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THE HILL POLL:: VOTER GLOOM over President Obama’s jobs, gas, debt policies – TheHill
By MB Snow at March 19, 2012 | 4:14 pm
By Elise Viebeck - 03/19/12, The Hill Poll: Half of likely voters expect the Supreme Court to strike down President Obama’s signature healthcare law, and strong majorities see other major policies coming from the White House making life more difficult for themselves and the country, according to this week’s The Hill Poll. The poll indicated that 49 percent of ... Go To Article
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OBAMA LOSES CREDIBILITY OVER DEBT DEAL – FiscalTimes
By MB Snow at March 19, 2012 | 3:45 pm
By LIZ PEEK, Posted: March 19, 2012, FiscalTimes Is it acceptable for the President of the United States to lie to the American people? In cases where the truth would undermine national security, absolutely. In cases where the truth undermines the president’s approval ratings, not so much. Over the weekend, the Washington Post published a carefully reconstructed ... Go To Article
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GOP must decide: Reject Dems’ CRONY CAPITALISM? | WashEx
By MB Snow at March 19, 2012 | 1:25 pm
Conn Carroll Senior Editorial Writer, WASHINGTON EXAMINER, 3/19/2012 When President Eisenhower appointed General Motors CEO Charles Erwin Wilson to be Secretary of Defense, many people questioned whether he could objectively serve in Eisenhower's administration, considering his close ties to GM. Wilson told the U.S. Senate not to worry "because for years I thought ... Go To Article
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CONGRESS:: NRCC Math: Democrats Need 34 Seats to Take Over House – WSJ
By MB Snow at March 19, 2012 | 1:24 pm
By Corey Boles, March 19, 2012, WSJ Democrats’ magic number to take over the House is actually 34, not the 25 seats they are currently trailing Republicans by, according to the committee that helps to finance GOP House races. Rep. Steve Scalise (R., La.), who heads recruiting efforts for the National Republican Congressional Committee, said that according to his ... Go To Article
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VIDEO:: SEN. JEFF SESSIONS: Could millions of Americans lose their health care coverage?
By MB Snow at March 18, 2012 | 3:11 pm
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OBAMACARE:: Will the High Court Quell Obama’s Health Care Law?
By MB Snow at March 18, 2012 | 12:58 am
By STUART TAYLOR, JR., Kaiser Health News, March 18, 2012 How big is the constitutional challenge to the Obama health care law, which the Supreme Court will hear on March 26-28? For starters, it's big enough for the justices to schedule six hours of arguments – more time than given to any case since 1966. After all, the Affordable Care Act is arguably the most ... Go To Article
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KING & DEMINT: End Obamacare, don’t mend it – WaTimes
By MB Snow at March 18, 2012 | 12:56 am
Every election, voters are told that this election is the most important of our lifetimes. In most elections, it’s not really true. In 2012, though, it probably is true, for one reason: Obamacare. Two years after a Democratic Congress and President Obama foisted onto the American people an unpopular trillion-dollar takeover of American health care, we know that ... Go To Article
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ENERGY:: Obama to celebrate (part of) Keystone pipeline next week | Yahoo! News
By MB Snow at March 17, 2012 | 4:41 pm
Under fire for painfully high gas prices, President Barack Obama next week is scheduled to head to Cushing, Oklahoma, to highlight his support for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline--well, part of it, anyway. The Obama administration blocked the overall project, which was to carry oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, on environmental grounds. But it also ... Go To Article
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VIDEO:: SEN. COBURN: Harry Reid is Worst Majority Leader in History
By MB Snow at March 15, 2012 | 4:50 pm
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SEN. DICK LUGAR:: High gas prices threaten recovery – POLITICO
By MB Snow at March 15, 2012 | 11:19 am
By SEN. DICK LUGAR The dangers of high oil prices may be only beginning. Global oil markets are hanging on by the slimmest margin, leaving every American motorist — and our economic recovery — vulnerable to hostile governments, terrorist strikes on infrastructure, extreme weather or other shocks. Oil prices are again above $100 a barrel and likely to increase. ... Go To Article
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