AP - President Barack Obama fired a warning at the nation's colleges and universities on Friday, threatening to strip their federal aid if they "jack up tuition" every year and to give the money instead to schools showing restraint and value.
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Obama 'putting colleges on notice' on high tuition (AP)
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 4:53pm EST
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Gingrich ad labels Romney 'dishonest man' (AP)
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 4:44pm EST
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Paul braves snowy Maine in hunt for GOP delegates (AP)
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 4:42pm EST
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AP - Ron Paul braved Maine's snow and ice Friday in a quest to pick up delegates, vowing he and his loyal band of supporters would be a factor in the Republican nominating contest for weeks to come.
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Behind Obama's financial aid 'shopping sheets' (AP)
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 4:31pm EST
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AP - President Barack Obama wants to make it easier to size up the cost of college.
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Puerto Rico governor Fortuño endorses Romney
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 4:06pm EST by Philip Rucker
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuño, one of the Republican Party’s rising stars, is endorsing Mitt Romney for president here Friday, potentially giving a boost to the former Massachusetts governor’s efforts to court Hispanic Republicans in the critical Florida primary.
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Gingrich professes shock at Romney’s ‘dishonest’ debate performance
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 4:03pm EST by Amy Gardner, Philip Rucker
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MIAMI —Former House speaker Newt Gingrich said Friday that the reason he seemed less combative during Thursday’s televised debate was that he was shocked by what he described as rival Mitt Romney’s “totally dishonest” replies to several questions.
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DCCC outraised NRCC in 2011 (Politico)
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 4:02pm EST
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Politico - Republican campaign officials say they have been impressed with the Democratic cash push.
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Aneesh Chopra leaving the White House, likely to run for Virginia lieutenant governor
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 3:35pm EST by Ed O'Keefe, Anita Kumar
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Aneesh Chopra, tapped to serve as the first White House chief technology officer, is stepping down and is widely expected to announce that he will run for lieutenant governor in Virginia, according to Democrats familiar with his plan, but not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.
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‘Family values’ still matter — when it’s the other party’s indiscretions
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 2:46pm EST by Melinda Henneberger
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The first Washington sex scandal I remember following involved Daniel Crane, a Republican congressman from my home state of Illinois, who was censured in the (first) House page scandal in 1983.
In July of that year, the House Ethics Committee announced that Crane and his Democratic colleague Gerry Studds (Mass.) had been accused of having sex with teenagers in the congressional page program — Crane with a young woman who was 17, and Studds with a young man the same age. The committee originally voted to reprimand both men, but a little-known congressman from Georgia argued that a mere reprimand wasn’t punishment enough.
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House Democrats to Obama: ‘Let’s stay together’
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 2:36pm EST by Felicia Sonmez
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CAMBRIDGE, Md. — House Democrats have a message for President Obama: Let’s stay together.
As Obama took the stage at a ballroom at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay here to deliver remarks at the annual Democratic retreat, he told the more than 100 assembled lawmakers and their family members that he had just received a CD containing a recording of House Democrats singing their own version of the Al Green song, “Let’s Get Together.”
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Tyler's grandkid: Newt's a 'jerk' (Politico)
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 2:26pm EST
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Politico - The 10th president's grandson Harrison Tyler, 84, is not impressed with the state of politics.
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Newt Gingrich: I’m shocked by Mitt Romney’s ‘total dishonesty’
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 2:21pm EST by Amy Gardner
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MIAMI -- Republican Newt Gingrich said Friday that the reason he seemed less combative during Thursday’s televised debate was that he was shocked by what he described as rival Mitt Romney’s “total dishonesty” on immigration, his vote for Democrat Paul Tsongas in 1992 and whether he knew about an ad his campaign is running against Gingrich.
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Mitt Romney makes forceful bid for Fla. Latino vote
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 1:48pm EST by Philip Rucker
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MIAMI – Mitt Romney forcefully reached out to Hispanic Republicans here Friday, saying he would champion political and economic freedom in Cuba and throughout Latin America.
Trying to woo Florida’s influential bloc of Cuban American and other Hispanic Republican voters days before the state’s critical primary, Romney promoted his immigration and foreign policy agenda. He used particularly tough language to describe his stance against Fidel Castro’s Cuba.
