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• Hackers steal electronic data from top climate research center

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  From the Washington Post: Hackers broke into the electronic files of one of the world's foremost climate research centers this week and posted an array of e-mails in which prominent scientists engaged in a blunt discussion of global warming research and disparaged climate-change skeptics.
  The skeptics have seized upon [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:27pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Upper-Bracket Tax May Be Needed for Afghan War Cost, Levin Says - Bloomberg.com

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  From Bloomberg: "Higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for more troops sent to Afghanistan and NATO should provide half of the new soldiers, said Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
  An “additional income tax to the upper brackets, folks earning more than $200,000 or $250,000”" [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:26pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Tea partiers turn on each other - Kenneth P. Vogel - POLITICO.com

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  Politico: "After emerging out of nowhere over the summer as a seemingly potent and growing political force, the tea party movement has become embroiled in internal feuding over philosophy, strategy and money and is at risk of losing its momentum....The grass-roots activists driving the movement have become increasingly divided on" [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:07am EST
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• Health care issues: Bundling payments - Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 | 7:48 a.m. - Las Vegas Sun

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  From the AP: "THE ISSUE: What can the government do to get doctors and hospitals to deliver cheaper medical services?
  THE POLITICS: Medicare's fee-for-service structure means that doctors, hospitals and other providers have a greater financial incentive to provide large quantities of medical services than to provide high-quality medical services." [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:00am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Levin: May be more troubling e-mails from Hasan - Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009 | 1:57 a.m. - Las Vegas Sun

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  From AP: "There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Friday.
  The U.S. government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between Hasan and" [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:58am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Gallup.Com - Daily News, Polls, Public Opinion on Government, Politics, Economics, Management

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  Gallup: "Gallup Daily tracking from Nov. 17-19 shows President Barack Obama’s job approval slipping to 49% for the first time in his presidency. Among post-World War II presidents, only Gerald Ford, Bill Clinton, and Ronald Reagan dropped below the symbolic majority approval level faster than Obama did."
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:57am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• State, local budget cuts a time bomb for U.S. jobs | Politics | Reuters

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  From Reuters: "Budget shortfalls pose a direct threat to millions of U.S. jobs, many in the private sector, as state and local governments lay off workers and cut spending on contracts and other business services, a think tank said on Thursday.State and local governments will have to raise taxes and" [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:55am EST
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• Senate leader at risk in healthcare battle | Politics | Reuters

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  From Reuters: Senate leader at risk in healthcare battle | Politics | Reuters: "Other than President Barack Obama, perhaps no one's political future is riding more on the Senate battle to revamp the healthcare system than the chamber's Democratic majority leader, Harry Reid.
  With Reid already in danger of being" [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:54am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Top House Democrat questions 9/11 criminal trials | Politics | Reuters

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  From Reuters: Top House Democrat questions 9/11 criminal trials | Politics | Reuters: "The chairman of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, Representative Ike Skelton, cast doubt on Friday about the Obama administration's decision to try the September 11, 2001, conspirators in a U.S. criminal court.Skelton, a fellow Democrat of" [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:51am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Healthcare bill faces first Senate test | Politics | Reuters

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  From Reuters: Healthcare bill faces first Senate test "The U.S. Senate will cast its first crucial test vote on healthcare reform on Saturday, with Democrats close to reaching the 60 votes needed to overcome Republican opposition and open debate...Senators will vote at 8 p.m. EST on whether to start debate" [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:50am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Unburied bodies tell the tale of Detroit — a city in despair - Times Online

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  Read Here: Unburied bodies tell the tale of Detroit — a city in despair - Times Online: "The abandoned corpses, in white body bags with number tags tied to each toe, lie one above the other on steel racks inside a giant freezer in Detroit’s central mortuary, like discarded" [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:48am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• California Was Among States With Record Unemployment (Update3) - Bloomberg.com

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  Read Here: California Was Among States With Record Unemployment (Update3) - Bloomberg.com: "Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- California, Delaware, South Carolina and Florida registered record rates of unemployment in October as weakness in the labor market stretches from coast to coast and limits the economic recovery.
  Joblessness rose in" [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:46am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Germany warns US on market bubbles

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  From the Financial Times: Germany’s new finance minister has echoed Chinese warnings about the growing threat of fresh global asset price bubbles, fuelled by low US interest rates and a weak dollar. ...Wolfgang Schäuble’s comments highlight official concern in Europe that the risk of further financial market turbulence has been [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:45am EST
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• GOP Sees 2010 Window, Gloat That Dems Who Opposed Health Care Will Take Dual Heat

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  From TPMDC: : Much like Sen. Blanche Lincoln and Sen. Ben Nelson, looks like the 39 Democrats voting against the House health care bill Saturday are getting squeezed from both sides....We've been writing about all the left-leaning campaigns going after Democrats on health care, and plenty of efforts to hit' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:22pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Inhofe to Boxer - We Won, You Lost, Now Get a Life!

