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Google, in an effort to stop Congress from passing legislation that would directly affect them and their income, spent nearly $4 Million, $3.76 Million to be exact, in an effort to lobby and sway opinion in the ...
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Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has announced that she is officially stepping down from her Arizona congressional seat that one year earlier nearly cost her life.
Giffords announced her departure from her Arizona seat in a touching YouTube video in ...
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Though SOPA and PIPA are eating most of the media airwaves (read: none of them except the internet) regarding battles on capitol hill, one knife-to-a-gun-fight scuffle still going strong is that of the millionaire surtax: a left-field ...
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JPK may soon be running for congress. Joseph P. Kennedy III, the grandson of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy, announced today that he is considering a run for Barney Frank's congressional seat.
Kennedy said:
“I am announcing today ...
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The destruction of the Twin Towers changed America forever. The events of 9/11 made it abundantly clear to every single citizen that terrorism was about to become a major factor in their existence. However, it is doubtful ...
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Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) has scheduled a press conference to take place later this afternoon, reportedly to announce his intent to retire from Congress.
The 70-year old Nelson has been at the center of major ad buys by ...
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I still remember the old adage that my parents tried to stuff down my throat as a kid when they were trying to get me to stop doing something while they themselves were doing it - do ...
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The Intelligence world will have to settle for only $80 billion dollars this year. Congress has passed their latest spending bills which, while not actually cutting their budget, only keeps the spy world with the same budget ...
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Congress' supercommittee has failed in its bid to cut a government debt that stands at an eye-watering $15 trillion.
With deep-running political divisions over spending and taxation, Republicans and Democrats failed to reach an agreement to cut $1.2 ...
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Lab tests have been conducted on innocent Chimpanzees since the 1920's and now a new ape-testing bill in Congress hopes to end the practice completely.
Speaking to the New York Times Wayne Pacelle, President of the US Humane Society ...
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A group of millionaires banned together on Wednesday to ask Congressional leaders to tax them more.
Two dozen wealthy Americans approached members of the deficit "Supercommittee" and begged to have their taxes increased.
Testifying at a congressional hearing in ...
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Do you approve of the job being done by congress? If you do, you are one of the few. Last month congress' approval rating fell to a record low of 9 percent. In comparison, 11% of American ...
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Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, the crew involved in the first mission to land on the moon, and John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth, have all been awarded the ...
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In case you were wondering where all of the healthy vegetables were on your child's lunch menu at school, they're in the pizza they've been eating everyday. Congress recently declared that Pizza constitutes a vegetable requirement even ...
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Gabrielle Giffords is planning a return to Congress according to a one-page statement made in the upcoming memoir Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope which was written by Gifford's husband Mark Kelly.
The final chapter of the book ...
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One of the more interesting things about Amazon's new Fire tablet is their own browser called Silk. What makes the browser interesting is that it uses a "split" design that has any browser traffic using Silk going ...
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As Kim wrote earlier, Congresswoman Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot while she was holding a "Congress on the Corner" at a local Safeway. Thankfully, and contrary to early reports, Giffords has survived the shooting and ...
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Way to go all Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Rep. Anthony Weiner of Brooklyn/Queens!
Rep. Weiner gave an impassioned speech yesterday on the House floor because Republicans are blocking funding to monitor September 11th first responders with lasting ...
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Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY), one of the most vocal proponents of the new healthcare reform legislation, received a threatening letter containing an unidentified white powder today.
Law enforcement officials responded to the scene on Kew Gardens road at ...
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A recent ruling by the Supremes granting unprecedented rights to corporations to wield influence through campaign donations has drawn widespread ire, most notably by President Obama during his State of the Union address.
In a brilliant piece of ...
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Ben Quayle, son of former VP Dan Quayle, is running for Congress in Arizona.
The younger Quayle, 33, is a lawyer in Scottsdale. His plans were made public in a statement his father made on Fox News:
“The big news ...
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Freshman Democrat from Alabama Rep. Parker Griffith is changing sides and joining the Grand Old Party, Politico is reporting.
Griffith is expected to announce the switch this afternoon in his home county in Alabama, and while the timing ...
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