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16 scientists declare: âno compelling scientific argumentâ for âdrastic actions on global warmingâ (Daily Caller)
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 1:32pm EST
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Daily Caller - Sixteen scientists took to the pages of the Wall Street Journal Friday to argue that there is “no compelling scientific argument” for “drastic actions on global warming.”
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Two GOP revolutions, two different outcomes
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 1:28pm EST by David A. Fahrenthold, and Paul Kane
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The first Republican revolution had a short, sharp battle plan: the “Contract with America.” Ten big ideas. Three pages of text.
The second Republican revolution — the one now struggling for oxygen on Capitol Hill — did it differently. Its “Pledge to America” noodled on for 48 pages. It contained less ambitious ideas, but glossy photos of 42 GOP congressmen.
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Texas voters pick up Perryâs campaign tab (Daily Caller)
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 1:18pm EST
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Daily Caller - Texas Governor Rick Perry may never be president, but least he doesn’t have to pick up the full tab for his failed campaign.
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Justice Dept. takes on itself in probe of 2001 anthrax attacks
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 1:14pm EST by Jerry Markon
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Since it began a decade ago, the federal government’s massive investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks has been plagued by missteps and complications.
Investigators initially focused on the wrong man, then had to pay him a nearly $6 million settlement. In 2008, they accused another man, Bruce E. Ivins, who killed himself before he could go to trial.
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Ukraine's president firm against Tymoshenko (AP)
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 12:40pm EST
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AP - Ukraine's president showed no mercy Friday for imprisoned former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, despite increasing fears that her case will hurt his country's struggling economy and its relations with the European Union.
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Coach honed debating skills of young Newt Gingrich (AP)
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 12:32pm EST
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AP - As a young college professor running for Congress, Newt Gingrich wanted to sharpen his debating skills.
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Obama outlines incentive plan to reduce college tuition costs
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 12:31pm EST by David Nakamura, Daniel de Vise
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — President Obama offered a plan Friday to reduce the costs of higher education by increasing the amount of federal grant money available in low-interest loans and tying it directly to colleges’ ability to reduce tuition.
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Santorum pushed to limit malpractice awards but sought larger payout for wife
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 12:17pm EST by Carol D. Leonnig
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On the campaign trail, GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum says he will push to limit payments to victims in medical malpractice lawsuits, which he blames for unnecessarily driving up health-care costs. And over the course of his two decades in politics, he repeatedly spoke in favor of capping such awards.
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Florida primary playlist: A Fix List!
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 12:12pm EST by Rachel Weiner
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If you ever read this blog, you know that we love lists. And primaries, and music. We’re trying to bring that all together by making playlists for every primary state. But we need your help.
Suggest your Florida-related songs using the hashtag #fixplaylist, and we’ll come up with a playlist to listen to while we wait for the returns on Tuesday night.
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President Obama talks about Jan Brewer exchange with Diane Sawyer
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 11:50am EST by Natalie Jennings
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In an interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer to air Friday night, President Obama downplayed the exchange between him and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) earlier this week that distracted attention from his post-State of the Union tour of swing states.
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Candidate roots don't much matter in diverse Fla. (AP)
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 11:28am EST
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AP - Mitt Romney's ties to the Northeast gave him a boost on the way to winning the New Hampshire primary. Newt Gingrich's roots in the South probably had at least a little to do with his South Carolina triumph.
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Newt Gingrich still badly outspent in Florida ads
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 10:57am EST by Rachel Weiner
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Despite new infusions of cash, former House speaker Newt Gingrich is still being crushed in Florida television ad spending by former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.
With the primary coming up on Jan. 31, Gingrich and his supporters are being outspent 5-to-1 by Romney and his supporters as total spending in the state approached $20 million.
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Roundup: Gingrich’s moon-redistricting plan, rude Washington, Ron Paul’s bike race
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 10:07am EST by Emily Heil
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Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich picked up an endorsement, our colleague Dan Eggen reports, but he might wish he hadn’t. It came from a federal prison, where the former House speaker’s old pal ex-Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham bides his time.
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Blitzer was wrong: Candidate spouses aren’t a ‘lighter subject’
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 9:23am EST by Melinda Henneberger
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Wolf Blitzer, you boob.
A presidential candidate’s spouse is the ultimate human credential, often the best clue we have about who the aspirant is as a person. Though we sometimes pretend otherwise, a spouse is also a top adviser in her own right (or his), as well as a potential ambassador to the world.
