won Iowa in 2008 partly because he did well in rural areas, carrying districts like western Audubon County, a good bellwether that George W.
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Iowa Republicans look at the virtues and flaws of Gingrich
Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:57 AM EST
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- Newt Gingrich is ahead in opinion polls with just three weeks before the primary process kicks off but listening to Republican voters in this first-in-the-nation state, there's little sense of inevitability surrounding Gingrich, or even a high level …
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After Saturday's debate, some Republican activists still shopping in Iowa
Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:47 AM EST
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA -- With the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses just three weeks away, Republican activists in the state were viewing Saturday night's debate with renewed interest. And at least some of them remain undecided after watching the candidates spar in their …
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Subpoena for ex-senator: first in 103 years
Tue Dec 6, 2011 4:09 PM EST
The Senate Agriculture Committee unanimously voted Tuesday to issue a subpoena to former New Jersey Democratic senator and governor Jon Corzine about the events leading to the bankruptcy of his brokerage firm, MF Global.
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In GOP debate over national security, Gingrich defends long-term illegal residents
Tue Nov 22, 2011 2:48 PM EST
Updated at 10:40pm ET American policy toward Iran and the difficulty of America maintaining a robust foreign policy as its national debt is growing were issues that dominated the Republican presidential debate Tuesday night in Washington. But in the debate’s final h …
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Impending defense cuts: states like Texas stand to be big losers
Wed Nov 9, 2011 3:51 PM EST
In an era of more austere defense spending, all states are not equal. With the specter of automatic defense cuts hanging over the supercommittee's deliberations, states that have benefited from the burst of post-Sept.
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Big win for Democrats in Ohio and an abortion surprise in Mississippi
Tue Nov 8, 2011 11:01 PM EST
The outcomes Tuesday in balloting from Maine to Mississippi included enough wins for Democrats, abortion rights advocates, and labor unions to give a bit of a lift to President Obama and his allies as they look toward the 2012 elections, 12 months from tonight. In Ohio, voters o …
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Ohio voters reject curb on labor unions
Tue Nov 8, 2011 9:38 PM EST
In a rebuff to Republican Gov. John Kasich, Ohio voters have decided to reject curbs on public employees. The Associated Press projected that voters would reject S.B.
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Democrat Beshear elected to second term as Kentucky governor
Tue Nov 8, 2011 7:58 PM EST
In Kentucky, Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear, as expected, has won a second term, defeating Republican state Senate President David Williams. The Associated Press projected Beshear as the winner.
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Does House repeal vote leave benefits intact?
Thu Jan 6, 2011 6:06 PM EST
Next week, the House, with a Republican majority of 242, will vote to repeal the health care law signed by President Obama last year. This will fulfill a promise that GOP candidates made to voters in last fall's campaign. Republicans argue the law is driving up costs.
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States can opt out of certain parts of the health care law by using the waiver provision in it.
Thu Nov 11, 2010 3:06 PM EST
In last Tuesday’s elections, Republicans scored massive gains in state legislative races from New Hampshire to Colorado. Next year they will control both houses of the legislature in 26 states. In addition, 29 states will have GOP governors.
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As of Thursday, health plans must offer free preventive services, such as colonoscopies.
Tue Sep 21, 2010 5:14 PM EDT
The health care law signed by President Obama on March 23 requires that, as of Sept. 23, new health plans must offer more than 50 specific preventive services without requiring those who are covered by the plan to pay a copayment or coinsurance.
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Taxing health benefits is already common practice.
Thu Aug 26, 2010 1:17 PM EDT
Taxing workers’ health insurance benefits seemed to be a politically radioactive idea when Congress debated its overhaul of health care last year.
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Missouri voters' rejection of a crucial part of the new health care law will undermine the law's effectiveness.
Wed Aug 4, 2010 2:32 PM EDT
On Tuesday, Missouri voters approved by 71% Proposition C which said, "No law or rule shall compel, directly or indirectly, any person, employer, or health care provider to participate in any health care system." This conflicts with the federal law which requires most individual …
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A health insurance subsidy for jobless people has ended and may not be revived.
Thu Jul 29, 2010 5:19 PM EDT
A provision in federal law called COBRA allows certain people who lose their jobs to keep their employer-provided health insurance coverage, if they pay for it. Last year’s Recovery Act, or stimulus, reduced the premium for COBRA coverage for people who were laid off.
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