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Levin pie-chucker charged

The Hill - 12hrs 56mins ago

An anti-war demonstrator who hurled a pie at the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee in August was charged Thursday in the attack. Ahlam Mohsen, 23, of Coldwater, Mich., faces a count of assault for hitting Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) …

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Kansas lawmaker more inspired than ever to do away with lame duck

The Hill - 17hrs 5mins ago

Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kansas) is not at all impressed by talk of how much work Congress got done during the lame-duck session. In fact, she’d like to ban these after-election sessions altogether. Jenkins introduced a bill last summer that w…

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Dem regrets language in memo on death panels that reignited debate

The Hill - 1 day ago

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) is distancing himself from a memo sent by his office that urged health reform advocates not to advertise new end-of-life counseling Regulations to avoid reviving talk of “Death Panels.” The weeks-old mem…

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Forget the liberal hype about a comeback: 2010 was a stunningly bad year for Barack Obama, and 2011 could be even worse

Telegraph.co.uk - 1day 6hrs ago

Ignore the revisionist hype in sections of the liberal media about President Obama staging a (mythical) political comeback - this is a presidency with an Approval Rating of 45 percent (according to the RealClear Politics poll of polls), th…

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A Facebook Goodbye

Examiner.com - 3hrs 2mins ago

Facebook is a wonderful world of fantasy . . . make-believe . . . but much reality, as well.  Facebook friends can be enduring ones.  All types of relationships are built on Facebook.  Marriages and real-life romances are forged on …

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Republican seeks to end lame duck after Democrats score legislative victories

Examiner.com - 5hrs 9mins ago

A Republican lawmaker is hoping to lead a charge in ending the lame-duck session of Congress once the GOP officially takes control of the House of Representatives in January. Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kansas) said she hoped to introduce a bill that wou…

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Democrats Take up the Good Fight to Reform the Senate

Examiner.com - 9hrs 30mins ago

With polls showing an 83% Disapproval rating, few people would argue that the Congress isn’t broken. Fewer still would not assign a great deal of blame on a completely dysfunctional Senate. With more than 400 pieces of Legislation passed by …

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Fate of DREAM Act hangs in the balance

Examiner.com - 10hrs 37mins ago

Despite major achievements of the Lame Duck Congress, the DREAM Act to provide a pathway to Citizenship for undocumented members of the Military and Students died on the Senate floor before the 111th Congress adjourned for 2010.  The DREAM Ac…

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