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Blagojevich holds press conference to discuss corruption trial
WGN NewsHis publicist says that this was his "strongest public statement to date concerning the charges he is facing." Why is former Governor Rod Blagojevich still addressing the press? Is he having a nervous streak leading up to the trial? Is this his attempt at...Tags: Patrick Fitzgerald, Donald Trump, Regional Authority, Public Relations, Executive Branch
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GOP Sen. Tom Coburn reprimanded for role in Ensign affair
WASHINGTON -- Concluding its investigation surrounding the affair of former Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) with the wife of a top aide, the Senate Ethics Committee issued a public admonition of GOP Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma for meeting with the aide in...
Tags: Jim DeMint, Tom Coburn, Lobbying, Ethics, Republican Party
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Illinois House approves $1-a-pack cigarette tax increase
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD --- The Illinois House today approved a $1-a-pack cigarette tax hike to generate money for health care coverage for the poor. The 60-52 vote by the House, which has in the past rejected cigarette tax hike proposals, came a day after lawmakers...Tags: Tobacco Products, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Insurance, Medicaid, Barbara Flynn Currie
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Weldon: 'I have very little to lose' in long-shot Senate bid
WASHINGTON -- Former Congressman Dave Weldon has no illusions about his last-minute decision to enter Florida's Republican primary for U.S. Senate. "I know the odds against me are big," said Weldon, in a recent interview. But the ex-lawmaker from...Tags: Port Canaveral, Melbourne, Dave Weldon, Rick Santorum, Autism
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Detention facilities
As Lake County sheriff, I support Senate Bill 1064, which would ensure any individual detained by the government is held in a facility that is public and directly accountable to the people. The citizens of Illinois have long believed that detention is...Tags: Prisons, Migration, Illinois General Assembly, Crete, Republican Party
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Poll shows Connie Mack with big lead in U.S. Senate primary
A Quinnipiac poll released Thursday gives U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV, R-Fort Myers, a wide lead in a U.S. Senate matchup against former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux and tea party candidate Mike McCalister.
If the Republican primary were today, Mack would...Tags: Polls, Dave Weldon, Brevard County, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Trayvon Martin
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Mourdock supports Notre Dame in lawsuit
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Republican U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock defended an effort by the University of Notre Dame to overturn a federal mandate involving health care coverage for contraception during a campaign stop here Thursday. The state treasurer...Tags: Health Treatments, Insurance, Joe Donnelly, University of Notre Dame, Republican Party
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Other Voices
While the U.S. economy as a whole remains sluggish, the farm sector has been doing well. Exceptionally well, in fact. Last year, net farm income was a record $101 billion, and it's expected to be only slightly off the pace in 2012. With the national...Tags: Agriculture, China, National Institutes of Health, Medical Research, Pat Roberts
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Senate agrees on FDA overhaul
Of The Morning CallWASHINGTON — In a momentary flash of bipartisanship, the Senate approved legislation that would allow Americans speedier access to generic drugs as well as breakthrough treatments for life-threatening diseases as part of a Food and Drug...Tags: Instrument Engineering, Health and Safety at School, Food and Drug Administration, Republican Party, Health
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Kingsley Guy: Democrats' spending leading U.S. to disaster
If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, then the folks with the white coats need to pay visits to the offices of President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House...Tags: Personal Income, Federal Reserve, Nancy Pelosi, Social Security, Health
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Schumer decries 'Nazi' comparison in push to punish tax-dodgers
This post has been updatedWASHINGTON -- One week after proposing a law that would punish Americans who avoid paying large tax bills by renouncing their citizenship, Sen. Charles E. Schumer scolded anti-tax activist Grover Norquist for comparing the legislation to efforts taken...Tags: Robert P. Casey, Crime, Law and Justice, Judaism, Nazi Party, The Wall Street Journal
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Mourdock backs Notre Dame in lawsuit
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND – Republican U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock defended an effort by the University of Notre Dame to overturn a federal mandate involving health care coverage for contraception during a campaign stop here Thursday. The state...Tags: Health Treatments, Insurance, Joe Donnelly, University of Notre Dame, Republican Party
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