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Obama's Chinese Box: Where Does Religious Freedom Fit?
By David Gibson
Barack Obama arrived in Japan today on the first leg of his first trip to Asia as president, a delicate week-long diplomatic swing which will confront him with an array of pressing issues, from North Korea and nukes to climate change and the global economy. But few topics have as much potential to ...
Tax Hikes on the Wealthy May Bankroll Health Care Reform
By Patricia MurphySen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has asked the Congressional Budget Office to analyze a proposal to increase the Medicare payroll tax for people making more than $250,000 per year to help pay for health care reform, according to a report by the Associated Press. The news service attributes the information ...
The Misfits: Eight Politicians Who Really Ought to Switch
By Jill Lawrence
RINOs and conservadems are cutting quite a swath these days -- making demands, frustrating their colleagues, wielding clout and even influencing elections. Not surprisingly, the nicknames aren't terms of endearment. GOP conservatives disparage GOP moderates as Republicans In Name Only. Democratic ...
Anti-Incumbent Mood Growing for Next Year's House Elections
By Bruce DrakeWhile 52 percent of voters would like to see their own congressman re-elected, only 34 percent want to see most other sitting representatives returned to office in 2010, a finding that the Pew Research Center reflects an anti-incumbent mood in the country. ...
Republicans Edge Ahead of Democrats on 'Generic' Congressional Ballot
By Bruce DrakeHelped by increased support from independents, Republicans now outpoll Democrats by 48 percent to 44 percent when registered voters are asked who they would back on a "generic" ballot for Congress next year, according to a Gallup poll conducted Nov. 5-8. The margin of error is 4 points. ...
Bart Stupak, Who Just Might Have Saved Health Care Reform -- and the Democrats
By David Gibson
Until last weekend's health care vote in the House, Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan was one of those worker bee congressman from a working-class district who would not normally find himself the pivotal figure in a critical juncture of American history. The eight-term congressman from a ...
Bill Clinton Warns, 'The Worst Thing We Can Do is Nothing'
By Patricia Murphy
President Bill Clinton, veteran of political battles galore, went to Capitol Hill Tuesday to share his hard-earned wisdom with the members of the Senate's Democratic caucus who will soon pick up where Clinton left off in his epic battle to pass health care reform. Now that the House has passed its ...
A Win for Democrats in Charlotte Offers Lessons (Maybe)
By Mary C. Curtis
The day after his election as the mayor of Charlotte, Anthony Foxx received a congratulatory phone call from Barack Obama. The 38-year-old Foxx -- the youngest mayor-elect in the history of North Carolina's largest city, the second black man chosen for the job -- was excited by the recognition. But ...
Abortion Rights Backers Threaten Primaries, 'No' Votes on Health
By Jill Lawrence
There's nothing like a painful, unexpected defeat to focus the mind and, potentially, the money. For supporters of abortion rights, that moment arrived when the House added to its historic health bill an amendment that would limit abortion coverage and those who can buy it. Anger, frustration and ...
Pro-Life Dems Test Party's Leadership as Abortion Battle Looms
By Patricia Murphy
First-term Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper is a pro-life Democrat. Actually, she calls herself a "whole life" Democrat."I am against the death penalty; am for health care reform; care whether people live in poverty or not -- all of these things are life issues and the majority of them fit right into ...
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