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Jimmy Carter Says US More Polarized Than During Civil War

T. Christopher Republican Redefined Tuesday, September 21, 2010 In a day where Jimmy Carter stole headlines for referring to his own tenure post-presidency as “superior”...

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Boehner Agrees to Tax “Rich” Making $250,000

Financial Times | Republican leader in the House of Representatives agrees to work with Democrats to tax the “rich.” Read the rest here: Boehner Agrees...

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Lawmakers Set to Let Jobless Benefits Expire

Lawmakers Set to Let Jobless Benefits Expire

Filed under: Politics , Recession Some 1.2 million people will run out of jobless benefits in June. Congress has gone on vacation without dealing with an extension...

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IMF EU ‘not our superiors’ Hungary’s PM designate

Hungary’s new government will continue to work with the IMF and the EU, Prime Minister designate Viktor Orban said Monday, but he insisted it will not submit...

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Climate-Change Bill Avoids ‘Cap-and-Trade’ Tag in U.S. Senate

Kim Chipman and Simon Lomax Bloomberg April 22, 2010 When Tea Party activists began protesting last July, it wasn’t the health-care overhaul that set them off....

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Iran Kicks Off Nuclear Disarmament Summit

Starting off with a speech from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian nuclear disarmament summit kicked off today with 14 foreign ministers, 10 other...

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House Passes Bill to Grant Native Hawaiians Special Rights aseparations for 1893 Coup

The House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that would grant Native Hawaiians special rights as reparations for the 1893 peaceful overthrow of their Queen...

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The Ascent of Boehner

When he finally voted for President Obama's health-care bill, “pro-life” Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., disappointed a lot of people, folks who believed...

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How to remove a US president?

I've searched FR, googled, and wicki-ed, the only thing I can find about removing a president is : The House of Representatives has the power to bring articles...

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Obamacare To Cost American Families $15,200 A Year

Terence P. Jeffrey CNSNews.com March 22, 2010 The U.S. House of Representatives voted 219-212 on Sunday night to socialize health care in the United States, making...

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House Passes Health Care Bill by 219-212 Vote

House Passes Health Care Bill by 219-212 Vote

Filed under: Politics , Headline News After a year of debate, the health care bill finally was passed in the House of Representatives by a vote of 219 to 212. Nancy...

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Obama makes health reform ‘history’

BARACK Obama revelled in his health reform victory today, placing the vote alongside moments where American had “answered the call of history”. “This...

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