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• Obama to detail Afghanistan war expansion (AP)

  
  enUws — Authority: 171
  AP – After months of debate, President Barack Obama will spell out a costly Afghanistan war expansion to a skeptical public Tuesday night, coupling … Go here to read the rest: (AP)"> (AP)">Obama to detail Afghanistan war expansion (AP)
  5 hours ago

• This is Great News!!! For Progressives!!!

  
  FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — Authority: 777
  Chris Bowers is feeling kind of "meh" about the prospect of large-scale Democratic losses in the 2010 midterms: The current National House Ballot shows Democrats ahead by 2.80%. However, most of those polls focus on registered voters or even "all adults," not on likely voters. Current polling among likely voters ...
  11 hours ago

• White House defends efforts to slow health costs

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 502
  The Obama administration pushed back Wednesday against claims that its not doing enough to slow the growth of health care costs, a topic that senators will debate heavily in coming weeks. White House budget director Peter Orszag cited economists and analysts who say a pending Senate bill would take several steps in ...
  5 days ago

• Democrat to retire

  
  CNN Political Ticker — Authority: 830
  Washington (CNN) – Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Kansas, will not run for re-election next year, a senior Democratic aide confirms to CNN. Moore was first elected in 1998 and easily won a sixth term in 2008 after being targeted for defeat early in his career by the Republican Party. The Kansas City Star was the first to ...
  1 week ago

• SEIU Spends $1 Million Praising Eight House Dems

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  The Service Employees International Union on Sunday reported spending nearly $1 million on an independent expenditure television campaign praising eight House Democrats for backing a health care bill earlier this month. Heres how the SEIU spent $998,000 among the eight districts: Baron P. Hill, Indianas 9th district ...
  1 week ago

• Ads Hit Three House Democrats on Health Care Vote [the formerly safe Spratt, Pomeroy & Snyder]

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  The National Republican Congressional Committee is targeting three veteran Democrats who voted for the House version of the health care bill in a weeklong round of television ads that will begin airing on Thursday. The new 30-second spots hit Democratic Reps. Earl Pomeroy of North Dakota, Vic Snyder of Arkansas and ...
  1 week ago

• The Geography of the House Democrats Health Care Vote II: Is the Stupak Amendment Crucial For Passage???

  
  ElectionDissection.com — Authority: 107
  Ive modified the map I created for the last posting to include the Stupak Amendment. There are now four categories, each color coded, that members can fall into: 1) Those who voted for the final bill and against the Stupak Amendment (light green). 178 members fall into this group. 2) Those who voted for the final bill ...
  1 week ago

• Move To The Right, Suffer At The Polls (UPDATED)

  
  Democrashield.com — Authority: 432
  That’s what we’re learning from Delaware’s 2010 GOP Senate candidate, Mike Castle:This is one of the more surprising polls I’ve seen recently: Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, son of the vice president, is leading Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) in a hypothetical 2010 U.S. Senate matchup. The Susquehanna ...
  1 week ago

• Dem Rep. Obey Calls Mistakes On Recovery Website Outrageous And Ludicrous

  
  TPM LiveWire — Authority: 805
  Rep. David Obey (D-WI) released a statement last night slamming the Obama administration for "outrageous" inaccuracies on the federal stimulus website. The statement comes after a report that the Recovery Act website makes erroneous claims about jobs that have been saved or created by federal stimulus spending. ...
  1 week ago

• AP POLL: How to pay for health overhaul? Tax rich (AP)

  
  Politics - Political News — Authority: 157
  WASHINGTON – Americans dont want to shoulder the cost of President Barack Obama s health care overhaul themselves. They think the rich should pay for it. Thats the finding from a new Associated Press poll, and it could be a boost for House Democrats, who have proposed taxing upper-income people to ...
  1 week ago

• Health Care Vote: Not Enough Passes

  
  FITSNews — Authority: 657
  U.S House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is said to have received roughly sixty written requests from House Democrats asking for permission to vote against a controversial socialized medicine proposal – or twenty more requests than she could handle. That’s when a pitched battle allegedly began within Pelosi’s Democratic ...
  2 weeks ago

• More Bishop-Dillon Budget Fallout: Troy to Ask Voters For Millage Increase

  
  wizardkitten — Authority: 131
  Millage. Such a polite word. The Bishop-Dillon budget trickles down to another community, and the voters of Troy will be asked to take on the responsibility of saving their police department. Amongst other things. City Manager John Szerlag estimates that Troy is facing a $22 million deficit over the next six years due ...
  2 weeks ago

• Obama Urges Congress to End Fort Hood Probe

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 180
  President Barack Obama is urging Congress to hold off on any investigation into the Fort Hood rampage. (Nov. 14)
  2 weeks ago

• GOP Bashes Dems Health Care Proposals

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 180
  A Republican lawmaker says House Democrats missed opportunities to improve the House-passed health care bill by not listening to GOP suggestions. (Nov. 14)
  2 weeks ago

• House Democrats Botched Health Care Bill, Republican Says

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 502
  Delivering the Republicans weekly radio and Internet address, Rep. Mark Kirk of Illinois said health care costs could be lowered by "reining in lawsuits" and allowing consumers to buy coverage from across state lines. 
  2 weeks ago

• Republican bashes Dems over health care proposals (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 178
  AP – House Democrats missed opportunities to improve the House-passed health care bill when they rejected Republican ideas to limit lawsuits and give states more flexibility to enact innovative changes, a GOP lawmaker said Saturday. See the rest here:  (AP)"> (AP)">Republican bashes Dems over ...
  2 weeks ago

• Republican bashes Dems over health care proposals (AP)

  
  Blogger — Authority: 168
  AP – House Democrats missed opportunities to improve the House-passed health care bill when they rejected Republican ideas to limit lawsuits and give states more flexibility to enact innovative changes, a GOP lawmaker said Saturday. Original post: (AP)"> (AP)">Republican bashes Dems over health ...
  2 weeks ago

• Open Letter From the Peace Movement to President Obama on His Upcoming Decision Regarding the Afghan War

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 567
  by Cynthia McKinney Dear Mr. President: According to press reports, you intend to decide between November 7 and November 11 whether or not to send tens of thousands of American soldiers to Afghanistan. We are writing in advance of that decision to add our voice to those of Sen. Feingold, many House Democrats, and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Pelosi Bill Has a 69% Capital Gains Tax Hike

  
  John Goodman's Health Policy Blog — Authority: 482
  House Democrats are funding their new entitlement with a 5.4% surtax on incomes above $500,000 for individuals and above $1 million for joint filers. That surtax takes effect on January 1, 2011, or the day the Bush tax rates of 2001 and 2003 expire. Today’s capital gains tax rate of 15% would bounce back to 20% ...
  2 weeks ago

• GOP ends abortion insurance for staff

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 502
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- The chagrined leader of the opposition Republican Party has told Republican National Committee staff to immediately stop providing RNC employees with insurance for elective abortions -- an option that Republicans strongly oppose as Democrats try to pass a health care overhaul bill. The Republican ...
  2 weeks ago

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