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Fix fiscal cliff by repairing GOP
Your recent editorial ("Obama's mandate," Nov. 7) where you recommend that President Barack Obama "needs to act immediately to persuade Congress to extend the deadline for sequestration another six months" is almost laughable if it wasn't so sad. Lest...Tags: Democratic Party, Republican Party, Politics, Brookings Institution, Parties and Movements
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GOP Retains Grip on U.S. House of Representatives
Los Angeles TimesWASHINGTON -- Republicans held on to their House majority in Tuesday's election, leaving Democrats well short of the net gain of 25 seats they needed to take control. "The American people have once again given the House of Representatives to Republicans,...Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), John Barrow, General Practitioners, CNN (tv network), Debbie Wasserman Schultz
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FACT CHECK: Stumbles in latest presidential debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the rough-and-tumble of a town hall-style presidential debate, the facts took something of a beating Tuesday night. Mitt Romney wrongly claimed that it took 14 days for President Barack Obama to brand the assault on the U.S....
Tags: Government Health Care, Tax Credits, Energy, Market and Exchange, Energy Saving
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Mugging our descendants
WASHINGTON - The election eve mood is tinged with sadness stemming from well-founded fear that America's new government is subverting America's old character. Barack Obama's agenda is a menu of temptations intended to change the nation's social norms by...
Tags: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Republican Party, Politics, Back Pain
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Election Last Chance To Stem Entitlements
The Hartford CourantThe election eve mood is tinged with sadness stemming from well-founded fear that America's new government is subverting America's old character. Barack Obama's agenda is a menu of temptations intended to change the nation's social norms by making...Tags: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Health and Safety at Work, Republican Party, Politics
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Human Nature Seeds Government Dysfunction
The Hartford CourantElections supposedly prevent convulsions, serving as safety valves that vent social pressures and enable course corrections. November's election will either be a prelude to a convulsion or the beginning of a turn away from one. America's public-policy...Tags: Politics, Finance, Mitt Romney, Government, Convulsions
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London goes for the gold in luring more business
— As long as I was going to be here for a few days, I thought I would call ahead to see if I could visit Gregory Case, president and chief executive officer of Aon PLC, the insurance giant born and based in Chicago until Case moved its global...Tags: Credit and Debt, Chicago Transit Authority, Travel, Companies and Corporations, Business
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Seeds of our dysfunction
Elections supposedly prevent convulsions, serving as safety valves that vent social pressures and enable course corrections. November’s election will either be a prelude to a convulsion or the beginning of a turn away from one. America’s...Tags: Medicaid, Government Health Care, Health Insurance, Politics, Retirement
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GUEST COLUMN: ALEC and corporate corruption of Kentucky legislators
Contributing WriterState Rep. Mike Harmon and Sen. Tom Buford are the Kentucky legislative co-chairs for a secretive national organization called the American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC is dedicated to wining, dining and “educating” state legislators, to...Tags: Democratic Party, Republican Party, Politics, Finance, Merck & Company Incorporated
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Unmasking the most influential billionaire in U.S. politics
Who's the most influential billionaire business figure in national politics? If you answered one of the Koch brothers (Charles or David) or George Soros, you're wearing your partisan blinders. The former are known for their devotion to conservative...Tags: Medicaid, Richard Nixon, Health Insurance, Government Health Care, Democratic Party
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Romney's biggest problem is his own party
There are two major theories about why Mitt Romney is dropping in the polls. One is that Romney is a lousy candidate, unable to connect with people or make his case. The other is that Americans are finally beginning to see how radical the GOPhas become...
Tags: Republican Party, Democratic Party, Politics, Brookings Institution, Ronald Reagan
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Decades of federal dollars helped fuel fracking gas boom
PITTSBURGH (AP) — It sounds like a free-market success story: a natural gas boom created by drilling company innovation, delivering a vast new source of cheap energy without the government subsidies that solar and wind power demand. "The free...
Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Companies and Corporations, Energy Saving, Wind Power
Nov 9, 2012
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Oct 29, 2012
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Oct 26, 2012
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Oct 20, 2012
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Oct 21, 2012
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Oct 21, 2012
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Oct 16, 2012
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Oct 2, 2012
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Oct 3, 2012
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Sep 24, 2012
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