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Franken takes on Lieberman as tensions builds in Senate

Seeded on Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:58 AM EST (CNN)

Washington (CNN) - Tensions stemming from the prolonged debate on health care flared Thursday afternoon when Democratic Sen. Al Franken, who was the presiding officer, refused to let Sen. Joe Lieberman finish his speech on the senate floor.

Schwarzenegger slams Palin

Seeded on Tue Dec 15, 2009 7:12 PM EST (CNN)

"You have to ask: what was she trying to accomplish?" Schwarzenegger, in Copenhagen for the international climate change summit, told the Financial Times.

House Approves Sweeping Health Care Bill, Now All Eyes on Senate

Seeded on Sun Nov 8, 2009 10:38 AM EST (ABC News)

The vote passed 220-215 with 39 Democrats voting against the bill, and one Republican supporting the sweeping plan, Rep. Joseph Cao, a first-term Republican who holds an overwhelmingly Democratic seat in New Orleans.

Louisiana justice who refused interracial marriage resigns

Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 6:10 PM EST (CNN)

(CNN) -- A Louisiana justice of the peace who drew criticism for refusing to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple has resigned, the secretary of state's office said Tuesday.

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Consumer Reports Jumps Into Health Care Debate

Seeded on Mon Oct 5, 2009 6:12 PM EDT (RealClearPolitics)

Consumer Reports is throwing its hat in the health care reform ring, calling on Congress to pass legislation this year. For the first time ever, the organization is airing a TV ad to get across its message on behalf of consumers.

Secret Service investigating Facebook poll on Obama

Seeded on Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:22 PM EDT (CNN)

(CNN) -- The social networking site Facebook on Monday pulled a third-party application that allows users to create polls after a site member built a poll asking if President Obama should be killed.

'I very much enjoy working for' Obama, Gates says

Seeded on Sun Sep 27, 2009 7:08 PM EDT (CNN)

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who was a prominent member of former President George W. Bush's Cabinet, told CNN that he is enjoying working for Bush's Democratic successor.

Medal of Honor recipient remembered as a selfless friend

Seeded on Thu Sep 17, 2009 2:21 PM EDT (CNN)

It's a crisp New England day and Paul Monti is sitting in the backyard garden he built to honor the memory of his son, sipping coffee from his favorite Boston Red Sox mug, and nursing what he calls a "morning cigar." These are daily rituals that help him deal with his son's dea …

Nasdaq and S&P 500 at '09 highs

Seeded on Wed Sep 9, 2009 5:07 PM EDT (CNN)

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks rallied Wednesday, with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 ending at 11-month highs as investors welcomed a Federal Reserve report that indicated the economy is stabilizing.

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Ex-Attorney General Gonzales backs CIA prison abuse probe

Seeded on Tue Sep 1, 2009 5:04 PM EDT (Reuters)

"We worked very hard to establish ground rules and parameters about how to deal with terrorists," Gonzales said in an interview with The Washington Times' "America's Morning News" radio show.

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GOP hopeful jokes about 'Obama tags'

Seeded on Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:20 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

BOISE, Idaho - An Idaho Republican gubernatorial hopeful insists he was joking when he said he'd buy a license to hunt President Barack Obama.

Why 'Cash for Clunkers' works

Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:23 PM EDT (CNN)

Editor's note: Jack D. Hidary co-founded a technology company, Earth Web/Dice, and a financial research company, Vista Research.

Obama: I didn't mean to slight Cambridge police

Seeded on Sat Jul 25, 2009 1:37 PM EDT (CNN)

President Obama said Friday he spoke with the police officer who arrested a Harvard professor and told the officer he did not mean to malign the Cambridge Police Department when he said police acted stupidly. The president acknowledged that his words "helped to contribute to ra …

Serb cousins guilty of burning Muslims alive

Seeded on Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:23 AM EDT (CNN)

(CNN) -- A U.N. tribunal convicted two Serb cousins Monday of having burned alive more than 100 Muslims in what the presiding judge called a part of the "wretched history of man's inhumanity to man."

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Flashback: George H.W. Bush On Clarence Thomas' 'Great Empathy'

Seeded on Wed May 27, 2009 6:31 PM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

"I have followed this man's career for some time," said President George H.W. Bush of Clarence Thomas in July 1991. "He is a delightful and warm, intelligent person who has great empathy and a wonderful sense of humor." Republicans were okay with empathy 1991.

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GOP makeover starting in Virginia

Seeded on Sat May 2, 2009 9:01 AM EDT (CNN)

(CNN) -- Republicans on Saturday kick off a campaign to reshape their party's image, gathering in Northern Virginia for the first of a series of town hall meetings. The goal of the initiative, called the National Council for a New America, is to connect Republican leaders with …

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American captain rescued, pirates killed, U.S. official says

Seeded on Sun Apr 12, 2009 1:28 PM EDT (CNN)

(CNN) -- The captain of the Maersk Alabama was freed Sunday after being held captive by pirates on a lifeboat off Somalia for more than five days, a senior U.S. official with knowledge of the situation told CNN.

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Posting Less

Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:25 PM EDT

Am I the only one who find them-self posting less. I noticed that I only read the article and vote. I realized that if post I will violate almost every COH rule, by calling someone a very rude name.

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GOP Congressman Cantor's Wife's Bank Did Well in the Bailout

Seeded on Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:19 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

When a powerful Republican congressman's wife is hired by a bank, and the bank gets a federal taxpayer bailout worth hundreds of millions, what does it mean? That will probably shake itself out. The congressman: House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA).

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Steele's Campaign Spending Questioned

Seeded on Sat Feb 7, 2009 9:14 AM EST (The Washington Post)

Michael S. Steele, the newly elected chairman of the Republican National Committee, arranged for his 2006 Senate campaign to pay a defunct company run by his sister for services that were never performed, his finance chairman from that campaign has told federal prosecutors.

Obama Derangement Syndrome

Seeded on Tue Dec 9, 2008 9:47 AM EST (National Review Online)

The continuing efforts of a fringe group of conservatives to deny Obama his victory and to lay the basis for the claim that he is not a legitimate president is embarrassing and destructive.

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