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Really, Dold should be losing this race. But a month before Election Day, he maintains a competitive position to keep his seat. Why?
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Really, Dold should be losing this race. But a month before Election Day, he maintains a competitive position to keep his seat. Why?
“While today’s unemployment report offered some encouraging news, it simply isn’t good enough. 7.8 percent unemployment should not be cause for celebration.
So proportionately they can and should remain important.” That is a familiar refrain for many Members and aides tied to the group.
the International Federation of Journalists noted in a statement following the NCC’s approval of the Want Want deal, “Tsai’s media companies have already accepted advertising revenue from the Mainland without
Sensing a shift in the political winds surrounding energy, the U.S. solar industry is weighing long-term policy options as it ponders a possible future without the federal tax incentives on which it has
The process that they have laid out is transparent and fair, and should be respected by Congress once it has taken place.”
And Romney still hasn’t detailed exactly how his tax plans – including eliminating the estate tax, cutting tax rates 20 percent and squeezing deductions – could add up without hurting the middle
Of course, given our thoroughly dysfunctional politics, people should start thinking.
The Romney campaign has disputed the Tax Policy Center analysis but has not detailed how he would pay for his proposals to cut tax rates by 20 percent and eliminate the estate tax without increasing
Supporters of the proposal argue that the children of illegal immigrants should not be punished for the actions of their parents.
They are forging ahead, however, without clear support from top local officials and, for that matter, House Republican leadership. D.C.
How is it possible then that Waters’ chief of staff could have committed a violation without Waters committing one, too? A: The Waters ethics investigation is worthy of a novel.
“This couldn’t have happened without Sal’s leadership.
Todd Akin, saying the debate in the Show-Me State is more about who should control the Senate.
Hanging up the phone, he continues his thought without so much as a pause. “So, right now, as I said, anybody who is focused on being a leader in the party should be focused on winning.”
Without the skills that can be acquired through postsecondary education, many of these Americans who previously were able to be a part of the middle class will be relegated to the ranks of our nation’s
U.S. officials say stalled congressional action on a new farm bill should not unravel an agreement with Brazil that has kept the country from levying nearly $1 billion in retaliatory tariffs on American
“We believe that the full Committee, or the House, should consider adopting policies that recognize that employer/employee relationships with grandchildren can be just as fraught with risk as other
“Cuts should not increase poverty in America or put children and families at greater risk of falling through the cracks,” said a letter organized by the Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus and set
We have lost the opportunity to make informed judgments about which programs are effective and deserving of additional resources, and which programs should be reformed or terminated.”