| GOP proposes renewing tax cuts, freezing spending
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 AP - House Republican Leader John Boehner onWednesday proposed a two-year freeze on all tax rates and a cut in government spending to the levels of 2008, before a deep recession took hold of the economy.
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| Obama to pitch trio of economic proposals in Ohio
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 AP - Seeking to give anxious Democrats a boost ahead of the November elections, President Barack Obama is pitching a trio of economic initiatives Wednesday and voicing unwavering opposition to Bush-era tax breaks for the wealthy.
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| Chicago mayor race wide open as Daley steps aside
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 AP - Suddenly, the race for Chicago mayor is on. Mayor Richard M. Daley has thrown the competition for the city's top job wide open by announcing he won't run for a seventh term, ending 21 years of token opposition and prompting speculation about who's next in line to lead the nation's third largest city.
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| Clinton calls plan to burn Quran 'disgraceful act'
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 AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday called a Florida church's threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks a "disrespectful, disgraceful act."
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| Angle says she’d be a ‘mainstream senator’ if elected
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The Upshot - Nevada GOP Senate hopeful Sharron Angle is pushing back against rival Harry Reid's claims that she would be "too extreme" to serve, telling CNN in an interview that she would be a "mainstream senator" if elected. Angle's record in Nevada doesn't exactly offer strong evidence she'd be willing to work with Democrats, even when other [...] |
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| Florida Senate Race: On Charlie Crist and Flip-Flopping
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Time.com - Florida Senate candidate Charlie Crist fights flip-flopping charges as the GOP's Marco Rubio surges ahead in some polls and the Democrats' Kendrick Meek appeals to the left |
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| Ariz. Green Party sues to block 'sham candidates'
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AP - The Arizona Green Party is asking a judge to kick more than half of the group's nominees off the November ballot. |
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| Ronald Reagan movie planned for 2011
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Reuters - The story of Ronald Reagan's life -- from boyhood to Hollywood actor to leader of the free world -- is about to spill out on the big screen in a way quite different from the miniseries that caused such a stir seven years ago. |
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| Reid says economy isn't his fault
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Politico - "You know that I had nothing to do with these unemployment figures," he says on ABC. |
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| Can Boehner and Obama get along?
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Politico - Both sides call the relationship between the Ohio Republican and the president nonexistent. |
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| Gates: Any Russian arms cheating would backfire
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 AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates told lawmakers Wednesday he expects Russia to abide by a new nuclear arms treaty, but if it doesn't, that could wreck chances for future agreements.
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| Holder: Quran burning idiotic and dangerous
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AP - Attorney General Eric Holder is calling the planned burning of the Quran at a Florida church idiotic and dangerous. |
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