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Mitt Romney back in the lead in Florida
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 8:42am EST by Aaron Blake
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Mitt Romney has regained his frontrunner status in the Florida primary, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University.
The poll shows that, even before Thursday’s debate in which Romney appeared to get the better of Newt Gingrich, the former Massachusetts governor had opened up a substantial lead in the state’s primary Tuesday.
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Ron Paul signed off on racist newsletters in the 1990s, associates say
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 8:29am EST by Jerry Markon, Alice Crites
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Ron Paul, well known as a physician, congressman and libertarian , has also been a businessman who pursued a marketing strategy that included publishing provocative, racially charged newsletters to make money and spread his ideas, according to three people with direct knowledge of Paul’s businesses.
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As Democrats shift to offense, Obama, Biden address House retreat
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 6:00am EST by Felicia Sonmez
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CAMBRIDGE, Md. — When House Democrats last huddled at a sprawling bayside resort here on the Eastern Shore one year ago, lawmakers were publicly optimistic — but privately divided.
They had just weathered a historic shellacking in the November 2010 midterms, a 63-seat loss that left members examining where their party went wrong.
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Gingrich under fire from conservative media (AP)
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 4:36am EST
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AP - Forget the so-called liberal media. Right now Newt Gingrich's most ardent critics are conservative pundits and columnists, many of whom have launched aggressive campaigns to discredit him and trip up his run for the Republican nomination.
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Obama's populist pitch unifies House Democrats (AP)
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 4:33am EST
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AP - President Barack Obama rallied House Democrats for an election-year fight, urging them to work with Republicans if they show some willingness to put politics aside but telling the rank and file to call them out if they stand in the way.
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Tired and broke, Santorum heads home to do taxes (AP)
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 3:56am EST
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AP - Rick Santorum is tired, trailing — and going home.
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NC gov's re-election decision could benefit Obama (AP)
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 3:55am EST
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AP - The key battleground state of North Carolina is still within President Barack Obama's grasp, despite Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue's surprise decision to drop her re-election campaign.
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Michelle Obama reports for campaign duty (Daily Caller)
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 3:39am EST
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Why is investment income taxed less than wages? (AP)
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 3:37am EST
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AP - Why do Mitt Romney and other wealthy investors pay lower taxes on the income they make from investments than they would if they earned their millions from wages? Because Congress, through the tax code, has long treated investment more favorably than labor, seeing it as an engine for economic growth that benefits everyone.
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Analysis: Romney is fiery, focused in Fla. Debate (AP)
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 3:33am EST
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AP - Mitt Romney, forced to prove his resilience after a stinging loss in South Carolina, is showing why the so-called Republican establishment thinks he has the best discipline, organization and campaign smarts to challenge President Barack Obama this fall.
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Hispanics in focus as GOP race intensifies (AP)
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 3:28am EST
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AP - Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney pitched their ideas for reforming immigration law and pushing democracy into Cuba and across Latin America as the Republican presidential candidates vied for Hispanic votes Friday, entering the final, frenzied weekend before Florida's primary.
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Romney responds to Gingrich immigration shot (AP)
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 3:27am EST
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AP - Notable moments from the GOP presidential debate Thursday night in Jacksonville, Fla.
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FACT CHECK: Debate over 'ghetto language' ad (AP)
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 3:26am EST
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AP - Mitt Romney accuses Newt Gingrich of calling Spanish a "ghetto language." Close, but not quite.
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Wolf to Newt: Should moon colony be granted US statehood? [VIDEO] (Daily Caller)
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 3:01am EST
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Romney is the aggressor in final Florida debate (AP)
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 1:33am EST
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AP - An aggressive Mitt Romney repeatedly challenged Republican rival Newt Gingrich Thursday night in the final debate before next week's critical Florida primary, demanding an apology for an ad saying he harbors anti-immigrant sentiments and ridiculing the former House speaker's call to colonize the moon.
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Hillary Clinton dodging political 'high wire' (AP)
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 1:10am EST
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AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she wants to step off the "high wire of American politics" after two decades and is again tamping down speculation that she might stay in government if President Barack Obama wins a second term.
