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Pennsylvania Must Hold Special Election to Replace John Murtha
By David SessionsAccording to state law, Pennsylvania must hold a special election to replace the late Rep. John Murtha, Politico reports. After Murtha's vacancy has been officially declared, Gov. Ed Rendell has 10 days to call a special election, which can take place no more than 60 days later. The likely date is ...
Republicans May Skip White House Health Summit
By Patricia MurphyHouse Minority Leader John Boehner and the Republican whip, Rep. Eric Cantor, have notified the White House that Republicans may not participate in the president's bipartisan health care summit unless the ground rules of the meeting are changed. In a lengthy letter to White House Chief of Staff ...
Spending Hawks Not So Hawkish About Cuts in Home Districts
By Christopher WeberLawmakers who take a hard stand against federal spending are having a hard time reconciling that position when cuts are aimed at their home districts, The New York Times reported. It's a bipartisan problem, and a good example of how tough it is to control government spending and deficits. Many ...
Rep. John Murtha, Advocate for Pa. District, Pentagon, Dies at 77
By Patricia Murphy
U.S. Rep. John Murtha died Monday after a lengthy and sometimes tumultuous career in Congress. The Pennsylvania Democrat was first elected to represent his Johnstown Congressional district in 1974 after returning home from fighting as a Marine in Vietnam. Once elected, he rose through the ranks of ...
Latino Vote Could Be Key in Midterm Contests for Congress and Governorships
By Jill LawrencePresidential candidates of both parties have long vied for Latino voters, but this is a midterm year and a new report from America's Voice, a group working for comprehensive immigration reform, suggests Latino voters will be a potentially decisive force in 37 House and Senate races, plus contests ...
Obama to Congress: Main Street Needs More Help
By Tom DiemerPresident Obama urged Congress on Saturday to put politics aside and pass a package of incentives, tax credits and refinancing assistance aimed at helping America's struggling small businesses -- "the places where most new jobs begin." "If anyone has additional ideas to support small businesses and ...
Out of all the Extramarital Scandals, Public Feels Most Sorry for Elizabeth Edwards
By Bruce DrakeAfter all the recent scandals about extramarital affairs involving John Edwards, Mark Sanford and Tiger Woods, Fox News asked in its latest poll which wife Americans felt most sorry for, and the answer was overwhelmingly for Elizabeth Edwards. Forty-nine percent sympathized with Elizabeth Edwards ...
Too Soon to Know Impact of SCOTUS Ruling on 2010 Election
By Ria Misra
The recent Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission, which removed the limits on corporate spending in political campaigns, has prompted an uncharacteristically passionate response. Even the president singled out the ruling for criticism in his State of the Union ...
Democrats Preserving Most 'Back-Room Deals' in Health Care Bill
By David SessionsThe Democratic health reform effort may be in trouble, but not enough trouble for its champions to drop some of the "back-room deals" that helped turn much of the American electorate against it, Politico reports. As Democrats work on a way forward for the stalled bill, all of the narrow provisions ...
Question Time for Obama and the GOP? It's a Bloody Bad Idea
By Tom Kavanagh
Who wasn't heartened by last week's frank dialogue between President Obama and House Republicans? But count me as disheartened by calls for regular such meetings, as outlined by our own David Corn and a broad coalition of the commentariat. They're taking their cue from the British House of Commons' ...
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