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- Americans Losing Confidence In Battle Against H1N1
Americans are starting to lose confidence in the government's ability to prevent a nationwide epidemic of the H1N1 flu, according to a new national poll.
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- Huckabee Suggests Palin Double Standard
There's a likely GOP 2012 presidential candidate who is a former governor, darling of the party's conservative base, and the leader of nearly every early presidential poll.
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- Palin Heading To Iowa
The former Alaska governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee's upcoming book tour will taker her to Sioux City, Iowa, on Sunday December 6, according to an announcement posted on the Barnes and Noble Web site.
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- White House: No Afghanistan Troop Decision Made
White House National Security Adviser Retired Gen. Jim Jones issued a rare public statement Monday vehemently denying media reports that suggest U.S. President Barack Obama has privately decided to send close to 40,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. - Bill Clinton To Address Senate Democrats On Health Care
CNN reports that former President Bill Clinton will attend the Senate Democrats' weekly luncheon Tuesday to address the caucus about health care.
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- Sarah Palin Back on Twitter
Want to follow Sarah Palin before the arrival of her new book? Here's her address, and why she's getting back in the Twitter game. - Abortion Will Heat Up Senate Health Care Debate
Here's why Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson's vote is considered crucial in the debate over federal dollars for abortions. - Huckabee Suggests Palin Double Standard
There's a likely GOP 2012 presidential candidate who is a former governor, darling of the party's conservative base, and the leader of nearly every early presidential poll.
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- Obama To Speak At Fort Hood Memorial Service, Meet With Victims' Families
President Barack Obama will speak at Tuesday's memorial service for the shooting victims at Fort Hood Army Post in Texas, and will meet with victims' families, his spokesman said.
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- Lone GOP Vote Came After Call From President Obama
Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao was the only Republican to vote in favor of the Democratic health care bill that passed the House late Saturday, a vote that came after President Obama called to personally to ask for his support, Cao told CNN.
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- Lieberman Will Seek Senate Committee Hearing On Fort Hood Shootings
Sen. Joseph Lieberman said Sunday he intends to launch a Senate committee hearing on whether the Fort Hood shootings were a terrorist act and if the Army should have taken pre-emptive steps due to reported signs of Islamic extremism by the suspected gunman.
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- Obama, Netanyahu To Meet Monday, White House Says
President Obama will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday evening after a rough stretch in U.S. efforts to settle the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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- Obama on Health Care Reform: "This is Our Moment"
President Barack Obama Saturday said members of the House of Representatives face the chance of a lifetime as they consider legislation on health care reform.
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- Obama Meeting House Dems As Abortion Issue Threatens Delay Of Health Care Vote
President Barack Obama will meet with members of the House Democratic caucus Saturday in a rare visit to Capitol Hill as he works to push forward proposed health care legislation.
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- Senate Bill Contains Money For Kansas Projects
The Senate passed the Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill Thursday night. Sen. Sam Brownback says it includes money for several Kansas projects.
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- Kansas Regents Say Further Cuts Threaten Education, Federal Dollars
Regents Chairperson Jill Docking says the state is "flirting perilously close to the minimum funding levels required" for the schools to continue receiving federal stimulus dollars.
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- House Health Care Vote May Be Delayed
A hotly anticipated vote to overhaul health care by the full House of Representatives may be delayed until Sunday, according to two Democratic sources.
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- Congressmen Exchange Partisan Jabs Over The Yankees
New York Democratic congressman took to the House floor Friday morning to congratulate the New York Yankees for winning the World Series. But the discourse quickly turned to partisan attacks.
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- AMA, AARP Back House Health Care Bill
The push to overhaul health care received a major boost Thursday as the American Medical Association and AARP endorsed legislation drafted by top House Democrats.
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- Interim Leader Names Himself President Of Unity Government In Honduras
Interim Honduran President Roberto Micheletti installed himself as leader of a new unity government late Thursday, a move that drew condemnation from ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya.
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- Palin To Keep Low-Profile On Wisconsin Trip
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is set to deliver remarks at a Wisconsin Right to Life event Friday evening, one of the few speeches the former Republican presidential nominee will have given since she resigned the governorship last summer.
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- Kansas Looking At Deep Budget Hole
Gov. Mark Parkinson says he will develop a plan to balance the state's budget.
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- Tiahrt Lands High-Profile Endorsement
Former Missouri Governor and Attorney General John Ashcroft calls the Wichita lawmaker a "principled conservative." - AMA, AARP Back House Health Care Bill
The push to overhaul health care received a major boost Thursday as the American Medical Association and AARP endorsed legislation drafted by top House Democrats.
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- Former Governor Dies At Age 98
William Avery, Kansas' 37th governor, died Wednesday evening at the age of 98.Governor Mark Parkinson has directed flags across Kansas to fly at half-staff from now until sundown November 14 in recognition of his death.
