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Obama Proposes a Bailout of Postal Service, Cutting Deliveries
Washington - Warning of an imminent financial crisis, President Barack Obama on Monday proposed bailing out the United States Postal Service, urging that it be allowed to cut mail …
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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Ends This Week With Celebrations, Revelations and Questions
The era of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the military’s ban on openly gay service members, will come to an end on Tuesday. And while supporters of the ban continue …
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Keystone XL Pipeline Safety Standards Not as Rigorous as They Seem
Washington - TransCanada and the U.S. State Department have repeatedly touted safety standards for the proposed Keystone XL heavy crude pipeline as robust and unparalleled. As proof, they point …
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Obama Vows Veto if Deficit Plan Has No Tax Increases
Washington — President Obama called on Monday for Congress to adopt his “balanced” plan combining entitlement cuts, tax increases and war savings to reduce the federal deficit by more …
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Another Liberty Plaza Taken and Held Near Wall Street
When more than a thousand protesters marched on Saturday from Bowling Green, near the southern tip of Manhattan, toward the backup meeting point marked “2″ on their maps, they …
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Pennsylvania GOP Weighs Electoral Vote Changes for 2012
The newly empowered Republicans in Pennsylvania are considering changing the way the state awards its electoral votes in presidential elections despite growing concerns by some Republicans that the move …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Obama’s “Buffett Rule” Would Increase Taxes for Millionaires and Billionaires, and More
TRANSCRIPT: Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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“Occupy Wall Street”: Thousands March in New York City Financial District, Set Up Protest Encampment
Demonstrators are marching on Wall Street today on the third day of a campaign dubbed “Occupy Wall Street,” which began on Saturday when thousands gathered in New York …
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Buy American
Take a look at the agenda of the upcoming Take Back The American Dream Conference. There is a session on Tuesday titled, Strategy on State Level for Buy America …
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Mitch McConnel Doesn’t Have “Any Particular Reaction” to Tea Party Audience Cheering for Death
Rather than take a moment to condemn GOP debate audiences that cheered for executions and toleave a man to die, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said he didn’t …