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The GOP's Self-Defeating ‘Defunding’ Strategy — It will only strengthen the president while alienating independents. — In 2010, Republicans took the House of Representatives by gaining 63 seats. They also picked up six U.S. senators and 675 state legislators, giving them control …
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New test could expose GOP's pack of charlatans — Conservatives in the Senate have spent weeks and weeks hectoring House Republicans to stand true to GOP principles and make funding for the federal government contingent upon Democrats agreeing to defund Obamacare.
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Ted Cruz Digs Himself In Further On Obamacare: ‘Likely That It Will Take Another Election For A Full Repeal’ — WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) didn't have much to say Thursday in response to House Republicans fuming at him for conceding that the Democrat-controlled Senate …
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The GOP Is Threatening Murder-Suicide With New Shutdown Warnings — If the president refuses to defund Obamacare, House Republicans are happy to retaliate with a government shutdown. What they're really headed for is complete ruination, says Kirsten Powers. — The Republican Party is destroying America.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Some House GOP conservatives want Cruz-Paul-Rubio-Lee filibuster on Obamacare defunding
Some House GOP conservatives want Cruz-Paul-Rubio-Lee filibuster on Obamacare defunding
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Congress's Fiscal Fiasco Forces Americans to Wear Badge of Shame
Congress's Fiscal Fiasco Forces Americans to Wear Badge of Shame
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Boehner challenges Senate GOP to ‘get the job done’ on defunding
Boehner challenges Senate GOP to ‘get the job done’ on defunding
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Ted Cruz Infuriates House Republicans By Conceding Defeat On Obamacare Repeal
Ted Cruz Infuriates House Republicans By Conceding Defeat On Obamacare Repeal
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World War O — The war against Obamacare: All the rationality …
World War O — The war against Obamacare: All the rationality …
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Pope Bluntly Faults Church's Focus on Gays and Abortion — Alessandro Di Meo/European Pressphoto Agency — Pope Francis, who has said the church should be a “home for all,” on Sept. 4 in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. — Pope Francis, in the first extensive interview of his six-month-old papacy …
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A Big Heart Open to God — The exclusive interview with Pope Francis — Editor's Note: This interview with Pope Francis took place over the course of three meetings during August 2013 in Rome. The interview was conducted in person by Antonio Spadaro, S.J., editor in chief of La Civiltà Cattolica, the Italian Jesuit journal.
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Senator John McCain: Russians deserve better than Putin — When Pravda.ru editor, Dmitry Sudakov, offered to publish my commentary, he referred to me as “an active anti-Russian politician for many years.” I'm sure that isn't the first time Russians have heard me characterized as their antagonist.
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Truthfully, John McCain in wrong Pravda — Sen. John McCain got his wish when his op-ed against Russian President Vladimir Putin was published in Russia news outlet Pravda. The only problem — it may have been the wrong Pravda. — The Arizona Republican published his anti-Putin piece …
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McCain publishes opinion piece in Pravda - but not the one he wanted
McCain publishes opinion piece in Pravda - but not the one he wanted
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Texas appeals court overturns Tom DeLay money laundering conviction — HOUSTON — A Texas Court of Appeals in Austin has overturned the conviction of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, attorney Brian Wice tells KHOU 11 News. — DeLay, 66, was convicted in 2010 for his alleged role in a scheme to influence Texas elections.
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Conviction of DeLay in Texas Donation Case Is Overturned — WASHINGTON — A Texas appeals court on Thursday overturned the criminal conviction of former Representative Tom DeLay, sparing him the three-year prison sentence he received in 2011 after being found guilty in a politically charged trial.
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Creepy Obamacare ad hits college campuses and your nightmares — There will be girls. There will be beer. There will be cornhole. And someone will be dressed in the creepiest Uncle Sam costume you've ever seen. — Welcome to the strange new front in the war over Obamacare.
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WATCH: Anti-Obamacare Videos With ‘Creepy Uncle Sam’
WATCH: Anti-Obamacare Videos With ‘Creepy Uncle Sam’
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Obama: ‘Raising the Debt Ceiling...Does Not Increase Our Debt,’ Though It Has ‘Over 100 Times’ — Raising the debt ceiling doesn't increase the nation's debt, Pres. Obama declared in a speech today. — In a speech at the Business Roundtable headquarters in Washington, D.C. …
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Yes, Americans Like the Debt Ceiling - And it Matters
Yes, Americans Like the Debt Ceiling - And it Matters
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
If we get a debt ceiling crisis, it's because Republican voters want one
If we get a debt ceiling crisis, it's because Republican voters want one
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EXCLUSIVE: Two decades after her affair with Bill Clinton, Gennifer Flowers reveals they'd be together now if it wasn't for Chelsea and how former president confided in her that Hillary was bisexual — She bitterly regrets rejecting him when he last begged to see her and says he's the ‘love of her life’
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Two Men Dead In Michigan Road Rage Shootout, Police Say — Police said two men died Wednesday after a shootout allegedly motivated by road rage, the Grand Rapids Press reported. — The initial police investigation showed Ionia, Mich. residents James Pullum, 43, and Robert Taylor, 56 …
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Road rage shootout: 2 men killed identified after evening incident in Ionia
Road rage shootout: 2 men killed identified after evening incident in Ionia
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Warming lull haunts authors of key climate report — STOCKHOLM (AP) — Scientists working on a landmark U.N. report on climate change are struggling to explain why global warming appears to have slowed down in the past 15 years even though greenhouse gas emissions keep rising.
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Dem tries to shame members on food stamps with props — Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) on Thursday used food props on the House floor to portray members of Congress as steak-eating, vodka-swilling socialites in a bid to get Congress to reject a GOP bill cutting $40 billion in food stamps.
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House Republicans pushing for major food stamp cuts
House Republicans pushing for major food stamp cuts
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Syrian government says civil war has reached stalemate — Exclusive: Deputy PM says neither side is strong enough to win and government will call for ceasefire at Geneva talks — The Syrian civil war has reached a stalemate and President Bashar al-Assad's government will call for a ceasefire …
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The Case Against High-School Sports — The United States routinely spends more tax dollars per high-school athlete than per high-school math student—unlike most countries worldwide. And we wonder why we lag in international education rankings? — Every year, thousands of teenagers move …
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