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Classes resume in Newtown, minus Sandy Hook
Newtown returned its students to their classrooms Tuesday for the first time since last week’s massacre and faced the agonizing task of laying others to rest, as the grieving town wrestled with the same issues gripping the country: violence, gun...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Religion and Belief, Gun Control, Adam Lanza, Personal Service
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As GOP weighs how best to profit from Obama's problems, Democrats hope it overplays its hand
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The scandals dogging President Barack Obama are a political gift to Republicans, who could use some good luck after recent election losses. It's not clear, however, how Republicans can best capitalize on Democrats' woes,...Tags: Parties and Movements, Crime, Law and Justice, Washington, DC, Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Congress
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Dems' Senate campaigns marked by internal battles
ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections. Two top-tier Democratic prospects recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota,...
Tags: Symptoms, Parties and Movements, Crime, Law and Justice, Phil Gingrey, U.S. Congress
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GOP ponders how to capitalize on Obama's woes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The scandals dogging President Barack Obama are a political gift to Republicans, who could use some good luck after recent election losses. It's not clear, however, how Republicans can best capitalize on Democrats' woes,...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Crime, Law and Justice, Nancy Pelosi, Washington, DC, U.S. Congress
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Grief mixes with impatience in shattered Newtown
Associated PressNEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Mourners overlapped at back-to-back services as funerals began in earnest in a Connecticut town that lost 20 of its children and seven adults to a gunman, with emotions and tempers in tatters amid a global crush of media attention to...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Gun Control, Adam Lanza, Personal Service, Barack Obama
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House approves 'fiscal cliff' deal, rescinding broad tax hike
This post has been updated. See below for details.WASHINGTON — The House gave final approval Tuesday night to a bill to rescind tax increases for the vast majority of Americans, but only after a day of closed-door debate among Republicans, who were forced to allow a vote on a compromise many in...Tags: Parties and Movements, Nancy Pelosi, Unemployment Benefits, U.S. Congress, Politics
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AUTO RACING: Earnhardt Jr. hoping to stay on with National Guard
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is optimistic about his sponsorship relationship with the National Guard despite the U.S. Army's decision to end its association with another team, Stewart-Haas Racing, next season. Earnhardt, in second place in NASCAR's Sprint Cup...Tags: Stock Car Racing, Ryan Newman, Betty McCollum, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., NASCAR
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House Republican leaders agree to 2-month payroll tax cut extension
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Capping a full retreat by House GOP leaders, Congress will convene Friday in hopes of approving a stopgap measure renewing payroll tax cuts for every worker and unemployment benefits for millions -- despite serious opposition among some...Tags: Career and Workplace, Health, Parties and Movements, Government Health Care, Washington, DC
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Impasse boosts chances of tax hike, end of some jobless benefits Jan. 1
LOS ANGELES TIMESThe Senate is gone, the House is packing up, and for now that means working Americans will see their taxes rise in January. The Capitol emptied to an eerie quiet on Tuesday, with no signs of negotiations toward a compromise that would save an expiring...Tags: Parties and Movements, Democratic Party, Unemployment Benefits, Barack Obama, John Boehner
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Bill seeks to require drug screening for jobless benefits
Nation NowLegislation introduced by Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) would require applicants for federally subsidized jobless benefits to fill out a questionnaire used for drug screening to determine whether they should then have to take a drug test. Those identified as... -
White House cool to contract plan Obama backed as senator
A senator can take stands for sheer political purposes. A president doesn't always believe he has that luxury.
Case in point: Barack Obama.
When he was a junior senator from Illinois, Obama once voted against lifting the debt ceiling, a shot at...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Elections, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, White House
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Oct 26, 2011
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