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Who's not bargaining in good faith?
WASHINGTON -- Put Social Security on the table -- clearly and irrevocably. Protecting retiree benefits is the left's political equivalent of the right's "no new taxes" pledge. Congressional Republicans are abandoning their untenable position. Now it is...
Tags: Democratic Party, Fiscal Cliff, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, Social Security
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Names of 4 ex-federal prosecutors sent to White House for U.S. attorney
Tribune reporterThe names of four former federal prosecutors will be sent to the White House for the Obama administration to decide who will succeed former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, according to a letter made public by Illinois’ two U.S. senators....Tags: Legal Service, Business Enterprises, Politics, Justice System, Prosecution
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GOP suggests Medicare, Social Security cuts for 'fiscal cliff' deal
WASHINGTON -- The Senate’s top Republican suggested specific cuts to popular safety-net entitlement programs – Medicare and Social Security – as the kind of proposals his party wants on the table in talks with the White House over the...Tags: Democratic Party, Fiscal Cliff, Government Debt, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting
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Ash-dumping Lake Michigan ferry may stay afloat
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Lake Michigan ferry that travels between Wisconsin and Michigan would be allowed to stay afloat even though it dumps 500 tons of coal ash into the lake each season, under a special provision added to a bill pending in Congress....
Tags: Bill Huizenga, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, Coal, Environmental Politics
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Statehood for District of Columbia could get another look
WASHINGTON -- Hail to the 51st state. Statehood for the District of Columbia is a long way off, but retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) has introduced the New Columbia Admissions Act to put the issue on the front burner on Capitol Hill. "It is...
Tags: Republican Party, Washington, DC, Politics, U.S. Congress, Elections
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Wrong answers for Newtown
The film "Casablanca" has many famous lines, but none more immortal than Capt. Renault's order after seeing a Nazi officer shot by Humphrey Bogart's character, Rick Blaine: "Round up the usual suspects." He issues that command to give the impression he'...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Politics, John D. Rockefeller IV, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Entertainment
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The bare truth about the 'fiscal cliff'
WASHINGTON -- Debt fighters Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, dining with reporters Wednesday morning, discussed a White House official's admission that the nation's fiscal problems won't be solved by a "naked" tax increase alone, without spending cuts....
Tags: Tom Cole, Fiscal Cliff, Politics, John Boehner, Cher
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Reid, McConnell clash on 'fiscal cliff,' filibuster rules
WASHINGTON -- With “fiscal cliff” negotiations appearing to be at a standstill, and President Obama taking his argument on the road, the two highest-ranking members of the Senate butted heads Tuesday, laying the blame on the opposite side of...
Tags: Democratic Party, Media Industry, Fiscal Cliff, Republican Party, Harry Reid
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Top Democrat urges progressives to deal on 'fiscal cliff'
This post has been updated and corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON – A top Democrat pressured fellow progressives Tuesday to support – rather than fight – a far-reaching budget deal that includes cuts to entitlement programs after resolving the upcoming fiscal cliff. “We can't be...Tags: Democratic Party, Fiscal Cliff, Politics, Arts and Culture, Social Security
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Republicans to Grover Norquist: We're just not that into you
Was the big loser of this month's election Grover Norquist? It's starting to look that way, as an increasing number of Republicans in the House and Senate are announcing that they could be willing to violate the pledges they signed at the behest of the...Tags: Democratic Party, Eric Cantor, Fiscal Cliff, Saxby Chambliss, Politics
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McCain softens opposition to Rice, open to Benghazi explanation
WASHINGTON – The top Republican leading the fight against Susan Rice as the new secretary of State softened his opposition and said Sunday he was open to hearing her explain why she declared the burning of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya,...Tags: Democratic Party, Benghazi, United Nations, Politics, Union (McHenry, Illinois)
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For Illinois Republicans, the gloom settles in
A day after suffering devastating election losses up and down the state, Illinois Republicans could point to one bright spot: Barack Obama's name won't ever be on the ballot again. In 2004 as a U.S. Senate candidate, in 2008 as a presidential contender...
Tags: Democratic Party, Media Industry, Primaries, Politics, Polls
Dec 3, 2012
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Dec 20, 2012
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Nov 29, 2012
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Nov 27, 2012
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Nov 27, 2012
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Nov 27, 2012
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Nov 25, 2012
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Nov 8, 2012
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