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• Obama’s plan to help 3.5 mn homeowners (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 533
  Washington, Feb 2 (IANS) In the midst of a heating election campaign, President Barack Obama plans to help with good credit about 3.5 million Americans who are unable to refinance at historically low rates because their homes are worth less than their mortgages.He argued that this key segment of struggling homeowners ...
  17 hours ago

• Bonamici wins CD-1 special election

  
  Oregon Catalyst — Authority: 116
  by NW Spotlight Suzanne Bonamici (D) has won the special election to replace David Wu (D) in Oregon’s first congressional district, defeating Rob Cornilles (R) 54% to 39%. Cornilles won in Yamhill County and outperformed the voter registration in Columbia … Continue reading →
  1 day ago

• E-Filing Campaign Finances Remains a Rarity for Senators

  
  OpenSecrets Blog — Authority: 626
  In this Internet Age, 81 senators have Twitter accounts for lightning-fast bursts of communication. Yet only a handful of them typically file their campaign finance reports electronically. In recent days, only eight senators voluntarily fast-tracked their campaign finance numbers by electronically sending them to ...
  1 day ago

• Senate Holds Hearing Today on Extenders and Tax Reform: Seeking Long-Term Solutions

  
  TaxProf Blog — Authority: 647
  The Senate Finance Committee holds a hearing today on Extenders and Tax Reform: Seeking Long-Term Solutions: Rosanne Altshuler (Professor and Chair of the Economics Department, Rutgers University) Jason J. Fichtner (Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University) Caroline L. Harris (Chief Tax Counsel ...
  2 days ago

• GOP Ready to Replace ObamaCare After SCOTUS Decision

  
  Big Government — Authority: 769
  House Republicans will be prepared with a plan to replace ObamaCare with free-market alternatives after the Supreme Court delivers its decision in June. The High Court is planning to hold oral arguments on the healthcare law in March. Rep. Joe Pitts (R-Pennsylvania), who serves on the House Energy and ...
  4 days ago

• Psychology of Tyranny for a Philosophy of Despotism

  
  Pragmatic Witness — Authority: 113
  “A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn The underpinnings that fallaciously attempt to justify despotic regimes rely upon the perverted practice of controlling the public mindset in weak societies. The indisputable evidence that … Continue reading →
  1 week ago

• Congress Can Constitutionally Skirt Obama On Keystone

  
  The Two Malcontents — Authority: 128
  The president might think that he’s killed the Keystone XL pipeline, at least for as long as he’s in office. But he could be very wrong. Continue Reading
  1 week ago

• Reapportionment

  
  rhymeswithplague — Authority: 107
  It’s not a dirty word. Depending on whether you support the controlling majority party or the minority party in government, it can be either beautiful or ugly, though. And it is also one more thing: necessary. As most Americans are aware, our government in the United States is composed of three branches -- the ...
  1 week ago

• A Thousand Days of Failure

  
  Pajamas Media — Authority: 122
  Senate Democrats have refused to propose a budget for three years.
  1 week ago

• All Quiet on the Western Front: a look at the Five-Year Strategic Plan for U.S. International Broadcasting

  
  Paternal Prose — Authority: 147
  By Alan L. Heil Jr. This article originally appeared at American Diplomacy. It is republished here, slightly modified, with permission of the author and American Diplomacy. As the Voice of America marks its 70th anniversary, what lies ahead for all of the world’s publicly-funded overseas networks in the year ...
  1 week ago

• Federal Prosecutor to Take 5th Amendment in Fast and Furious Probe

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 120
    Federal Prosecutor to Take 5th Amendment in Fast and Furious Probe January 20th, 2012 Via: Politico : A senior federal prosecutor in Arizona intends to invoke his Fifth Amendment rights rather than testify before a House committee next week looking into the Justice Department’s handling of the Fast and ...
  1 week ago

• New CRS Report on Federal Networking and IT Research and Development Program

  
  GeoData Policy — Authority: 460
  The Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development  Program: Background, Funding, and Activities by Patricia Moloney Figliola, Congressional Research Service, January 13, 2012 SUMMARY: In the early 1990s, Congress recognized that several federal agencies had ongoing high performance computing ...
  2 weeks ago

• Jon Stewart Now Knows About SOPA/PIPA... And Hes Not Impressed

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 140
  Remember how, based on an audience question, Jon Stewart promised to study up on SOPA/PIPA for a future show. Looks like that happened. And, apparently, he did his homework before Wednesday, so he could actually use Wikipedia. In last nights show, Stewart used yesterdays blackouts and protests as a jumping off point ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bonamici campaign caught lying on tax/fee votes: Pants on Fire

  
  Oregon Catalyst — Authority: 116
  by NW Spotlight The Oregonian’s PolitiFact has rated a recent Bonamici campaign memo to the media: “Pants on Fire”. The Bonamici campaign memo was attempting to deny one of the statements in Rob Cornilles’ latest television ad: “[Bonamici] voted for … Continue reading →
  2 weeks ago

• Cornilles endorsed by independent, Democratic & Republican mayors? TRUE!

  
  Oregon Catalyst — Authority: 116
  by NW Spotlight The Oregonian’s PolitiFact has found that the information on a recent flyer is TRUE in stating that Rob Cornilles has been endorsed by 20 local mayors, including Independent, Democratic and Republican mayors across the 1st Congressional District. … Continue reading →
  2 weeks ago

• Best Congressional Response To SOPA Yet? Rep. Bruce Braley Takes...

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 140
  Lots of folks in Congress have been speaking out about SOPA and PIPA today -- and whats fascinating is how many of them are actually using key internet innovations to do so. Most of the comments weve seen were first made on Twitter and Facebook. But the best response (and by best, we mean funniest) response weve seen ...
  2 weeks ago

• US rejects $7 bn oil pipeline project with Canada

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 533
  Washington, Jan 19 (IANS) US has cancelled a $7-billion oil pipeline project with Canada, Xinhua reported.President Barack Obama, in a statement released by the White House, said the “rushed and arbitrary deadline insisted on by Congressional Republicans prevented a full assessment of the pipeline’s impact, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Eight CA districts are DCCC ‘Red to Blue’ targets

  
  Political Blotter — Authority: 463
  California accounts for a significant number of the districts identified today by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee as the first slate of its “Red to Blue” program, targeted for its “Drive for 25” campaign to win back the House. The program highlights top Democratic campaigns across the country, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Paul doesnt have many fans in Congress

  
  CNN Political Ticker — Authority: 820
  Washington (CNN) – Briefly back in Congress doing his day job, Ron Paul met with high school students outside his office. True to form, he signed copies of the Constitution and wryly told them with a chuckle, "No one around here reads it very much. Id like to get everybody to read it."
  2 weeks ago

• Where does the Georgia delegation stand on SOPA/PIPA?

  
  Peach Pundit — Authority: 553
  We have noted in a couple places today where members of Georgia’s congressional delegation stand on piracy legislation currently in the Congress (SOPA in the House, PIPA in the Senate). I spent a few minutes going through members Facebook and Twitter feeds for statements on this issue, below is what I’ve been able ...
  2 weeks ago

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