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The GOP debate: 7 takeaways (Politico)
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 12:35am EST
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Politico - Newt Gingrich’s last chance to shine on the big stage before Tuesday did not go as hoped.
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Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich square off in Republican debate
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 11:33pm EST by Dan Balz, Amy Gardner
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. —Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich sparred here Thursday night over immigration, taxes and wealth, lobbying, and colonizing the moon in a debate that underscored the potential consequences of a loss for either of the leading Republican presidential candidates in Tuesday’s high-stakes Florida primary.
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Florida Republican debate in Jacksonville | Live updates
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 10:10pm EST by Felicia Sonmez
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Florida, Florida, Florida.
The four Republican presidential hopefuls faced off tonight for their second debate this week in the Sunshine State. Tonight’s showdown, sponsored by CNN and the Hispanic Leadership Network, took place at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville and kicked off at 8 p.m.
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Mitt Romney’s tax return problem
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 8:22pm EST by Al Kamen
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Mitt Romney’s release Tuesday of his most recent tax returns — showing accounts in the Cayman Islands and Switzerland, no visible signs of a job (but earning $20-plus million a year), and a tax rate of just 14 percent — have been great fodder for his opponents and the media.
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Obama exchange with Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer reveals his testy side
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 7:56pm EST by David Nakamura, Rachel Weiner
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AURORA, Colo. — President Obama’s raw exchange with the governor of Arizona on an airport tarmac this week did more than overshadow his carefully stage-managed road trip to trumpet his State of the Union goals.
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Obama-backed car battery company files for bankruptcy protection
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 7:56pm EST by Carol D. Leonnig
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Ener1, an electric car battery company that the Obama administration awarded a $118 million stimulus grant to expand its operations, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Thursday after being unable to repay pressing debts.
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Senate to look at congressional insider-trading bill
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 7:52pm EST by Kimberly Kindy
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A Senate bill that would ban members of Congress from buying and selling stock based on nonpublic information they learn as they craft legislation will be taken up by the chamber Monday.
The bill was passed by the Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee last month. The proposed law also would require that stock trades be reported in public disclosure statements within 30 days.
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Is Newt Gingrich’s space plan science fiction?
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 7:44pm EST by Joel Achenbach
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Cocoa, Fla. — The moon, a thin crescent, hovered in the western sky like a crystal bowl ready to catch a falling star. Cheers filled the air as Newt Gingrich’s campaign bus eased out of the parking lot of the Holiday Inn Express. He had just made an astonishing vow: By the end of his second term as president, the U.S. flag would once again be planted on the moon. America, he said, would have a permanent lunar base.
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Buffett Rule's impact? W.H. won't say (Politico)
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 7:42pm EST
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Politico - Obama has left unanswered how much money his Buffett Rule tax on millionaires would raise.
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CNN debate in Florida: A Fix live chat
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 7:30pm EST by The Fix
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Tonight in Jacksonville, Florida, the final four Republican presidential candidates hold their last debate of a debate-filled month.
The debate is on CNN; Wolf Blitzer is moderating. (The TV-free can watch online here.) Things kick off at 8 p.m. eastern time, but we’re chatting starting at 7:30.
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Senate moves toward agreement on transportation bill
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 7:00pm EST by Ashley Halsey III
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As House Republicans prepared to release a spending proposal intended to overhaul the federal transportation system, Senate Democrats on Thursday rushed to complete a bipartisan effort to end a stalemate that has undermined transportation programs for almost three years.
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Giffords border legislation heads to White House
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 6:50pm EST by Paul Kane
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In a few brief seconds Thursday, the Senate joined in the farewell celebration for Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona Democrat who resigned from the House on Wednesday a year after the Tucson shootings that left six dead and 13 injured.
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Obama administration issues major rewrite of national forest rules
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 6:42pm EST by Juliet Eilperin
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The Obama administration finalized a rule Thursday governing the management of 193 million acres of national forests and grasslands, establishing a new blueprint to guide everything from logging to recreation and renewable energy development.
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Obama plays down encounter with Arizona governor (AP)
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 6:36pm EST
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AP - President Barack Obama says his encounter with Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has been "blown out of proportion" and was not a big deal.
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Newt Gingrich endorsed by Duke Cunningham
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 6:23pm EST by Dan Eggen
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The good news: Newt Gingrich has reportedly received a former House colleague’s endorsement, something that has not been very common.
