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Senate Republicans Block Democrats Middle Class Tax Cut Plan

Sat, 04 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Politics Daily - By Patricia Murphy - Dec. 04 (News) - Republican senators led a filibuster Saturday to block consideration of two Democratic proposals to permanently extend the expiring Bush tax cuts for all but the highest earners.

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Will Stealth Spending Decide the 2012 GOP Presidential Primaries?

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Politics Daily - By Walter Shapiro - Nov. 12 (News Analysis) - After a GOP wave election that put the "tsu" in tsunami, Republicans have reason to feel smug as they look toward 2012. High on the GOP's gloating list is the way that wealthy conservatives and right-wing business groups exploited the new permissive

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Reform of Toxic Chemicals Law Collapses as Industry Flexes Its Muscles

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Politics Daily - By Sheila Kaplan - Oct. 15 (Investigative Report) - A year-long effort to overhaul the Toxic Substances Control Act is dead in the water, perpetuating loopholes in the federal law that allow manufacturers to sell household chemicals without first proving they are safe.

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Stephen Colbert to Testify Before House Committee on Immigration

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Politics Daily - Sep. 22 (News) - No joke. The Comedy Central host will appear Friday at a hearing on the subject of "Protecting America's Harvest."Permalink|Email this|LinkingBlogs|Comments

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WikiLeaks Says It Will Publish More Secrets

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Politics Daily - By Tom Diemer - Aug. 07 (News) - WikiLeaks tells the AP it will keep publishing classified documents, despite claims that its postings of Afghan war reports has imperiled American allies (the U.S. government says it will continue it's nine year old war despite hard evidence that it has killed thousands of non-combatants).

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Jacob Lew, Bill Clinton's Budget Brain, Returning to OMB Helm

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Politics Daily - By Alex Wagner - Aug. 04 (Special Report) - In a message to her staff on Tuesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the departure of deputy secretary Jacob "Jack" Lew to become the new director of the Office of Management and Budget "obviously bittersweet." Lew, who previously held the OMB position under President Bill Clinton, is regarded as a talented, level-headed swami of the spreadsheet who oversaw an era of balanced budgets and surpluses -- ending his tenure $237 billion in the black.

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Political Extremism: Made in the GOP?

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Politics Daily - By David Corn - Apr. 05 (Opinion) - The point: extreme rhetoric can lead to extreme action -- and Republican leaders have been aiding and abetting the extremism. Afterward, some conservative viewers complained, noting that during the Bush-Cheney years you could find left-wing foes of the administration waving signs at rallies decrying the "fascists" in the White House and calling for "regime change." Isn't it a double-standard, they asked, to bellyache about conservatives using such language nowadays?

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Is the Tea Party Gang Turning GOP Into a Party of Hate? -

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Politics Daily - By David Corn - Nov. 06 (Opinion) - When John Boehner, the Republican leader of the House, appeared at the Tea Party rally at the Capitol on Thursday afternoon, it was a dramatic signal: The wing-nuts have taken over the GOP.

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