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Tax Revelations Mar, But May Not Derail Daschle Confirmation
02/02/2009 11:31
FoxNews - Former South Dakota Sen. Tom Daschle doesn't appear to be losing too much support for his nomination to be health and human services secretary despite continually unfolding details about his failure to pay $140,000 in back taxes and interest.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch...
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Obama demands 10% defense cuts
02/02/2009 11:18
WorldNetDaily - The Obama administration asked the military's Joint Chiefs of Staff to cut the Pentagon budget for fiscal year 2010 by $55 billion, more than 10 percent of last year's $512 billion defense budget.
The announcement came late Friday, following a meeting at the White House between...
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Obama's secret nuke talks with Iran exposed
02/02/2009 11:14
WorldNetDaily - The Obama administration has quietly initiated previously undisclosed back-channel negotiations with both Iran and Syria, according to an Agence France-Presse report.
Even before winning the November 4 election, Obama initiated "two track" discussions with Iran and Syria, using...
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Bill creates detention camps in U.S. for 'emergencies'
02/02/2009 11:07
Rep. Alcee L. Hastings, D-Fla., has introduced to the House of Representatives a new bill, H.R. 645, calling for the secretary of homeland security to establish no fewer than six national emergency centers for corralling civilians on military installations.
The proposed bill, which has received...
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Rush Limbaugh challenging notion of new politics
01/31/2009 07:28
Sun Times - NEW YORK -- For all the talk of new politics and a new start with a new administration, the media person who has emerged as the chief voice of opposition during the first week of Barack Obama's presidency -- Rush Limbaugh -- has been doing this for 20 years.
The talk-radio titan said,...
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Obama, Dems continue Rush Limbaugh attacks
01/31/2009 07:15
In what many see as a foreboding sign about what Congress and President Barack Obama will try to do with the so-called "Fairness Doctrine," Democrats are continuing their attacks on talk radio icon Rush Limbaugh over his opposition to what he has described as "Obama's Porkulus Bill."
Radio and...
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Congress sued to remove prez from White House
01/31/2009 07:03
WorldNetDaily - A new lawsuit is challenging Barack Obama's eligibility to be president, and this one targets Congress as a defendant for its "failure" to uphold the constitutional demand to make sure Obama qualified before approving the Electoral College vote that actually designated him as the...
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House Judiciary chairman subpoenas Karl Rove
01/30/2009 14:06
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Judiciary Committee chairman subpoenaed former White House adviser Karl Rove on Monday to testify about the Bush administration's firing of U.S. attorneys and prosecution of a former Democratic governor.
The subpoena by Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., continues a...
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EXCLUSIVE: Stimulus has plum for lawmaker's son
01/30/2009 14:00
Washington Times - A top House Republican is demanding an investigation into whether the more than $2 billion for national parks in the House stimulus package is proper in light of the fact that the chief lobbyist for the National Parks Conservation Association is the son of House Appropriations...
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House approves stimulus without Republican support
01/30/2009 13:56
Journal Sentinel - Washington - The House approved an $819 billion stimulus package Wednesday night despite unanimous opposition among Republicans who had been heavily courted by President Barack Obama to support the plan.
Wisconsin's five House Democrats voted for the legislation, which passed...
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