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Rep. Issa Bars Minority Witness, a Woman, on Contraception Hearing

February 16, 2012 9:25 pm
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Rep. Issa Bars Minority Witness, a Woman, on Contraception Hearing

Republican Rep. Darrell Issa chaired a hearing on Capitol Hill today on religious freedom and the new mandate that health insurers cover contraception.  As the hearing got under way,  an argument broke out over Democrats could add a female witness to the all-male panel. “Where are the women?” the minority Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., asked early in the hearing. She criticized the Republican committee chairman, Rep. Darrel Issa, for wanting to “roll back the fundamental rights of women to a time when the government thought...

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Senator Kerry’s Statement on President Obama’s Budget Proposal

February 13, 2012 9:29 pm
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President Obama unveiled his federal budget proposal today. The reactions have varied across partisan lines. Massachusetts Senator John Kerry issued the following statement on President Barack Obama’s federal budget proposal today: “This is a balanced blue print to grow our economy, make some tough deficit reduction choices, and end the tax breaks for the wealthiest that never created jobs and gave us deficits in the first place. This plan maintains critical investments in research and development, education, and clean...

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The Phony Horse Race Handicappers and Your Right To Know

February 9, 2012 3:58 am
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The Phony Horse Race Handicappers and Your Right To Know

Yesterday's primary "results" have resulted in endless blather about a GOP race that has been, in the end, entirely predictable. Romney rolls on, with little "surprises" here and there, and ZERO discussion of the issues that the USA actually faces. The Republican field has been singularly debating a rhetorical world of their own devising, without bothering to actually offer solutions or a vision for the problem that We the People actually face.

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Donald Trump Groundhog Mystery SOLVED!

February 3, 2012 7:48 am
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Donald Trump Groundhog Mystery SOLVED!

Punxatawney Phil saw his shadow in the eponymous Pennsylvania town that feeds the rodent. And Donald Trump has endorsed (wait for it …) NEWT GINGRICH! Uh, whoops. They reported FUTURE news, and The Donald, being such a model of consistency, changed his notion at the last minute and ...

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Trump… Keeps Media Spinning

February 2, 2012 12:12 pm
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Donald Trump certainly enjoys keeping the media spinning. If he’s considering running for president on the independent ticket, as he has hinted at frequently of late, he’s hedging bets on whether to endorse Newt Gingrich or Mitt Romney. It’s a freakin’ endorsement circus… Newt Gingrich’s campaign is reported to be in “serious disarray,” while the Las Vegas Review Journal reports today that a “new poll shows Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney headed for a blowout victory Saturday in Nevada’s...

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Susan G Komen Defunds Planned Parenthood

January 31, 2012 6:51 pm
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Susan G Komen Defunds Planned Parenthood

In a move that has instantly infuriated feminists, it was announced today that “Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the nation’s leading breast-cancer charity, will cut off its funding to Planned Parenthood affiliates, where the foundation has traditionally paid for preventive screening services.” Planned Parenthood has been at the center of a lot of heated political battles lately. Most center on whether the group, as an abortion provider, should receive government funds for other services it provides, such as...

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Senator John Kerry on President Obama’s State of the Union Address

January 24, 2012 11:05 pm
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Senator John Kerry tonight released a statement following President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address: “If Members of Congress are going to be honest about it, there was a lot of common sense and even more common ground in tonight’s address. We shouldn’t have to wait for another year or another election to act like it. Tax reform, energy security, infrastructure, and jobs matter to all of us and we’re so much closer on these issues than the...

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Game Changer in South Carolina: Newt Gingrich Wins

January 21, 2012 8:24 pm
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Via MSNBC: Newt Gingrich has won the South Carolina Republican primary, capping off a remarkable comeback for his presidential bid that reshapes the trajectory of the battle for the GOP nomination… The results mark the end of a tumultuous week in politics that saw Gingrich erase and then overcome the lead Romney had in the Palmetto State following his victory in the Jan. 10 New Hampshire primary. Gingrich came on strong in the closing days of the campaign,...

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