This McClatchy article says some Senators will not vote to increase the debt limit until "Congress passes a new deficit-fighting plan." What a joke!! The plan they will pass will be a vague statement of intent and absolutely nothing more. They will then vote to put [...] 
Minor party and independent candidates are in at least 26 courts, in cases that challenge the constitutionality of various state election laws. A few new cases will probably be filed in December.
[...]The Government Accountability Office has again found widespread flaws in how the office administering Medicare and Medicaid manages contracts.
The watchdog agency studied a random sample of contract actions at the Centers for Medicare and [...]
Reporter Grant Bosse talks about his campaign in New Hampshire's Phantom Congressional District, the Fightin' Double Zero
be forced to sit with him in the budget hearings on Medicaid to appreciate how much extra expense they will be adding to State Budgets because of Congress healthcare "reform" proposals.After serving 18 years in Congress, former Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana, a Democrat, will continue his service in a different federal institution -- prison. He was sentenced recently to serve 13 years [...]
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Pretty darn tight. Governor Bredesen talks to Education Commissioner Webb asking him why is it not reasonable to ask teachers to help. This video from the Budget hearing today. Less than half the population believes that human activity is to blame for global warming, according to an exclusive poll for The Times.
The revelation that ministers have failed in their campaign to persuade the public that the greenhouse effect is a serious threat requiring urgent action will make uncomfortable [...]
Now, the town of 8,039 [...]
LinkCop-slapping, Hungarian bombshell Zsa Zsa Gabor owes more than$118,000 in delinquent federal taxes, records show.
It is the latest financial woe facing the 90-something actress, famous for being famous much like her great-niece Paris Hilton. Earlier this year, her lawyer claimed that Gabor [...]
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From a TV News Report on recent property tax increases in NYC.
The Republicans, of course, did the same thing when they were in power.
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35 yrs ago.
to a sovereign democracy.
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With Barbara Walters
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