The bad news: It’s from Randy “Duke” Cunningham, the former California GOP congressman who is currently serving a 100-month sentence in federal prison on conspiracy, fraud and tax evasion charges.
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Bob Dole blasts Newt Gingrich in letter
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 6:05pm EST by Rachel Weiner
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Bob Dole lays into Newt Gingrich, a trailer for another anti-super PAC documentary is out, Rick Perry has plummeted and there’s a debate tonight! Yes, another one.
Make sure to sign up to get “Afternoon Fix” in your e-mail inbox every day by 5 (ish) p.m!
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Florida Republican debate No. 2: What to watch for
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 5:05pm EST by Aaron Blake
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Tonight marks the 19th debate in the Republican presidential contest, the second Florida debate before Tuesday’s primary, and the last debate for nearly a month.
The stakes could hardly be higher, with both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich arguably needing a win in Florida. So tonight’s debate is about as big as they come.
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Greg Kelly and the (alleged) sins of the son, visited on his NYPD dad
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 4:35pm EST by Bonnie Goldstein
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Earlier this week, Greg Kelly, a news anchor on Fox 5’s “Good Day New York,” was accused in a complaint to Manhattan’s 13th precinct of sexually assaulting a young woman last October at the law firm where she works.
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Obama Should Ditch the "Kumbaya" Messages (ContributorNetwork)
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 4:06pm EST
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ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | A theme that President Barack Obama offered in the last election, and this election, is bipartisanship. President Obama would like nothing better than for the Republicans and the Democrats to work together to get American back on track.
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Romney more popular than Reagan (at least in the first-name sweepstakes)
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 3:54pm EST by Emily Heil
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If it weren’t for his Cayman Island shelters, Swiss bank account, and killer beachfront property, we might actually feel sorry for Willard “Mitt” Romney.
The GOP candidate has taken some schoolyard-worthy taunting over his little-used real first name (and even some ribs about “Mitt”— remember the poll in which 2 percent of people thought his name was ”Mittens”?).
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Italy signs deal for long-term aid to Afghanistan (AP)
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 3:40pm EST
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AP - Italy signed a pact Thursday aimed at supporting Afghanistan after foreign forces withdraw from the country in 2014, while Germany extended its military mission there for another year, developments that came as Afghan President Hamid Karzai began a tour of Europe with a stop in Rome.
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Newt Gingrich launches furious attacks against Mitt Romney in Florida speech
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 2:54pm EST by Amy Gardner, Rosalind S. Helderman
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MOUNT DORA, Fla. — Newt Gingrich stirred a huge tea party crowd in this central Florida town Thursday by accusing Mitt Romney and the Republican establishment of slinging “mud” and “junk” because “they’re against change in Washington.”
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Clinton: Done with the ‘high wire’ of politics. Really.
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 2:49pm EST by Karen DeYoung
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Like President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she hasn’t been watching the Republican primary debates. But at least Clinton has an excuse for tuning out — she says she’s quitting government after the election no matter who wins.
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Florida Republican debate: Where and when to watch
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 2:27pm EST by Natalie Jennings
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What can we say about Thursday’s GOP debate that hasn’t been said 18 times before? Here’s what you need to know to watch.
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Pentagon budget set to shrink next year
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 2:12pm EST by Craig Whitlock
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The Pentagon budget will shrink slightly next year for the first time since 1998, the Obama administration said Thursday, in an attempt to chip away at the federal deficit while reorienting the armed forces toward Asia.
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Santorum, short on cash, fights uphill battle
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 1:40pm EST by Nia-Malika Henderson
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NAPLES, Fla. — In his speech after finishing a distant third in the South Carolina primary, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum declared that he was one of “three winners” out of the first three GOP contests. It was a hopeful spin on a disappointing finish, and now Santorum faces a new reality here in Florida: He is short on cash, and he is the odd man out in what is shaping up to be a two-man contest.
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Cuban-American Vote May Decide Florida Primary (ContributorNetwork)
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 1:14pm EST
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ContributorNetwork - Reuters reports the most prominent Cuban-American in Florida politics has thus far refused to endorse any candidate for the GOP nomination. Sen. Marco Rubio is considered to be a possible vice presidential running mate. He is descended from Cuban immigrants and is a tea party favorite. He has former staffers in both the campaigns of Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. Both men have courted Rubio for his coveted endorsement.
