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Seattle Times, 03.09.10 10:07 UTC

Democrats spend early to knock out GOP challengers

Republican Jesse Kelly was still basking in the glow of his victory in an Arizona congressional primary when the Democratic congresswoman he's trying to unseat released a scathing TV ad branding him "a risk" who would gamble away people's retirement savings.

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WashingtonPost Print Edition, 03.09.10 09:42 UTC

New tax breaks for business on table

With just two months until the November elections, the White House is seriously weighing a package of business tax breaks - potentially worth hundreds of billions of dollars - to spur hiring and ...

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WashingtonPost Print Edition, 03.09.10 09:42 UTC

Oil rig catches fire in gulf; leak unlikely

An oil and gas production platform in the Gulf of Mexico caught fire Thursday morning, reigniting the political debate over the safety of offshore wells. The fire began near an oil storage tank on ...

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New York Daily News, 03.09.10 08:50 UTC

Harlem voters on Charles Rangel-Adam Clayton Powell race: Do we have to vote for one of them?

Many HarlemÂ voters say their two top contenders for Congress - incumbent Charles Rangel and Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV - leave them with a choice between bad and worse. "Everybody wishes ...

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Huffington Post, 03.09.10 08:26 UTC

Businesswomen Jumpstart 2010 Elections

Some have declared 2010 "The Year of the Woman" in politics. More apt, we should dub this year "The Year of the Businesswoman". Take a close look at the names on the fall election ballot. Many are ...

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Huffington Post, 03.09.10 07:32 UTC

Missing the Point

In December of 2006, I introduced the Healthy Americans Act to reform the nation's health care system. Some on both sides of the aisle liked my bill, while others on both sides of the aisle did not. ...

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 03.09.10 06:17 UTC

Despite Scrutiny of For-Profits, Crucial Questions Are Unanswered

James Warren is a columnist for the Chicago News Cooperative. Congressional hearings tend to be orchestrated blends of theater and policy: heavy on anecdote, light on insight, rife with both the ...

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New York Post, 03.09.10 04:40 UTC

Borrowing trouble: dems' deficit damage

THE ISSUE: Comparing the costs of the federal economic-stimulus plan and those of the Iraq war. *** The chart that accompanies your fine editorial, "Obama's Spending Spree" (Aug. 30), disproves, once ...

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New York Post, 03.09.10 04:39 UTC

Queens' toxic pols

What's in the water in Queens? Rep. Joseph Crowley -- chairman of the borough's Democratic Party -- finds himself the target of an ethics probe. The Office of Congressional Ethics -- an outside, ...

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Huffington Post, 03.09.10 04:37 UTC

Megabanks Will Shrink, Bernanke Tells Financial Crisis Commission, Yet Doubts Over Too Big To Fail Remain

In one of his most definitive statements on the subject to date, the nation's central banker said Thursday that he expects some of the nation's megabanks to start getting smaller. "The most important ...

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