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- Congress Approves More Benefits For Jobless
Unemployed Americans are set to get up to 20 additional weeks of jobless benefits, while new homebuyers are poised to see the $8,000 tax credit extended into mid-next year.
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- Experts: Health Care Fraud will Bankrupt the Economy
On the first anniversary of his election, critics accuse President Obama and the Democratic Party are pushing a health care program that would bankrupt the nation. - Washington Moves to Control Water
Congress is attempting to expand their power over US waters by including those on private property. - Ten Key Tuesday Election Races And Results
Tuesday's off-year election might not have the high stakes of the 2008 presidential election, but several significant races are worth watching:
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- Maine Rejects Same-Sex Marriage Law
Supporters of Maine's same-sex marriage law, which voters narrowly repealed, gathered Wednesday to concede the vote but not the issue.
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- Ten Key Election Races And Results
Tuesday's off-year election may not have had the high stakes of the 2008 presidential election, but several races are significant on the national level.
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- GOP Wins Key Governor Races, But Lose NY Congressional Seat
A Republican Party left for dead by many in the wake of recent Democratic landslides sprang back to life Tuesday with wins in hotly contested races for governor in Virginia and New Jersey.
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- Months Into Obama's Presidency, Promise Of 'Change' Is A Slow Go
On that unusually balmy Chicago night a year ago, the candidate who campaigned on what he called the "fierce urgency of now" became the president-elect who needed time.
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- Independent Voters Swung Republican In NJ
Republican Chris Christie defeated incumbent Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine Tuesday, giving the GOP a rare Northeast win and a sweep of the night's gubernatorial races.
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- Fiorina Jumps Into High-Profile California Senate Race
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina finally made it official Wednesday: She's running for Senate in California.
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- Poll: 54 Percent Approve of Obama
One year after he won a historical presidential election, a slight majority of Americans approve of the job Barack Obama's doing in the White House.
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- Gingrich Set to Speak at Dole Institute
Newt Gingrich speaks up on how to solve America's problems, and looks back to the Republican revolution he created in the 1990s. The former House Speaker speaks Wednesday night in Lawrence. - Aides: Obama Not Watching Election Returns
President Obama is not planning to watch Tuesday nights election returns, Obama aides Robert Gibbs and David Axelrod tell CNN.
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- Charles Rangel Ethics Probe in Slow Motion
Harlem Congressman Charlie Rangel is in the news once again with his introduction of a House bill that will make it harder for taxpayers to hide their money in foreign banks. Critics call him "the poster child for Congressional term limits." Find out why. - Support For Democracy And Capitalism Falls 20 Years After The Collapse Of Communism, Study Shows
A specter is haunting Eastern Europe -- the ghost of communism past.
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- Question Marks For GOP In New York District And Beyond
If Democrats suffer a loss in an upstate New York congressional race Tuesday, it could well spark an uneasy celebration among Republican leaders.
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- Smoking Petition Goes Online
The effort to overturn Topeka's smoking ban has entered the virtual world. So far, the site claims more than 1800 people have signed to overturn the ban. If the effort fails, the smoking ban takes effect on December 4th.
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- Clinton Says Time To Move Past 2008 Election
One day after a new book revealed former President Bill Clinton's 2008 campaign trail outbursts may have prevented his wife from landing a spot on the Democratic ticket, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says it's time to move past last year's election.
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- Cheney Told FBI He Did Not Know Who Leaked Plame's Identity
Former vice president Dick Cheney told a special prosecutor in 2004 that he had no idea who leaked the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame, according to newly released FBI documents.
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- Islamist Militia Threatens Israel
A militant Islamist group associated with al Qaeda has for the first time threatened to attack Israel, far from its normal base of operations in Somalia.
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- Lieberman: No Health Care Bill Would Be Better Than A Public Option
Sen. Joe Lieberman said Sunday that America would be better off with no health care bill instead of one that includes a government-run public health insurance option.
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- Karzai Challenger Pulls Out Of Afghan Runoff Vote
Afghan politician Abdullah Abdullah withdrew Sunday from the upcoming runoff election, saying he believes the second round would be as fraudulent as the first.
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- Geithner: Deficit Must Come Down, But Economic Growth Still The Priority
Economic growth and job creation remain the government's top priority, despite a federal deficit that is "too high," Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said in an interview broadcast Sunday.
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- Scozzafava Drops Out Of New York Race
Republican Dede Scozzafava dropped out of New York's 23rd District special election Saturday, citing a slip in the polls as a factor contributing to her decision.
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- Boehner: Only Republicans Have Offered Workable Health-Care Plan
House Minority Leader John Boehner pushed back Saturday against critics whoaccuse the GOP of attacking President Barack Obama's health-care plan without offering a formal Republican alternative.
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