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:19pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Guidelines Ditch Annual Pap Smears - ABC News

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  From Good Morning America (something I have never typed before:): Pap smears may no longer be called "annuals" if doctors follow new cervical cancer screening recommendations from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. ....A new recommendation from experts suggests women need fewer pap smears.The group announced today that women [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:18pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• 32% Inflation in UCLA Tuition Causes Near Riots (14 Arrested, 1 Tasered

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:06pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Politico: I think Lieberman is the one going Rogue

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  From Politico: Sen. Joe Lieberman’s threat to filibuster any health care bill with a public option could kill health reform this year — and embolden Democratic challengers who’d like to send him packing in 2012....But Lieberman doesn’t seem worried.....“I don’t think about that stuff,” Lieberman told POLITICO this week. “I’m [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:03pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Matt Spalding on Progressivism's Assault on America's Founding

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:25pm EST
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• Ethics committee: No punishment for Burris

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  From the AP: The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the seat once held by Barack Obama. The committee didn't recommend any punishment....Burris was appointed by disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich,' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:18pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Lonewolf Diaries: Church, State, Jesus and Obama.

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  From Big Hollywood - Steve Crowder : It’s no secret that the term “Separation of Church and State” has been bastardized beyond recognition by today’s post-ACLU era. Of course the toolbags of Hollywood have always done their very best to warp its meaning into something more lop-sided than Gary Busy’s [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:11pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Solving the Kissinger Question ..

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  From Reuters: The European Union says it finally has the answer to a question long attributed to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger: Who do I call if I want to call Europe?..That answer is simple. The secretary of state phones Briton Catherine Ashton, chosen on Thursday as the [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:08pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Audit the FED,.... cuz we have no clue what they're trying to do

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  From Reuters: - A U.S. congressional panel on Thursday approved a measure to open the Federal Reserve's monetary policy decisions to government audits, a surprise blow to the central bank's efforts to shield its independence and a signal of frustration with the central bank....The provision, co-sponsored by Republican Representative Ron [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:05pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Reuters: State, local budget cuts a "time bomb" for U.S. jobs

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  From Reuters: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Budget shortfalls pose a direct threat to millions of U.S. jobs, many in the private sector, as state and local governments lay off workers and cut spending on contracts and other business services, a think tank said on Thursday....State and local governments will have [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:02pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Climatologists Baffled by Global Warming Time-Out

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  From Speigel: Global warming appears to have stalled. Climatologists are puzzled as to why average global temperatures have stopped rising over the last 10 years. Some attribute the trend to a lack of sunspots, while others explain it through ocean currents....At least the weather in Copenhagen is likely to be [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:52am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Two House Republicans To Treasury's Geithner: Resign - ABC News

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  From ABCNews: Echoing comments made by a Democratic lawmaker Wednesday night, two Republican members of the Joint Economic Committee today called for Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to resign...Two Republicans call for the treasury secretary's resignation during hearing."It's been a year since the president was elected," the panel's ranking Republican, Rep. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:47am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• The $100 Million Health Care Vote? - The Note

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  From ABC News: What does it take to get a wavering senator to vote for health care reform?
  
  Here’s a case study.
  
  On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.” ..The section spends [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:45am EST
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• Reid uncertain of tally as healthcare bill heads for rare Saturday vote - TheHill.com

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  From The Hill: The Senate is headed for a rare Saturday vote to advance its major healthcare reform bill without a guarantee of success, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) indicated Thursday....At a rally with supporters of the healthcare reform bill, Reid would not say he had secured commitments from all [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:43am EST
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• Senate health vote set for Saturday night - TheHill.com

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  From The Hill: Senate Democrats have cleared the way for a Saturday night vote to begin the healthcare debate, a Democratic aide said....Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has agreed to relent on his demand for Senate clerks to read aloud the 2,074-page bill and allow the chamber to take a critical [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:42am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• First females graduate Police College

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  From the Official Website of Multi-National Force - Iraq:First females graduate Police College
  Thursday, 19 November 2009
  
  One of the first-ever female Iraqi Police officers to attend and complete training at the Baghdad Police College proudly poses for a photo following the BPC’s latest graduation ceremony, Nov. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:38am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Urgent! Pastor Manning Visited By CIA, Expects To Be Arrested

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:48am EST
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• Finally, A Congressman With a Solution: Stop Complaining So Much

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  Problem is, whose definition of what complaining means are we going to use here? Like hate speech legislation, "set asides" and governement stimulus checks there is more to the intent here than meets the eye.... What a Pansy... From Big Government: Sure, the economy sucks. Unemployment is at least 10.2% [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:23pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• How are the two even related, Reverend? Jesse Jackson: 'You can't vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man' - TheHill.com

