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Michigan road funding talks still at standstill
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — High-level talks over fixing Michigan's deteriorating roads are at a standstill in the Capitol, with Republican and Democratic leaders still unable to agree much on how to even start. Feeling burned by passage of a right-to-...
Tags: House Building, Regional Authority, Petroleum Industry, Road Transportation, Crime, Law and Justice
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Republicans, stop wasting our money
Last July, when CBS News tallied it up, it figured the U.S. House of Representatives had spent 80 hours trying to pass 33 votes to repeal Obamacare. Using figures from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, which says the U.S. House costs $24...Tags: U.S. Congress, Lighthouse Point, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Politics, U.S. House of Representatives
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Maybe Americans agree about more than they know
WASHINGTON (AP) — Can we agree on this? Americans still think alike much of the time even if our politicians don't. To get heads nodding, just say something worrisome about the economy or dismissive of Washington. Almost all Americans consider...
Tags: Abortion, Same-Sex Marriage, Abortion Issue, National Government, Religion and Belief
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Sen. Rand Paul laying groundwork for possible presidential run
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — If he runs for president, says Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), he wants to be considered on his own merits. But when he brought his fledgling campaign to Iowa this weekend, there was no escaping the double-edged legacy of the man he's...Tags: Ron Paul, Satellite and Cable Service, Federal Reserve, Migration, Rand Paul
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Lehigh County executive candidates offer Republican voters stark choice
In a typical primary election, voters often have to look around the edges to find differences between the same-party candidates. But Lehigh County executive candidate Scott Ott, a self-styled reformer, and Dean Browning, a traditional conservative,...Tags: South Whitehall Township, Voting, Primaries, U.S. Congress, Liberty Bell
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Politics as usual
Bloomberg gun control group thanks Toomey A gun control advocacy group backed by New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg began airing a TV ad Thursday that thanks U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey for his work on strengthening background checks. The Mayors Against ...Tags: Joe Manchin III, Regional Authority, 2010 Census, U.S. Senate, Patrick J. Toomey
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Hopefuls preparing to challenge Huff
An education advocate and a longtime state lawmaker say they are eyeing Baltimore County Councilman Todd Huff's seat. Democrat Laurie Taylor-Mitchell, an art historian and local education advocate, said she has decided to run for the four-year term in...
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Local Elections, Politics, Parties and Movements, Punishment
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Nan Rich, long shot for governor, says she's undeterred
In her dark-horse campaign to become Florida's next governor, former state Sen. Nan Rich likes to recall the stories of Democratic political legends Reubin Askew, Lawton Chiles and Bob Graham. Each was a little-known state senator when he launched his...
Tags: Regional Authority, Family, Bill Nelson, Interior Policy, Democratic Party
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Will Chris Christie's weight loss lead him to the White House?
I hope Chris Christie is telling the truth, that his weight-loss surgery was for health reasons, not the White House. I hope it’s true because the man needed to lose weight. And it looks like the New Jersey governor has lost some poundage, since...
Tags: Chris Christie, Politics, Barack Obama, Elections
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Freshman senator with senior pluck takes on the financial industry
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the newest member of the Senate Banking Committee, waited patiently for her first chance to question top financial regulators at a recent hearing on Capitol Hill. When her turn finally came after 90 minutes,...
Tags: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Social Security, Banking, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke
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Douglas C. Lyons: State will go on break next year as politics trumps policy
Okay. State lawmakers obviously dropped the ball when it came to expanding health care by failing to take federal funding for Medicaid. Too close to Obamacare, a majority of Republicans in the Florida Legislature felt as they stood tall on partisan...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Florida Legislature, Regional Authority, Jeffrey Atwater, Pam Bondi
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Walorski joins fellow Republicans, votes in favor of overtime bill
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski voted this week in favor of a bill that would allow private-sector employees to trade overtime pay for paid time off at the same rate of 1.5 hours per hour of overtime worked. The bill passed by a vote of 223-204 with mostly...Tags: U.S. Congress, Fred Upton, Jackie Walorski, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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