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State Briefing: July 20, 2008
VETERANS GROUP WORKS THE SURGE John McCain is getting some help in Pennsylvania and other battleground states from the group Vets for Freedom, which released an ad with veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan calling the surge in Iraq a success....Tags: Government, Upper House, Economic Policy, Charlie Dent, Democratic Party
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Rendell, lawmakers spar over property tax appeals
Of The Associated PressChristine Joyce's latest property tax bill has dashed her dream to move from an old house with a tiny kitchen to a brand-new place in the country with a big yard. Joyce and her husband, who live in Pottsville, were planning to build a house on land...Tags: Government, Upper House, Landforms, Local Authority, Mountains
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We can't say no, but we can regulate them
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are like those country cousins who prefer not to stay in touch unless they get in trouble. Then, sure as a summer thunderstorm on a muggy day, they're at your door, unashamed to ask for help. And because it's family, you do...Tags: Government, National Government, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
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With a big war chest, Levy's at a crossroads
rick.brand@newsday.comWhen Steve Levy first won his county legislature seat in 1985, he spent $5,000 and a lot of shoe leather walking the district. And in his first county executive race four years ago, he funneled $86,000 in personal loans he, his mother and aunt made to...Tags: Government, William Proxmire, Mental Illness, Executive Branch, Steve Israel
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We're already talking to Tehran
Should the next U.S. president engage in direct talks with Iran? Barack Obama's suggestion that he would do that has been called naive (Hillary Clinton), appeasement (President Bush) and reckless (John McCain). The chattering class has cast the debate...Tags: Government, Environmental Pollution, Colleges and Universities, Barack Obama, Northwestern University
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India prime minister pays price for U.S. ties
The New York TimesA deepening friendship with the Bush administration has pushed the government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the brink of its own demise. Now, with a confidence vote in Parliament scheduled to begin this week, the government's scramble to stay in...Tags: Government, Government Ministers, Manmohan Singh, National Government
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Sunni Bloc Returns To Iraq Cabinet
Los Angeles TimesNearly a year after pulling out of Iraq's "unity government," the country's main Sunni Arab political bloc returned to the Shiite Muslim-led Cabinet on Saturday, in a breakthrough for efforts to mend relations between the country's largest religious...Tags: George Bush, The White House, Government, National Government, Diplomacy
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The $20,000 question
Chicago Tribune reportersThe state is squandering taxpayer money on dubious after-school grants, including many that rewarded one lawmaker's political supporters, a Tribune investigation found. In a church on Chicago's West Side, two homeless children fiddled aimlessly on...Tags: Upper House, Christianity, Bankruptcy, Baptist, Children
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Leahy's scene with Joker 'pretty tense'
WASHINGTON — The late Heath Ledger, who by all accounts gives a phenomenal performance as the Joker in the new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight," which opened Friday, does something a few Republicans have longed to do. He grabs Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-...Tags: Government, Montpelier, Upper House, National Government, Batman
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Roots of unrest still deep in Kenya
Chicago Tribune NewspapersNAIROBI, Kenya — Six months after post-election clashes brought this country to its knees, life in Kenya appears back to normal—for better and for worse. Ethnic fighting that killed more than 1,000 people has subsided. Political enemies are...Tags: Government, Mwai Kibaki, Political Candidates, Elections, Newspapers
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