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• Clinton Appoints NIAC Advisory Board Member to Senior Iran Post

  
  niacINsight — Authority: 577
  Amb. John Limbert Speaking at the NIAC Conference Cross posted from www.niacouncil.org . Washington, D.C. — The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) applauds the appointment of Ambassador John Limbert as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iran in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the US Department of ...
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• Dodd: new gov’t powers could prevent economy crash (AP)

  
  Blogger — Authority: 165
  AP – Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd on Tuesday called for sweeping new government powers to prevent another economic collapse, protect consumers and dismantle failing institutions. Here is the original post: (AP)"> (AP)">Dodd: new gov’t powers could prevent economy crash ...
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• Democrat Ethics: Rep. Lynch Got Federal Grants for Agencies Linked To His Wife

  
  Hub Politics — Authority: 116
  Not that anyone ever truly believed that the Democratic Party was ever capable or willing to lead the most open, honest, and ethical Congress in history, but come on… US Representative Stephen F. Lynch has engineered four federal grants for a community health center and another three grants for a nearby substance ...
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• Mark Levin: YOU own that building!

  
  AUP — Authority: 119
  Here is a video (bottom of page) and the transcript of Mark Levin on Capitol Hill telling like it is. This guy always manages to inspire me, motivate me and just make me feel good about being an American. Gotta love him!
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• Ha, Ha, Ha, Its All a Big Joke on Capitol Hill

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  Senator Jim Inhofe may be anti-climate legislation, but I really dont think he gets it. The interventionists are in Congress to ruin the country. Ron Paul tried to play straight with Barney Frank on the Audit the Fed Bill, we all know what happened there. Get a load of this: Environment and Public Works Committee ...
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• Rells Poll Numbers Are Back Up

  
  CT News Junkie — Authority: 524
  A new poll released just one day after she announced she wouldnt run in 2010 shows Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rells approval rating shooting back up from its all time low of 59 percent. The Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday morning puts Rells approval rating at 64 percent, according to voters surveyed last ...
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• The National Christmas tree

  
  HaloHalo.ph - Everything for Filipinos — Authority: 158
  WASHINGTON – DECEMBER 25: The National Christmas Tree stands on the ellipse near the White House on Christmas Day on December 25, 2008 in Washington, DC. Washingtonians enjoyed sunny, mild weather for the holiday. Capitol Submit this to Script & Style Share this on Blinklist Share this on ...
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• State Budget Cuts Unveiled

  
  Radio Colorado College News — Authority: 129
  Governor Bill Ritter announced cuts to K-12 education, Medicaid, and higher education as part of his plan to balance next year’s budget. Ritter called it his most challenging budget yet. Bente Birkeland reports from the state capitol. Download audio file (110609Budget.mp3)
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• LOC 11/9/2009: Junkfood Or Jihad?

  
  Left Of Center Podcasts — Authority: 136
  It’s Monday. Say, did anything important happen over the weekend? We cover health care, and the big mistake the GOP made this weekend that isn’t getting much play. and unnamed Muslim calls in to complain that he can’t blow us all up, and Nine goes off on Nancy Graceless vis a vis the Anthony Sowell case in ...
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• Did anything FUNDAMENTALLY change to have caused this rally?

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 449
  1. Unemployment still soaring through the stratosphere. (check) 2. Dollar still dropping like a bad habit. (check) 3. Oil still rising without justification. (check) 4. FDIC Fridays still occurring on a consistent level. (check) 5. First time unemployment claims still consistently above 1/2 million each week. ...
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• 800+ STUDENTS MARCH ON CAPITOL HILL AND MAKE HISTORY

  
  NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org blogs — Authority: 126
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• Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up

  
  TexasVox: The Voice of Public Citizen in Texas — Authority: 541
  The Texas Progressive Alliance hopes everyone had a happy Election Day last week, and is already looking forward to the next one. Here are this week’s highlights. TXsharon continues to report from a backyard in the Barnett Shale. Despite all the local and national press on drilling related toxins, carcinogens and ...
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• Rep. Markey Votes for Health Care Reform Bill

  
  insidemedford.com — Authority: 137
  The following is an announcement from US Representative Edward Markey (D-Malden): Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) , a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee–one of three committees with jurisdiction over health care policy–issued the following statement after the House of Representatives ...
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• Health Care Bill DOA in Senate, November 9, 2009, Joseph Lieberman, Lindsey Graham, Harry Reid, Obama socialist bill, Moderate Democrats oppose, Government health insurance unacceptable

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 590
  From Fox News, November 9, 2009. “House Health Bill Has Nowhere to Go in Senate Government health insurance plan included in the House bill is unacceptable to some Democratic moderates who hold the balance of power in the Senate . If a government health plan is part of the deal “as a matter of conscience, I will ...
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• RINOs and DINOs

  
  Capitol Watchblog — Authority: 429
  Anyone who’s been following this blog has probably figured out my personal politics tend to fall into the somewhat right-of-center category.   I tend to be fiscally conservative but socially progressive.  I don’t mind if  my gay friends get married, as long as they don’t ask me or my Uncle Sam to pay for ...
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• Arm Afghan Tribes, Experts Say

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  A number of experts think the U.S. should abandon its “top down” strategy of building an Afghan national army and should switch to arming and paying local tribes to fight the Taliban. Former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, appearing Thursday at a Capitol Hill conference sponsored by RAND, said he ...
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• Myth: Streetcar overheard wires and trees cant comfortably coexist

  
  the Triangle, not just parking lots anymore... — Authority: 519
  Members of the Capitol Hill Restoration Society have launched an all out blitz against DDOTs new streetcar plan ( PDF ). Their fearmongering campaign, as communicated in the Capitol Hill Community News by Monte Edwards, is centered on the notion that overheard wires will irrecovably damage priceless viewsheds. ...
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• Cuba Travel opposed by more Democrats

  
  Cuba Companioni — Authority: 118
  Via Mauricio Carone of Capitol Hill Cubans Slice from the story by the Miami Herald / "53 Democrats in the House have told Pelosi that they oppose lifting the ban, blunting the momentum that proponents of lifting the travel ban have had under a Democratic president and Democratic-led Congress. ``Any legislation ...
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• Tea partiers descend on Capitol Hill

  
  Romanian National Vanguard News Agency — Authority: 138
  The Tea Party holds no seat in Congress, but at least 10,000 of the party’s members descended on Capitol Hill Thursday to rally against a Democratic-written health care overhaul. A plan first hatched and heralded on FOX by iconic conservative Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) grew over the weekend as she e-mailed ...
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• Healthcare vote: Obama says courageous, Palin says mess

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 514
  The House passage of healthcare legislation means different things to different folks. For President Barack Obama it was a “courageous vote” by members of Congress. Originally posted here:  Healthcare vote: Obama says courageous, Palin says mess
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