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Former Giffords aide Barber to run for her House seat
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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:23:10 GMT
 Reuters - Ron Barber, a former aide to Gabrielle Giffords injured along with her in a deadly shooting last January, said on Thursday he would run in a special election to succeed her representing a southern Arizona district in the House of Representatives.
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Obama on Contraception -- Catholics Offer Contradictions
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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:54:40 GMT
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | President Barack Obama seems to be taking more flak for "mandatory" contraception than former President Ronald Reagan took for another form of "contra," the disgraceful arms-for-hostages Iran-Contra affair . This contra-diction says volumes about our comparative political values.
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Line Item Veto Power is a Cheap Excuse for Lazy Politicians
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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:54:37 GMT
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | With Reuters reporting the House of Representatives voting to give President Barack Obama line item veto power, it might as well throw out all other checks and balances in our system of government. This isn't about President Barack Obama but about our politicians seeking any way they can to be more worthless and lazy.
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Obama exempts 10 states from ‘No Child Left Behind’ law
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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:29:29 GMT
Daily Caller - President Barack Obama is set to announce waivers that will free 10 states from the binding requirements of the No Child Left Behind law. The initiative, enacted during the George W. Bush administration, requires all states receiving federal education funding to test students’ basic skills in many grades.
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U.S. House passes curbs on lawmaker insider trading
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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:56:41 GMT
Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill to curb insider trading by lawmakers and other government officials on Thursday, despite objections from Democrats and some Republicans that it lacked some tough measures to fight corruption.
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