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Why is there no video of Obama-Brewer tiff?
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 1:09pm EST by David Nakamura
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LAS VEGAS — It’s a picture that’s gone viral on the Internet: Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) pointing a finger at President Obama as they argued on the tarmac in Phoenix on Wednesday.
But why is there no video footage of the heated exchange?
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Senate GOP leadership shuffles, as Alexander leaves and Blunt moves up
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 1:04pm EST by Felicia Sonmez
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The move had been expected, but now it’s official: Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) has resigned his No. 3 spot in Senate Republican leadership, while Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) has moved up to join his party’s leadership team.
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Congressman calls for review of all 131 military cemeteries
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 12:46pm EST by Christian Davenport
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The chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs called Thursday for a complete review of all of 131 military cemeteries run by the Department of Veterans Affairs, where more than 3.7 million service members and their families are buried.
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Lobbying dips sharply in 2011
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 12:43pm EST by Dan Eggen
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Lobbying activity plunged in 2011 for the first time in a decade, most likely driven lower by the struggling economy and legislative gridlock on Capitol Hill, according to new estimates released Thursday.
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Barney Frank engaged to boyfriend Jim Ready (updated)
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 12:37pm EST by The Reliable Source
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Engaged: Barney Frank, 71, and longtime partner Jim Ready, 42, the congressman’s office confirmed for us Thursday, following a report by New England Cable News. Where’s the wedding? In Massachusetts, where gay nuptials were made legal in 2004. When? Sorry, that’s all the details they’d give. Frank is set to leave Congress next winter after 32 years, and he’s said the rigors of the job and the desire to devote more time to his relationship were factors. “I have a partner now,” Frank told Charlie Rose in an interview a couple weeks ago. “I’m in love for the first time in my life.” The couple met at a political fundraiser in Ready’s home state of Maine. The Advocate described him in 2009 as a Todd Palin lookalike and surfing enthusiast. Their mostly low-profile relationship has made the news a handful of times, when Ready exchanged words with his beau’s opponents at public forums, and when he was charged with having marijuana plants at his home in 2007.
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Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation aims to cut health-care costs
Fetched: January 26th, 2012, 6:56am EST by N.C. Aizenman
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The Obama administration touts it as a key solution to the nation’s runaway health-care spending: a new national center set up by the 2010 health-care law to test and implement groundbreaking ways to cut costs while improving patient care.
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Gingrich donor is casino mogul, Israeli hardliner (AP)
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 6:34am EST
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AP - He's an ardent supporter of Israel. A megabillionaire casino mogul whose Las Vegas Sands Corp. is under federal investigation. And the self-proclaimed "richest Jew in the world."
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Term 'states' rights' heard anew in election cycle (AP)
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 6:33am EST
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AP - Pop singer Kelly Clarkson wasn't expecting such a harsh response when she tweeted her endorsement in the Republican presidential race.
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Why Newt Gingrich needs to win Florida
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 6:30am EST by Chris Cillizza, Aaron Blake
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It’s no secret that the Florida primary is a must-win for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. But, it’s also a victory that former House speaker Newt Gingrich needs to have too.
The reasons for the necessity of Romney winning Florida are well-known: a second-straight loss, coupled with his longtime frontrunner status, could well collapse his campaign under its own weight.
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Obama to propose tax credit for natgas trucks (Reuters)
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 6:22am EST
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Reuters - President Barack Obama on Thursday will propose a tax break for commercial trucks that run on natural gas, building on his promise to support U.S. shale gas development, senior administration officials said. -
Obama turns attention to energy in key states (AP)
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 6:02am EST
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AP - President Barack Obama is announcing the sale of oil and gas drilling leases for nearly 38 million acres in the Gulf Coast and promoting the completion of a highway corridor for vehicles that run on liquefied natural gas, a response to critics who say his policies have stifled domestic energy production.
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A fishy statistic in the GOP State of the Union response
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 6:02am EST by Glenn Kessler
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“One in five men of prime working age and nearly half of all persons under 30 did not go to work today.”
— Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, in the GOP response to the State of the Union address, Jan. 24, 2012
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Romney's immigration dilemma (Politico)
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 4:42am EST
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Politico - For a moment Wednesday in Miami, Mitt Romney seemed to have a solution to his Hispanic problem. -
Fla. primary's 2-man fight on stage in 2nd debate (AP)
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 3:13am EST
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AP - A two-man fight for Florida is emerging ahead of the state's final Republican presidential debate, with Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich pounding each other over personal and professional vulnerabilities.
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Florida's Rubio a star, but an unlikely VP pick (Reuters)
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 1:08am EST
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Reuters - He could be the Republican vice presidential candidate from central casting: telegenic, Hispanic and a fiscal conservative who has been embraced by the Tea Party. -
Issa says Holder should apologize to Mexico: âJustice has blood on their handsâ (Daily Caller)
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 12:28am EST
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Daily Caller - House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa told The Daily Caller that Attorney General Eric Holder owes an apology to the Mexican government and to the families of Operation Fast and Furious victims south of the border. -
Supreme Court poised to end homeownersâ nightmare story of alleged EPA abuse (Daily Caller)
Posted: January 25th, 2012, 11:44pm EST
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Daily Caller - An Idaho couple facing $37,500 per day in Environmental Protection Agency fines for building on what the agency says is a “wetland” had their day in court — the Supreme Court — on Jan. 9. And the tough questions leveled at the EPA’s attorney by nearly all the justices do not bode well for the federal government’s case.
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Obama tangles with Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer over immigration book
Posted: January 25th, 2012, 11:26pm EST by David Nakamura
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PHOENIX — President Obama is used to tangling with Republicans in Congress. On Wednesday, he sparred with one on a tarmac.
Arriving in this Southwestern city on the second stop of his post-State of the Union tour, Obama descended the stairs of Air Force One and was greeted by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who was among the local politicians waiting for him in a customary receiving line.
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Newt shoots for the moon (Politico)
Posted: January 25th, 2012, 10:38pm EST
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Politico - He says he accepts that he is "grandiose."
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Gingrich pledges moon colony during presidency
Posted: January 25th, 2012, 10:20pm EST by Amy Gardner
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COCOA, Fla. — Newt Gingrich told a cheering crowd along Florida's Space Coast late Wednesday that he would establish a permanent colony on the moon, and develop a spacecraft that can get to Mars, by the end of his second term as president.
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Long-term transportation funding likely to be delayed
Posted: January 25th, 2012, 9:43pm EST by Ashley Halsey III
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With Congress riven by partisan politics and facing a truncated election-year schedule, the chances are slim that it will pass a long-awaited bill to fund the nation’s highways, mass transit and ports, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Wednesday.
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Obama team sees Romney damaging self with independents for fall campaign
Posted: January 25th, 2012, 9:27pm EST by Dan Balz
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CHICAGO — President Obama’s political advisers have long been preparing for a general-election contest against Republican Mitt Romney. What they have seen of the former Massachusetts governor in the past 30 days makes them think he will enter a fall campaign, if he survives a turbulent nomination battle, significantly weakened by self-inflicted wounds and a major strategic mistake.
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Prosecution argues Hinckley has a pattern of deception, should not get more freedom
Posted: January 25th, 2012, 9:16pm EST by Katherine Driessen
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Presidential assailant John W. Hinckley should not get more freedom from his psychiatric hospital, because of his pattern of deception, isolation and problematic relationships with women, an expert testified Wednesday.
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Posted: January 25th, 2012, 9:16pm EST
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Romney, Gingrich trade attacks on immigration
Posted: January 25th, 2012, 8:55pm EST by Sandhya Somashekhar, Amy Gardner
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The Republican presidential race turned into a pitched battle for Hispanic voters on Wednesday, with Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney hurling insults over immigration policy as each looked for ways to court a critical constituency.
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State of the Union proposals: What might pass?
Posted: January 25th, 2012, 8:30pm EST by Paul Kane
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Two-thirds of the way through his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, President Obama paused for a moment to say something that already was on the minds of many viewers: “Most Americans are thinking the same thing right now: Nothing will get done this year.”
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GOP senator grilled Obama nominee in 2010 about tax havens
Posted: January 25th, 2012, 8:30pm EST by David S. Hilzenrath
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Before Mitt Romney’s Cayman Islands investments became an issue in the Republican presidential campaign, a senior Republican senator cited similar financial arrangements as cause for concern about a nominee for a top position at the Treasury Department.
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