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Obama pressured to go on attack
When Democratic strategist Paul Begala wrote a $2,300 campaign check to Barack Obama recently, he scribbled in bold letters at the bottom: "FOR NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING ONLY."
Obama burst into laughter when he saw the donation, Begala was told. But he and...Tags: Government, George Bush, Peter Hart, Bill Clinton, Executive Branch
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GRAY MATTERS: AARP flexes its muscle on Medicare, support for gays
saulfriedman@comcast.netLet's have a round of applause for AARP. The organization of 40 million Americans over age 50 displayed its lobbying power on behalf of the interests of older men and women when it helped goad Senate Republicans to do the right thing and pass the...Tags: Lobbying, Minority Groups, Society, George Bush, Government
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Bush signs housing bailout package
From wire reportsPresident Bush signed into law yesterday a huge package of housing legislation that included broad authority for the Treasury Department to safeguard the nation's two largest mortgage finance companies and a plan to help hundreds of thousands of...Tags: Fannie Mae, George Bush, Government, State Budgets, Mortgages
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Anti-discrimination legislation
Source: Human Rights Coalition, Equality IllinoisChampaign at the fore: In 1978, Champaign becomes the first city in Illinois to protect transgender people in the workplace. It was the second municipality in the country to do so. Justices rule: The Supreme Court decides in 1989 that the federal law...Tags: Minority Groups, Discrimination
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New housing law full of trapdoors for borrowers and lenders
I took a hard look at the new federal housing law and I had trouble seeing past all the strings attached to its offers of help for troubled homeowners. Such as: If you use its provisions to refinance your mortgage and then sell your home at a gain, you'...Tags: Melbourne, Government, Sales, Mortgages, Financial and Business Services
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Strapped homeowners get help with new law
MarketwatchPresident Bush signed legislation Wednesday aimed at shoring up the housing market, providing an emergency safety net for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and helping several hundred thousand families avoid foreclosure. "We look forward to...Tags: Fannie Mae, George Bush, State Budgets, Government, Mortgages
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House OKs rescue plan
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe House approved a sweeping plan Wednesday to ease the most serious housing crisis since the Great Depression by providing aid to homeowners facing foreclosure and a federal backstop for struggling mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In a...Tags: George Bush, Government, State Budgets, John McCain, Richard Durbin
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Rescue reality trumps ideology
Associated PressWASHINGTON—Odd alliances are at work as President Bush and congressional Democrats band together to save Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The push to reassure markets that the mortgage giants are financially healthy has thrust Republicans—who have...Tags: Fannie Mae, George Bush, Government, Mortgages, Philosophy
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Congress Passes Housing Rescue Bill
The Associated PressWASHINGTON -- Congress approved mortgage relief for 400,000 struggling homeowners as part of an election-year housing plan that also aims to calm jittery financial markets and bolster the sagging economy. President Bush said he would sign it promptly,...Tags: Fannie Mae, Maxine Waters, Government, George Bush, Mortgages
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Pols propose decriminalizing marijuana
dfreedlander@am-ny.comCongress can be so groovy. Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank announced a proposal Wednesday to strike down penalties against those possessing less than a 100 grams, or almost a quarter-pound, of marijuana. "This is not just some flakey notion. This is a...Tags: Ron Paul, Government, Starbucks Corporation, Addiction, Human Rights
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Housing bill heads to Senate; Bush withdraws veto threat
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe House approved a sweeping plan Wednesday to ease the country's most serious housing crisis since the Great Depression by providing aid to homeowners facing foreclosure and a federal backstop for struggling mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac....Tags: Maxine Waters, George Bush, Government, State Budgets, Elton Gallegly
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Obama claims he's on banking committee
The Swampby Katie Fretland Barack Obama today boasted about a bill in "my committee,'' a committee on which he has no seat. While speaking to the press in the Israeli town of Sderot, Obama mistakenly put the U.S. Senate banking committee......Tags: Barack Obama, Government, Defense, Local Authority, Upper House
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