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Commerce Secretary John Bryson accused in hit-and-run crashes — Authorities are investigating a series of traffic collisions in the San Gabriel Valley involving U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson, authorities said Saturday. — Bryson was found unconscious in his vehicle and has been hospitalized, officials said.
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Police: U.S. Commerce secretary cited in California hit-and-run accident
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Conservative Super PAC (Briefly) Suggests Alcohol Involved In Commerce Secretary Incident
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Karl Rove's Super PAC Jumps To Conclusions, Launches Attack On Commerce Secretary Who Suffered From Seizure
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Commerce: John Bryson suffered seizure
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Jeb Bush: No Place For Father, Reagan In Today's GOP — The “dysfunction” is “disturbing,” says the former Florida governor. A pox on both parties. — Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush on Capitol Hill earlier this week. — (Getty Images / Chip Somodevilla)
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Jeb Bush Sees Romney Needing ‘Broader’ Immigration Ideas
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House committee schedules contempt vote against Holder — (CBS News) CBS News has learned the House Oversight Committee will vote next week on whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. It's the fourth time in 30 years that Congress has launched a contempt action against an executive branch member.
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Issa: 31 Democrats Will Vote To Condemn Holder — Republican compares Fast and Furious scandal to Iran Contra, Watergate. Republicans seek a contempt vote. — (AP / Carolyn Kaster) — House Committee and Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa told BuzzFeed today …
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FLA Congresswoman leads 85 member effort demanding Swat-ting investigation from DOJ — Congresswoman Sandy Adams, Florida Republican, is sending a letter, currently signed by 85 House Republicans, to Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to assign Justice Department officials to investigate the recent threat of “SWAT-tings.”


THE SECOND TERM — What would Obama do if reëlected? — President Obama awaiting G8 leaders at Camp David last month. He has an ambitious agenda, which, at least in broad ways, his campaign is beginning to highlight. Photograph by Luke Sharrett.

I'm Going to Beat This — As many of you know, 5 years ago I beat breast cancer. I've always been a fighter, and with all of your prayers and support, a winner. — Sometimes the treatment for cancer can cause other serious medical problems. Today, I want to let you know that I've …
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Paul Krugman: President Obama ‘screwed up the line’ — Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman on Monday slammed President Barack Obama's remark that the private sector is “doing fine,” calling it “unfortunate” and adding that the president “screwed up the line.” — “That was an unfortunate line.
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Spain's bailout bought just 4 hours and 40 minutes of calm — In the past, every time European leaders have huddled together and announced a plan to douse the latest fire in Europe, the financial markets have usually been placated for a brief while — say, a few weeks or months.
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Another Bank Bailout
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Parties await Supreme Court ruling on health care — Paul Clement, the attorney representing the 26 states challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, talks to the news media outside the U.S. Supreme Court on the third day of oral arguments over the constitutionality of the act March 28, 2012 in Washington, DC.
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Largest health insurer to keep key parts of law regardless of court ruling
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Democrats' Odd Obsession With Tricking Republicans Into Voting for Tax Hikes — Official photo. — The mainstream position of the Democratic Party is that over the medium term taxes should be higher than they are now but lower than full expiration of the Bush tax cuts would make them.
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Senate Democrats Wrestle with Lame Duck Session Options
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29 Photos Of Baby Barack Obama — Love him or hate him now, pudgy little Barry was a pretty cute kid. — Andrew Kaczynski — a half hour ago — 70 responses


PM left daughter aged 8 down pub — Camerons' nightmare — HORRIFIED David Cameron got home from a Sunday lunch with family and friends — and discovered he had left his eight-year-old daughter in the pub. — He dashed back and found little Nancy with staff at the Plough Inn in Cadsden, Bucks.
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Netroots Nation under a Cloud — The Base to Obama: You should be worried. — Providence, R.I. — If elections are won partly on the enthusiasm of a candidate's base, Barack Obama is in trouble. Netroots Nation, the annual left-wing conference for bloggers and activists, held its seventh annual rally here this weekend.
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You've Met Julia the Moocher, Now Meet Emily — The Obama campaign's “Life of Julia” ad is a disturbing sign. It suggests that political strategists, pollsters, and campaign advisers must think that the people living off government are getting to the point where they can out-vote the people paying for government.
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Dems likely to hold Giffords seat — Democrats are headed for a victory in tomorrow's special election to replace Gabby Giffords in the House, but the relevance of the result in Arizona to much of anything else appears limited. — Democrat Ron Barber leads with 53% to 41% for Republican Jesse Kelly …
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The Tipping Point — In 2008, 43 percent of white voters cast their presidential ballots for Sen. Barack Obama. That was more than he needed to win. Today, according to the most recent FOX News poll, 35 percent of white voters say that they support President Obama's re-election.
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Government is the solution — Why don't Democrats just say it? They really believe in active government and think it does good and valuable things. One of those valuable things is that government creates jobs — yes, really — and also the conditions under which more jobs can be created.
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Schools Chancellor backs principal's decision to drop ‘USA’ song, keep Bieber — They're proud to be un-American. — City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott is standing behind a Brooklyn principal's controversial decision to pull the plug on a popular patriotic song that was scheduled to be performed at a kindergarten graduation.
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Romney Campaign Chair: ‘Taxpayers Really Do Want To Hear There Will Be Fewer Teachers’ — Mitt Romney's presidential campaign isn't backing off the candidate's claim that America needs fewer teachers, firefighters, and police officers. Instead, former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu (R) …
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