Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a troubling sign for the president and his party heading into an important
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Searching for unity, President Barack Obama and senior Democratic lawmakers emerged from marathon health care talks late Wednesday with a declaration that they had made tough gains — but no deal just yet.
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In a Massachusetts race with major national implications, Republican Scott Brown inched ahead of Democrat Martha Coakley on Tuesday in a down-to-the-wire U.S. Senate election that became a referendum on President Barack Obama's sweeping health care overh
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The raised villain of that Conservative Political Measures Conference for period Thursday's morning hours several hours time shouldn't be Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) or Room
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The jobless got a hand. Taxpayers got tax breaks. And a sinking economy stabilized.
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Indiana Democrats already have one potential challenger – Rep. Brad Ellsworth – in the race for Sen. Evan Bayh’s soon-to-be-vacant seat. But that hasn’t silenced a growing grassroots effort calling on rock star John Mellencamp to join the fray. The Note
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Lawmakers this week will press the military's top uniformed officers for the first time on whether they think repealing
tags: defense secretary robert gates, gop, politics, rep. gene taylor, sen. john mccain, u.s. congress
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Lawmakers this week will press the military's top uniformed officers for the first time on whether they think repealing
tags: defense secretary robert gates, gop, politics, rep. gene taylor, sen. john mccain, u.s. congress
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Lawmakers this week will press the military's top uniformed officers for the first time on whether they think repealing
tags: defense secretary robert gates, gop, politics, rep. gene taylor, sen. john mccain, u.s. congress
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