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Huffington Post, 10.09.10 19:26 UTC

Registered vs. Likely Voters: How Large a Gap?

According to several recent national polls, Democrats may be headed toward their worst showing in a congressional election since World War II. A new NBC/Wall Street Journal Poll has Republicans ...

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Herald Sun, 10.09.10 18:07 UTC

Independent MP Andrew Wilkie threatens to block mine tax

INDEPENDENT Andrew Wilkie has threatened the Gillard government's mining tax, warning he will block it unless it is fundamentally redrawn and possibly expanded to capture profits from more mining companies.

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CNN Top Stories, 10.09.10 15:36 UTC

What's weighing on Obama as he makes economic pitch

Watch President Obama's press conference on CNN.com/Live and the CNN app for iPhone, starting at 11 a.m. ET Friday. Washington (CNN) -- President Obama, looking to assure the country that he's the ...

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The Australian, 10.09.10 14:41 UTC

Andrew Wilkie threat to block mine tax as Labor alliance tested

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NPR, 09.09.10 20:00 UTC

Boehner's A 'Country Club, Cocktail-Drinking, Cigarette-Smoking Republican'

By invoking House Minority Leader John Boehner's name "no less than eight times" during a speech yesterday, Frank wrote, President Obama was "personalizing the opposition." Later today on All Thing ...

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Daily Mail, 09.09.10 07:48 UTC

Stern Obama warns: 'We can't afford tax cuts for the rich' (as he admits economic policies have not worked as he'd hoped)

President Barack Obama came out fighting over the economy today as he defiantly told Americans that the U.S. cannot afford to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the rich. The president was speaking on a ...

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Herald Sun, 09.09.10 06:28 UTC

We'll work with both sides - Brown

THE Australian Greens say they will work with both the coalition and Labor to get legislation through the new parliament.

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Belfast Telegraph, 09.09.10 05:12 UTC

Muslim among new parliament intake

The new arrivals came to the capital Canberra for their first meetings with party leaders and colleagues since August 21 elections. The polls failed to deliver a clear majority for any party for the ...

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Seattle Times, 09.09.10 02:13 UTC

Australia's new crop of lawmakers meet in Canberra

Among the newly elected legislators congregating for the first time Thursday at Parliament House were Australia's first Muslim lawmaker, its youngest-ever at 20 years old and the first Aboriginal in the House of Representatives.

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Reuters - Business News, 09.09.10 00:57 UTC

Obama: U.S. can't afford to extend tax cuts for rich

By Patricia Zengerle PARMA, Ohio | Wed Sep 8, 2010 8:33pm EDT PARMA, Ohio (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, fighting to keep Democrats in charge of Congress, said on Wednesday the United States ...