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My computer is more than usually slow tonight (and that’s saying a lot), so probably the whole world knows this by now, but the Democrats just achieved cloture on health care reform. Full Article at The Moderate Voice
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If anybody EVER messes with the supply chain of Thin Mints, I will personally go jihadi on their posterior. I have the strangest feeling I won’t be alone in that sentiment. Full Article at RedState
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The Dec. 2 hearing announced this week will focus on legislation considered by both the Financial Services and Agriculture committees. Full Article at The Hill
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There could be campaign finance law implications for both Fox and Mercury if the 9.12 Project became involved in overtly political activities. What, politico, you mean like Ben Smith is overtly spinning every day for Obama? Full Article at The Politico
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“Well over 95 percent of the time, I’m told, when we approve a motion to proceed to a bill, the bill is ultimately approved,” McConnell said. Full Article at The Hill
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Andrew Jackson would assuredly be pleased at the rising congressional distrust of the Federal Reserve. Full Article at CQ Politics
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Starting as early as this summer, state lawmakers began introducing bills that would shield their citizens from individual or employer mandates, among other key reforms in Democrats' healthcare proposals, according to the National Council of State... Full Article at The Hill
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Now that we’ve gotton some of the Chinese reaction to president Obama’s trip, it’s time to start sampling the reaction of the rest of the world. Full Article at The Moderate Voice
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Share your thoughts and reply to others’ about the health care debate. A new blog from The New York Times that tracks the health care debate as it unfolds. Full Article at The Caucus
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Seizing on a quasi-government task force’s report this week recommending that annual mammograms start at 50 rather than 40, the GOP has gone into full outrage mode. “This is how rationing begins,” warns Rep. Marsha Blackburn. Full Article at The Moderate Voice
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O'REILLY: Do you believe that you are smart enough, incisive enough, intellectual enough to handle the most powerful job in the world? Full Article at The New Republic
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(Via Hot Air Headlines) I don’t know if Mediaite deliberately omitted the reason for former President Bill Clinton’s refusal to attend a Keith Olbermann-boosted ‘free clinic event.’ It’s entirely possible that the actual reason (warning: FDL link) -... Full Article at RedState
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For years, our medical system focused on the individual. The thinking was, even if only one life was saved, everyone should get tested. But the new studies show not everyone needs screening. In fact, too much screening can do more harm than good. Dr. Full Article at The Moderate Voice
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HOW STIMULATING.... Republican critics of the economic recovery efforts, when they're not taking credit for the money that's benefiting their state/district, take it as a given that the stimulus "failed." Full Article at Political Animal
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Yesterday, Rick Moran graced our humble pages once again asking the question which I have placed once again in the title of this response. Full Article at The Moderate Voice
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THIS WEEK IN GOD.... First up from the God Machine this week is a push among conservative political activists on something called "imprecatory" prayers, which are basically appeals to God to hurt, or possibly kill, a specific target. Full Article at Political Animal
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Where a plug and a solid wifi connection never seem exist in the same space. Nonetheless, the PdF Europe Conference has been a vibrant carnival of discussion, quickly moving to its wrap-up in about an hour in the ground floor theater of the Torre Agbar. Full Article at techPresident
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OBAMA IN ASIA.... All week, administration officials have expressed a great deal of satisfaction with President Obama's trip to Asia. And all week, U.S. reporters have told the country that the trip has been unproductive and unsuccessful. Full Article at Political Animal
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After passing on a vigorous campaign against Rep. Leonard L. Boswell in 2008, Republicans in Iowa are signaling that they are more serious about challenging the seven-term congressman next year. Full Article at CQ Politics
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US Senator John McCain predicted an allied win in Afghanistan in one year to 18 months if sufficient troops are sent, as the White House mulls sending tens of thousands of reinforcements. Full Article at Political Animal
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WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 21: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), along with Sens. George LeMieux (R-FL) (L) and Richard Burr (R-NC) (R), speaks at a news conference regarding the Senate's health care reform bill on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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WHEAT RIDGE, CO - NOVEMBER 21: A detail of a billboard lampooning President Barack Obama as a Mulsim stands over a used car lot on November 21, 2009 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
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WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 20: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) heads for a closed-door briefing with military officials in the Russell Senate Office Building November 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 20: Sen. John Thune (R-SD) (L) delivers remarks during a news conference about health care reform with Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) at the U.S. Capitol November 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 20: (L-R) Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) hold a news conference about health care at the U.S. Captiol November 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Former Southern Command head, U.S. Army General (retired) Barry McCaffrey testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the need to lift the travel ban for U.S. citizens to Cuba on Capitol Hill November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 18: Treasury Secretary Timonthy Geithner hosts a small business forum in the Cash Room at the Treasury Department November 18, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (L) and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY)(R) participate in a news conference on health care on Capitol Hill on November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Committee Chairman Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) arrive at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 18: First lady Michelle Obama (L) and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet A. Napolitano (R) listen to Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine General James Cartwright (C) speak in the East Room of the White House November 18, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI - NOVEMBER 18: An employee stacks copies of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's new book, 'Going Rogue' at a Barnes & Noble bookstore November 18, 2009 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 18: Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman, U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) (R) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) attend a news conference about a Senate investigation into the Fort Hood shootings November 18, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 18: Theresa Regan (2nd L), who lost her husband and FDNY firefighter Donald Regan at the South Tower of the World Trade Center during the 9/11 terrorists attacks, listens with her son Peter (L) and daughterJill (3rd L) during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary...
