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US Representative Joaquin Castro, Democrat of Texas, speaks to reporters infront of the West Wing following a meeting of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus with US President Barack Obama on immigration at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House, in Washington, DC.
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I'm the former vice chair of the Democratic Party Central Committee here in Marin, but that was back in the day when George Bush was president and the bad guys were all on the other side and they were the ones snooping on us
Democrats will have no choice but to respond to GOP attacks on ACA this cycle ... No Democratic Senate incumbent who voted for health-care reform has said that they regret their vote, but several have questioned parts of it more recently. This suggests that Democrats know it will be a liability this cycle.
Democrats will have no choice but to respond to GOP attacks on ACA this cycle ... No Democratic Senate incumbent who voted for health-care reform has said that they regret their vote, but several have questioned parts of it more recently. This suggests that Democrats know it will be a liability this cycle.More quotes »
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Gillibrand backs Suozzi for Nassau exec
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Editorial: New York's crazy system to run for office
127,000 -- That's a rough total of the signatures Eliot Spitzer and Scott Stringer submitted to enter the primary for New York City comptroller, although each needed only 3,750 signatures of registered Democrats to qualify. Spitzer, who paid workers a boun Read more »
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Arenberg: Don't destroy the Senate filibuster
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Dems draw firm line on path to citizenship
living illegally in the United States.Lawmakers staked out the position after a private meeting Tuesday morning between the House Democratic caucus and the four Senate Democrats who helped write a comprehensive immigration bill that passed the Senate last Read more »
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Cops: NY man, 20, dies after trying to car 'surf'
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Better East Texas: Rick Perry's announcement
With the announcement by Governor Rick Perry that he would not run for reelection in 2014, a number of dominoes began to fall across the Lone Star State’s political tabletop. Perry has held back on announcing his decision on a run for a national office for 24 m ago from KLTV Read more »
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House GOP’s endgame on immigration: Do nothing?
National Review’s Jonathan Strong, who is well connected among House Republicans, makes a point that is absolutely crucial to understanding the road ahead on immigration reform : Speaker John Boehner wants to pass a series of small bills dealing with immig 29 m ago from The Washington Post Read more »
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Womack raises $123K for re-election campaign
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- U.S. Rep. Steve Womack has raised $123,426 over the past three months as he prepares to seek re-election next year. The Republican lawmaker from Arkansas reported over the weekend that he has $578,970 in the bank for his re-election bi 30 m ago from Miami Herald Read more »
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Trayvon Martin: ‘killed by white supremacy’ and raped by the white liberal elite
THE Trayvon Martin case has made many question the meaning of justice. How can an unarmed man be shot dead and no laws broken? The unarmed black man was shot dead because the armed vigilante wrongly thought he was up to no good in Florida, a state that all 41 m ago from Anorak Read more »
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Tea Party Striking Out in Finding Lindsey Graham Challenge
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