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Obama Veep Watch
The Swampby The Swamp team With so much attention on whom Sen. Barack Obama is going to choose as his vice presidential running mate, we thought we'd try to monitor the rumors and speculation and try to separate the wheat......Tags: Elections, Government, Politics, Virginia, David Brooks
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Lieberman regrets some Obama remarks
The Swampby James Oliphant Move over James Bond. There's a new indestructible action hero: Joe Lieberman. The senator from Connecticut, who was vilified by Democratic activists for his support of Republican presidential nominee John McCain, escaped serious...Tags: Christopher Dodd, Barack Obama, Government, National Government, Harry Reid
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Rahm Emanuel: Health-care 'milestone'
The Swampby Mark Silva This, the White House makes clear, is not the goal line. With the Senate Finance Committee's passage of health-care legislation today, the fifth of five House and Senate committees with jurisdiction to adopt reforms having acted, the......Tags: Max Baucus, Health, Government, Politics, Democratic Party
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A filibuster fit for Joe McCarthy
WASHINGTON -- Chuck Hagel's confirmation as secretary of defense ended as it began -- with a smear. "Senator Hagel has accused Israel of quote 'playing games' and committing, quote, 'sickening slaughter,'" Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said before...
Tags: Carl Levin, James Inhofe, Elections, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics
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What we think: Blame Congress for Postal Service decline
Stephen King would have a hard time coming up with a more horrifying plot for the U.S. Postal Service. Established in the Constitution, the U.S. system of post offices was converted in 1971 into an independent, self-supporting agency that's supposed...Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, Mail Order Industry
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U.S. Postal Service Loses $1.9 Billion In Second Quarter
The U.S. Postal Service lost $1.9 billion in its second quarter, as the agency cut employees' work hours but struggled with an ongoing drop in mail volumes, the cash-strapped agency announced on Friday. The loss for the quarter ended March 31 was an...Tags: U.S. Postal Service, Marketing, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, U.S. Congress, Government
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Senate approves Obama's budget chief
WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to approve President Obama’s nominee for top White House budget expert, bringing a woman into a top post in an administration that critics say has been dominated by men. Sylvia Mathews...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Barack Obama, Walmart, Politics, Jeffrey Zients
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Sen. Mark Kirk announces support for same-sex marriage
WASHINGTON — Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) on Tuesday announced that he supports gay marriage, joining a growing list of U.S. senators who offer such support. "When I climbed the Capitol steps in January, I promised myself that I would return to the...
Tags: Human Rights Campaign, Elections, Politics, Minority Groups, Marriage
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Post office retreats on eliminating Saturday mail
WASHINGTON (AP) — The beleaguered U.S. Postal Service backed down from its cost-saving plan to eliminate Saturday mail delivery, acknowledging that Congress barred a move that supporters said was essential to addressing the agency's dire financial...
Tags: U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Congress, Government, Washington, DC, Politics
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Kirk announces support for same-sex marriage
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON — Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk reversed course Tuesday and announced his support for gay marriage, entering a contentious national debate and providing potential political cover for Illinois House GOP members who may soon vote on the...Tags: Steven Spielberg, Christine Radogno, Politics, Minority Groups, Democratic Party
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Lawmakers strike deal to save Eastern Shore mail center, but area post offices still vulnerable
Key senators reached a tentative agreement Tuesday to save a mail processing center considered significant to the Eastern Shore economy but left the fate of more than a dozen post offices in the Baltimore region uncertain as they considered a sweeping...
Tags: Easton (Northampton, Pennsylvania), U.S. Postal Service, Kent County, Ocean City, Elections
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