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GOP: Groping Old Pary
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- Only a few days into the new year, the Grand Old Party has a huge political hangover from the events that rang in the tidings of 2013. First came the escape from the fiscal cliff that saw its speaker of the House, John Boehner,...Tags: Barack Obama, Fiscal Cliff, Eric Cantor, Democratic Party, Nancy Pelosi
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Tags: Labor Markets, Barack Obama, Labor Legislation, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid
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House OKs 'fiscal cliff' deal
Associated PressPast its own New Year’s deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid a national ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ of middle class tax increases and spending cuts late Tuesday night in the culmination of a...Tags: Labor Markets, Barack Obama, Rick Berg, Labor Legislation, Nancy Pelosi
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Defined by a Sandy sidestep
WASHINGTON -- The end-of-term reviews of John Boehner's House speakership are in, and they aren't pretty. "The conduct of the Republican leadership was disgraceful, it was indefensible and it was immoral." "There was a betrayal." "Disappointing...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, Chris Smith (New Jersey Politician), Fiscal Cliff, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Eric Cantor
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The double-down president is an instigator, not a conciliator
Americans are justified in feeling numbed by the car alarm of Washington politics. Every now and then we get a reprieve from the noise. Something breaks through: a sex scandal, a gaffe, a surprise resignation. Already the words "Petraeus affair" have...Tags: John Boehner, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Fiscal Cliff, Money and Monetary Policy
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Weekend Talk: James Baker; Richard J. Durbin; Charles E. Schumer
Click here to download TV listings for the week Dec. 9 - 15 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC The Chris Matthews Show "Fiscal cliff" negotiations; Hillary Clinton's prospects...
Tags: Christine Lagarde, Hillary Clinton, Ewan McGregor, Bob Corker, Bob Costas
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House GOP leadership very white and male, but why?
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.Official Washington went all atwitter last week when Republicans named white men to every one of the 19 committee chairmanships in the House of Representatives. More than one observer accused the party of sexism, but one watchdog group in the Capitol...Tags: John Boehner, Republican Party, Eric Cantor, Candice Miller, Democratic Party
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Obama asks GOP to keep middle-class taxes low for Christmas
HATFIELD, Pa. – President Obama cast himself in the role of Santa Claus during a visit to a toy factory Friday, suggesting that Republican lawmakers should get only a lump of coal in their stockings if they don’t work with him this month to...
Tags: Barack Obama, Religious Festivals, Democratic Party, Toy Industry, White House
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Obama will send season's greetings to Republicans from toy factory
WASHINGTON – President Obama heads to a toy factory in Pennsylvania on Friday with a Christmastime message for Republicans: Extend the middle-class tax cuts or risk hurting businesses such as The Rodon Group, the maker of Tinkertoy and Angry Birds...
Tags: Labor Markets, Barack Obama, Media Industry, Democratic Party, Productivity
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Weekend preview: End of the world? Santa to the rescue!
Lotta talk these days about Bolon Yokte, the Mayan god in charge of bad things, including war, conflict, the underworld and “Gangnam Style.” It is Yokte, as he is known among the wags knocking ’em back most nights at Red’s in...
Tags: Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, Television Industry, Healthy Diet, The Box (movie), Wilton Manors
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Democrats face problem of ages
President Barack Obama’s re-election means that, for the next four years, the face of the Democratic Party will be its vigorous 51-year-old president. Beyond Obama, however, the party has an increasingly geriatric leadership that is blocking...Tags: Andrew Cuomo, Hillary Clinton, Executive Branch, Jeb Bush, Barack Obama
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California GOP chairman will not seek another term
PolitiCalThe chairman of the California Republican Party has decided not to seek another term. Tom Del Beccaro, who was elected as head of the state GOP in 2010, announced his decision in an email to party insiders this week, saying......
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