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$75 billion sought to jolt economy
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - President Bush called on Congress yesterday to enact a package of up to $75 billion in tax relief for individuals, businesses and laid-off workers suffering from an economic slowdown made worse by last month's terrorist attacks. After a...Tags: Alan Greenspan, Heads of State, Bill Thomas, Social Security, Wages and Pensions
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Homeland security bill on verge of being shelved
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - The Senate has become so deadlocked over the creation of a Homeland Security Department to protect Americans against terrorism that the chances the agency will be established this year have all but vanished. After a month of debate and...Tags: Labor Markets, Heads of State, Trent Lott, Labor Legislation, National Security
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Clinton acquitted
Sun ReporterEnding a tumultuous year of political scandal, the Senate acquitted President Clinton of high crimes and misdemeanors yesterday, after House prosecutors failed to muster even a bare majority of senators in favor of removing the nation's 42nd president...Tags: Lawyers, Trials, Henry J Hyde, John Edwards, White House
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Solemn vote ends 'year of agony'
Sun ReporterSuspenseful it was not. And yet, when Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist called for the verdict in President Clinton's impeachment trial, he suddenly placed the weight of history on 100 sets of shoulders in the hushed Senate chamber. "Senators, how say...Tags: Lawyers, John F. Kennedy, Strom Thurmond, Trent Lott, Henry J Hyde
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Being camera-ready counts for a lot, studies find
When former Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1996, he wondered if he was too ugly to be president. Last fall, as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was being promoted as a possible presidential contender, some wondered...
Tags: Chicago Tribune Columnists, Sarah Palin, Ron Paul, Personal Service, Mitt Romney
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FED FOCUS-Old feud appears to sink Obama's Fed nominees
ReutersBy Mark Felsenthal and David Lawder WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's two nominees to the Federal Reserve appear likely to fall victim to a long-running political feud, which would leave the central bank short-handed as it...Tags: Economic Policy, Drue Vitter, George H.W. Bush, Mitt Romney, U.S. Senate
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Columnist vs. columnist
Change of SubjectLiberal Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne on Sunday took on/took down a column published last week by his conservative colleague George Will on the famous Elizabeth Warren video. This is unusual. There's an unspoken rule of collegiality that tends to.... -
Outsider Scott has lots of insider help
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy Kathleen Haughney The News Service of Florida PANAMA CITY — Rick Scott, candidate for governor, is running as the consummate outsider in a year of outsiders. He’s never held office, and he hits the theme often – people are tired o... -
Obama Urges Reins On Oil Speculators
June 22, 2008--Barack Obama says he would crackdown on oil speculators as part of his energy plan.
He thinks oil speculation is largely to blame for $135-a-barrel crude. And Obama says a loophole inserted into a bill 8 years ago by a Republican who's...Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain
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Obama: What about McCain's veep picker?
Spin CycleApparently the squabble over Obama veep-picker Jim Johnson's (left) loans from Countrywide is serious enough for his campaign to try to fight fire with fire. They blast out a blog piece (and, in the course of things, they might......Tags: Economic Policy, Time Warner Inc., Lobbying, Political Candidates, Elections
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Obama goes after McCain, oil speculation
The Swampby John McCormick Sen. Barack Obama's campaign went on the offensive again today on energy related matters, charging that a co-chairman for Sen. John McCain's campaign is responsible for an "Enron loophole" that fuels profiteering in oil markets. "For...Tags: Barack Obama, Jon Corzine, Bill Clinton, John McCain
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Records sought at McCain advisor's bank
The SwampThis can't be good for the campaign of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain. The IRS is trying to serve a summons on Swiss bank UBS AG seeking information on U.S. taxpayers who may have used the bank to gin up records to avoid...Tags: Economic Policy, Trials, Lobbying, Mortgages, Barack Obama
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