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Factors that led to major achievements in lame duck session of Congress

Examiner.com - 14hrs 21mins ago

The Lame Duck Congress succeeded at passing significant Legislation despite speculation that nothing would get done between the 2010 Midterm Elections and the end of the year.   What factors led to the major achievements of the Lame Duck sess…

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Obama outsmarts the republicans, for now

Examiner.com - 16hrs 19mins ago

SAN FRANCISCO, CA --- The overriding goal of every First Term president is be a two-term president.    There’s no more exhilarating thrill than to win a grueling campaign for president -- and no more humiliating experience than to …

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Taxation without representation observations on START

Examiner.com - 21hrs 30mins ago

In yesterday’s column, No RINO left behind it became very clear that those the American electorate send to Washington on both sides of the aisle don’t have the Constitution or the American People in mind as they play their political ga…

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Biden rallies supporters with 'thank you card' before GOP takes House

The Hill - 1day 2hrs ago

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is urging its supporters to register to receive a "thank you card" from President Obama following the lame-duck session he hailed as the most productive in decades. "We had a dedicated group of lawmakers …

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Tea party candidate enters 2012 Virginia Senate race (The Ticket)

Yahoo! News - 1day 6hrs ago

Jamie Radtke, head of the Virginia Federation of Tea Party Patriots, has filed to run for the 2012 Virginia Senate race against Incumbent Democrat Jim Webb (pictured at right), the Wall Street Journal reports. Radtke told the Journal that s…

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The Lame Duck Mystery

The New Republic - 1day 15hrs ago

Before the holidays, the Lame Duck Congress passed a flurry of far-reaching Legislation, including real Compromises (the tax package) and long-cherished progressive goals (the Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”). This is al…

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Democrats Force Legislation before they lose the House in January 2011.

Examiner.com - 1day 22hrs ago

As the year comes to close, the Democrats are working extra hard to ram through a gaggle of bills before they lose their majority in the House come January. Despite the fact that Lame Duck sessions are usually,well, lame, the Democrats have had qu…

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No RINO left behind

Examiner.com - 1day 23hrs ago

Looking back on what was destined to be a lackluster Lame Duck session, with the help of misguided RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) the Democrats accomplished arguably more in the three-week period than they accomplished in the prior two years. T…

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