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Mark Sanford: Fighting 'kangaroo court'
The Swampby Mark Silva Mark Sanford, the governor of South Carolina facing a state Ethics Commission inquiry into his spending of state money on travel since his extramarital affair was exposed, also has faced growing calls for his resignation. The latest......Tags: Mark Sanford, Justice System, Politics, Executive Branch, Republican Party
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Shimkus walked on Obama: 'Frustrated'
The Swampby Mark Silva Rep. Joe Wilson, the South Carolina Republican who yelled at President Barack Obama during his address to Congress this week, wasn't the only one unhappy with what he heard. Rep. John Shimkus, a Republican from Illinois, walked......Tags: John Shimkus, Government, Barack Obama, West Point, Illinois
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Campaign finance laws at stake at court
The Swampby David G. Savage President Obama's top courtroom lawyer strongly defended the nation's campaign funding laws in the Supreme Court today and warned the court's skeptical conservatives against striking down the historic ban on corporations directly...Tags: U.S. Presidential Election (2008), Clarence Thomas, Sonia Sotomayor, George W. Bush, Justice System
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Palin's 'death panels' dead issue: Obama
The Swampby Mark Silva Sarah Palin, former governor of Alaska and GOP candidate for vice president, returned to the health care debate today with an Op-ed essay in the Wall Street Journal warning people anew about the "death panels'' in the......Tags: The New York Times, Newspapers, Medical Services, The Washington Post, Health
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Cheney International Center: Wyoming
The Swampby Mark Silva Former President George W. Bush is getting a presidential library and think tank - a public policy center dedicated to his principles - at Southern Methodist University in Texas And now former Vice President Dick Cheney has......Tags: Wyoming, Education, Government, George W. Bush, Colleges and Universities
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Obama accepts Joe Wilson's apology
The Swampby Michael Muskal President Obama today accepted the apology of Rep. Joe Wilson, who interrupted the president's speech to Congress to accuse him of lying about whether illegal immigrants would be covered under proposed changes in health-care policies....Tags: Joe Biden, Medical Services, Labor Legislation, Health, Politics
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Obama names new performance officer
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama today named a business management consultant to serve as the government's first chief performance officer, part of the new president's pledge to gain control over wasteful spending. Jeffrey Zients, a consultant and...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Layoffs and Downsizing, Medical Services, Disasters, Technology
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Gun control's time coming: Ed Rendell
The Swampby Mark Silva Ed Rendell, governor of Pennsylvania and chairman of the National Governors Association, says the nation must confront the need for new gun control sooner or later. The National Rifle Association, Rendell adds, is "a paper tiger.'' The......Tags: Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Executive Branch, Assault
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Obama's budget cutting: Fractional?
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated again at 1:45 pm EDT President Barack Obama, holding his first Cabinet meeting this morning, has an assignment for the group: Cutting $100 million from their budgets in 90 days - with a deadline for......Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Economic Policy, Government, Barack Obama, Politics
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Suffolk's Dem leader: A quarter-million-dollar man
Spin CycleSuffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer may not be a $1-million man, but local Democrats raised a quarter of that number --$250,000-- at the party's $300-a-head spring fundraiser that attracted more than 450 to Villa Lombardi's Tuesday night...Tags: Government, Bill Clinton, David Paterson, Politics, Democratic Party
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E.U.: Avoid travel to U.S. unless 'urgent'
The Swampby Mark Silva The emergence of swine flu in the United States may be no cause for alarm, as President Barack Obama said today. That's not what they're saying in Europe, though: The European Union today advised travelers to avoid......Tags: European Union, Government, Mexico, Barack Obama, United States
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Supreme Court: Expletives deleted
The Swampby David G. Savage The Supreme Court said today that TV viewers should not be hit with the "F-word" or the "S-word" during prime time broadcasts, upholding the government's power to impose huge fines on broadcasters for airing a single......Tags: Janet Jackson, Local Government, Clarence Thomas, Television Industry, Punishment
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