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  When are people going to see this guy for the charlatan that he is? Rev. Jackson doesn't care about true reform, or civil rights at this point he has just become a party guy that’s looking out for his friends and his personal interests. From The Hill: The Rev. Jesse' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:04pm EST
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• Angie Harmon - My Kind of Actress

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  From Scared Monkeys:Obama and his socialist policies has nothing to do with race....Angie Harmon is not afraid to come out and say she doesn’t like how President Obama is handling the job — but she’s sick of having to defend herself from being deemed a racist....“Here’s my problem with this, [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:30pm EST
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• President Obama Tells Troops, "You guys make a pretty good photo op,"

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  From the Washington Post:..Obama did not mention the looming decision in his remarks to U.S. troops, referring to the Afghan conflict only by thanking South Korea for its efforts and expressing gratitude to the American soldiers who have served there...But he did discuss the region in his meeting with South [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:38am EST
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• Silencing Desent

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  Watch the latest business video at FOXBusiness.com [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:18am EST
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• No Political Purge for now

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  From The American Thinker: There has been a story flying around the internet in recent days that the Obama administration intends to purge Republicans from the bureaucracy by using a new federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) rule requiring that all applicants for career civil service jobs who held political [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:16am EST
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• Will 2010 be the Perfect Storm?

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  From the American Thinker: Seven different indicators suggest that 2010 will be a very tough year for the Obama Administration's plans to turn America into a Socialist People's Republic. If some of these indicators pointed one way and others pointed the other way, projections might be murkier. But all the [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:14am EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Lindsey Graham vs. Attorney General Eric Holder

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:50am EST
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• McCain Defends Campaign actions with Palin

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  From Reuters: U.S. Republican Senator John McCain on Wednesday strongly defended the top advisers from his 2008 presidential campaign in the face of sharp criticism from his vice presidential running mate, Sarah Palin......McCain, in a telephone interview with Reuters, singled out campaign manager Steve Schmidt and senior adviser Nicolle Wallace [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:21am EST
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• Change or Status Quo

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  Politico: He may have promised to change Washington, but President Barack Obama is continuing one of its most renowned patronage traditions: bestowing prized ambassadorships on big donors...Of the nearly 80 ambassadorship nominations or confirmations since Obama’s Inauguration, 56 percent were given to political appointees and 44 percent have gone to [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:03am EST
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• Will Senator Mark Warner vote to create a new Frankenstein Federal Agency designed to strangle business recovery?

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  Will the chummy relationship between Senator
  Dodd and Senator Warner create this for the
  Business Community of Virginia and the nation??
  
  Posted by MAXIMUS Senator Dodd's bill is very wide-ranging and makes a number of [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:18am EST
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• POLITICO Breaking News

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  The Senate health reform bill will not allow illegal immigrants to get benefits and prohibits taxpayer funding of abortion, reports Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad. He said that unlike the House bill, there's no surtax on the wealthy," [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:30pm EST
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• Senate bill weighs in at 2,074 pages - Live Pulse - POLITICO.com

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  Read Here: Senate bill weighs in at 2,074 pages - Live Pulse - POLITICO.com: "In the Battle of the Health Bills, the Senate wins out, bulk-wise – weighing in at 2,074 pages.
  The House health reform bill was a mere 1,990 pages when introduced.
  That means the Senate bill" [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 10:35pm EST
  by Jody L. Wilcox

• Three of Eight Principles for Thinking Biblically

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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 3:08pm EST
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• Is the GOP really back Congressman Cantor? More importantly, have they learned their lesson…..

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  ... about the grassroots running this Party and the price of supporting Rhino Candidates.
  
  From A Line of Sight by Bob Beauprez.com: Voters Show Outrage against Democrat Agenda - GOP is Back
  By Congressman Eric Cantor (R-VA), House Republican Whip
  
  On Nov. 3, Republicans scored tremendous victories [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 1:55pm EST
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• Un-freaking-believable...Six-year jail term for Sears Tower plotter

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  Read Here"Six-year jail term for Sears Tower plotter
  
  A judge on Wednesday handed a six-year jail sentence to a man accused of
  plotting to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago and allegedly swearing allegiance
  to Al-Qaeda.
  " [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 1:06pm EST
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• It's A Simple Answer After All

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  Now this is a great orator...
  
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:51pm EST
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• Axelrod Claims Obama will remove abortion funding ban, Congressman Stupak says, "not so fast!"

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  From LifeNews.com --
  Congressman Bart Stupak, whose amendment to ban abortion funding from the House health care bill, has seen President Barack Obama's call and raised him. He says if Obama makes good on his threat to remove the ban in conference committee that he will effectively kill the [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:02am EST
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• Weekly Republican Address: House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA)

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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 10:57am EST
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