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WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 18: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (C) talks with representatives from lending institutions during a small business forum at the Treasury Department November 18, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 18: Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler speaks during a hearing of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee on Capitol Hill November 18, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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HEYSHAM, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 18: Warning signs and high fences surround Heysham Nuclear Power Station on November 18, 2009 in Heysham, England.
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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - NOVEMBER 18: Policemen stand guard in front of the U.S. embassy during a protest the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama in Seoul's downtown on November 18, 2009 in Seoul, South Korea.
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 17: A poster for the new book by Sarah Palin is displayed in the window of a book store on November 17, 2009 in New York, New York.
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BEIJING - NOVEMBER 17: (L-R) US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintaoafter a joint press conference at the Great Hall of People on November 17, 2009 in Beijing, China.
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 16: Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media at the Molinari Republican Club dinner on November 16, 2009 in Staten Island, New York.
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OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Kathrina Norris (L) and Jason Holt (R) prepare a display for copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' sit in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
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DENVER - NOVEMBER 16: First Lady Michelle Obama receives applause from students after arriving to South High School on November 16, 2009 in Denver, Colorado. She planned to share personal stories, discuss her career and answer student questions during the visit.
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WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 16: Activists protest in front of the DC office of Goldman Sachs November 16, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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SINGAPORE - NOVEMBER 16: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to the Russian Pacific Fleet flagship missile cruiser Varyag on November 16, 2009 in Singapore.
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BEIJING - NOVEMBER 16: A poster of U.S. president Barack Obama is seen on November 16, 2009 in Beijing, China. Obama is on his first official trip to Asia where while in China he will address economic tensions between the two nations.
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WHEAT RIDGE, CO - NOVEMBER 21: A detail of a billboard lampooning President Barack Obama as a Mulsim stands over a used car lot on November 21, 2009 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
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Our efforts in the Asia-Pacific will be rooted, in no small measure, through an enduring and revitalized alliance between the United States and Japan.
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And make no mistake, the Democrat plan we'll vote on tonight would make life harder for the vast majority of Americans. It raises their taxes. It raises their health care premiums. It cuts their Medicare and drives millions off of the private insurance they currently have
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Iraq has known many challenges, and in thepast several weeks we've seen that there are still those who would kill innocent men, women and children to deny the Iraqi people the future they deserve ... Today's step forward is another reminder that these enemies of the Iraqi people will fail.
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I think the failure to move forward on those reforms in the Senate is the Republican resistance to some of those proposed reforms from the administration, not Democratic resistance
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This recession has taught us that we can’t return to a situation where America’s economic growth is fueled by consumers who take on more and more debt. In order to keep growing, we need to spend less, save more, and get our federal deficit under control
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The difference between the White House’s determination and many lawmakers’ perception is that President Obama and his advisors do not want to consider the massacre as an act of terror ‘yet’ while Senator Joe Lieberman and other legislators in both houses do see it as an ideologically motivated terror ac...
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For him to lecture the Senate on debt is really beyond the pale… To lecture us now on debt when not only the war but the other actions of the Bush administration drove this country into deep debt. He said ‘Anyone who votes for this will have a lot of explaining to do, if they vote to allow a debate to c...
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There must be a certain number of county officials, municipal officials, Democrats and Republicans. You also have to live in the right place
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For him to lecture the Senate on debt is really beyond the pale… To lecture us now on debt when not only the war but the other actions of the Bush administration drove this country into deep debt. He said ‘Anyone who votes for this will have a lot of explaining to do, if they vote to allow a debate to c...
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The Iranian government is feeling more and more under pressure and it sees President Obama as a strong partner, who's gathering international consensus against Iran, which could result in tough sanctions ... So, they're trying to warn the international community that military action against Iran will no...
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Asia is a region where we now buy more goods and do more trade with than any other place in the world - commerce that supports millions of jobs back home.
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What's the current Republican conspiracy theory? That ACORN stole Obama's election as well as Hoffman's, and that Republicans actually have a majority of partisan self-identification and Boehner is the rightful Speaker of the House?
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It's also a place where the risk of a nuclear arms race threatens our security, and where extremists plan attacks on America's soil ... And since this region includes some of the fastest-growing nations, there can be no solution to the challenge of climate change without the cooperation of the Asia Paci...
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Barack Obama’s recent swing through Asia was a relative success, and certainly nothing like the disaster that most U.S. coverage implied.
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If we can increase our exports to Asia-Pacific nations by just 5 percent, we can increase the number of American jobs supported by these exports by hundreds of thousands
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This is exactly what the president is talking about ... It's impressive to see that the Virgin Islands have received part of the stimulus effort to be used to train people for a green economy. Taking the first step to reduce carbon emissions and increase the use of green technology is a priority of Pres...
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As we emerge from the worst recession in generations, there is nothing more important than to do everything we can to get our economy moving again and put Americans back to work, and I will go anywhere to pursue that goal
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Obama goes to China, brings home a T-shirt.
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I travelled to Asia to open a new era of American engagement
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The clearest indication of this was the fact that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Washington next week would be the first hosted by the Obama administration.
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The government and people of the United States join all of you in looking forward to the day all Cubans can freely express themselves in public without fear and without reprisals
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Medicaid for the masses. North Carolina Republican Sen. Richard Burr quipped that the printed bill -- all 20 pounds -- was the size of many Americans' Thanksgiving turkey next week. The American people are asking us to stop this bill
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The United States respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China
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she thinks Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will soon have to choose between a triggered public option and no health care bill. She also says Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) -- the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate one of its most fierce and vocal public option advocates -- has been tasked as a point man ...
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They’re shutting down Yucca Mountain because of the power and influence of Sen. Reid ... They can do that, but that doesn’t mean that somehow they get me to agree to it.
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