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White House To Business Leaders: John Boehner's "Plan B" Unacceptable
John Boehner's proposal “could put us on a path to go over the cliff,” senior administration officials told business representatives. Among the attendees: Tim Pawlenty. Image by Win McNamee / Getty...
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Democratic Senators Push To Make "New Columbia" Nation's 51st State
Otherwise known as Washington, D.C. Image by Senate TV / AP WASHINGTON — Senators Joe Lieberman, Dick Durbin, Patty Murray, and Barbara Boxer introduced legislation Wednesday to grant Washington, D.C....
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Affleck, Day-Lewis, And Spielberg Outshine The Fiscal Cliff
Political theater meets the real thing. “This is more people than I've ever seen at a press conference.” Image by Kris Connor / Getty Images WASHINGTON — During a week of real-life political drama,...
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Chuck Hagel's Defenders Circulate "Facts About Chuck Hagel" Memo
“Chuck Hagel is being misrepresented as anti-Israel and 'soft' on Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah.” The attacks on potential Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel from the right are leading his allies...
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What Chuck Hagel Thinks About Iran
And why hawks don't like him. He favors an opening to the Islamic Republic, and has opposed sanctions. Now we’ve got a choice here, we can continue to push Iran out and back, and say to Iran, We will...
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Man Behind "47 Percent" Video Opens His Own Research Firm
Jimmy Carter's grandson turns his big scoop into a career. He's already taken down another Republican with a hidden-camera video. Researcher James Carter unearthed and helped take public the...
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Republican Leaders Pitched Fiscal Cliff "Plan B" At Norquist Meeting
Normal operating procedure, Boehner's and Cantor's offices say. But conservative groups aren't happy. Image by Yuri Gripas / Reuters WASHINGTON — At the weekly off-the-record meeting of Grover...
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How Chuck Schumer's Learned To Love Guns
The New York Senator writes that he realized a total gun ban was a mistake when he went hunting in Nebraska with Senator Ben Nelson in 2009. Here's a picture of that historic moment. Source:...
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The 36 Best Political GIFs Of The Year
A look back at the most GIF'd year in the history of the electoral process. Source: intrepidgirlblogger Source: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md8a3coDVZ1rtxen9o1_500.gif Source: topherchris.com...
View ArticleCory Booker Will Run For Senate, Not Governor
The Newark mayor says he will “finish the work we started” in his second term and “explore the possibility of running for United States Senate in 2014.” A source says he's decided to run for Senate....
View ArticleFox News Interviews Santa Claus About The "War On Christmas"
Santa recounted a devastating experience “a fews back” where he went to a Christmas party called a “holiday party.” He is still recovering. h/t Think Progress
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Sources: White House Had A Hand In Booker's Decision
The Obama administration “convinced him to run for Senate” instead of governor, a source tells BuzzFeed. But a primary against Lautenberg would be “an unpleasant episode.” Image by Julio Cortez / AP...
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Newt Gingrich Supports "Reality" Of State-Sanctioned Marriage Equality
A major shift for a key conservative. Gingrich oversaw passage of the Defense of Marriage Act as speaker of the House of Representatives in the 1990s. Image by Jemal Countess / Getty Images WASHINGTON...
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Administration Official: Boehner Didn't Have The Votes For His Own Plan
A bitter moment in the fiscal cliff talks. Image by Gary Cameron / Reuters WASHINGTON — Administration officials believe that John Boehner is proposing an alternative fiscal plan because he can't...
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Fiscal Cliff Fight Turns To Trash Talk
With actual little movement toward a resolution, the war of words is heating up. Image by Joshua Roberts / Reuters WASHINGTON — With negotiations over the fiscal cliff seemingly stalled, the...
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Boehner: "Not Convinced" Fiscal Cliff "Plan B" Would Fail In The Senate
The House speaker rejects that his back-up plan is merely a negotiating tactic. Image by Jacquelyn Martin / AP WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner hit back Thursday at suggestions that his "plan...
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Chuck Hagel Once Opposed Nominee Because He Was "Openly Aggressively Gay"
The man who would be secretary of defense also supported the ban on open military service for gays and lesbians. Image by Ali Jarekji / Reuters WASHINGTON — Former Sen. Chuck Hagel — a finalist for...
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Senator Urges Supporters To Sign Petition To NRA
McCaskill's evolution on guns continues as she calls “on the NRA to come out of hiding.” Image by Mark Wilson / Getty Images WASHINGTON — Sen. Claire McCaskill is urging her supporters to call on the...
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LGBT Rights Groups Call Hagel's Comments About Gay Nominee "Unacceptable"
“Those who are still openly, aggressively anti-gay in 2012 probably won't be able to function very well in Washington,” says the Victory Fund's Dison. Ambassador James Hormel, whom former Senator...
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PAC Already Campaigning For Booker's Senate Run
An email blast to 75,000 people across the country on the day the Newark Mayor says he's “exploring” a run in 2014. “Cory Booker is running for Senate.” Image by Olivier Douliery / Abaca Press Pac...
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