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Deficit Reduction: Democrat Warner, Republican Chambliss Push for Plan
By Tom Diemer
Conservative Republican Saxby Chambliss and moderate Democrat Mark Warner are determined to keep hope alive when it comes to shrinking the nation's budget deficit -- and taking a hard look at the controversial recommendations of the president's deficit-cutting panel. "The way you do it is put ...
'Morning Joe' and Eliot Spitzer Know How to Keep Women Quiet
By Joanne Bamberger
In her book "All Things at Once," Mika Brzezinski recalls fondly that getting her gig on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" was like being "back at the Brzezinski family dinner table, fighting to make myself heard." We all know families where everyone must fight to have their voice register above the mealtime ...
'No Labels' Speaker David Gergen in NYC: 'The Country Is on the Edge'
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa
NEW YORK – More than a thousand Democrats, Republicans and independents converged on New York City on Monday to launch a national political organization to bring together Americans and put an end to damaging partisanship and divisive labels. Aptly, it's called "No Labels. Not Left. Not Right. ...
Republican George Voinovich Says He'll Oppose Deal on Bush Tax Cuts
By Tom Diemer
Sen. George Voinovich, a senior Republican and self-professed "deficit hawk," says he will oppose President Obama's deal with the GOP leadership on extending Bush-era tax cuts -- or any other scheme for keeping the tax relief in place -- unless such a plan is paid for. Voinovich, a lame duck ...
Nancy Pelosi Re-Elected Leader of Divided House Democrats
By Patricia Murphy
Despite the protests of Democratic moderates and the devastating loss of the House Democratic majority in the midterm elections, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi won re-election to be the leader of her caucus by a vote of 150 to 43 over Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) Wednesday afternoon. But Pelosi's victory ...
Alaska Senate: Murkowski Has Solid Lead, but Miller Wants Hand Recount
By Tom Diemer
Sen. Lisa Murkowski appeared Wednesday to have an insurmountable lead after a week of counting write-in votes in the Alaska Senate race -- but it's not over. Republican Joe Miller, trailing Murkowski by 10,400 votes, says the state's computerized voting system is "suspect" and that the returns ...
Prostate Cancer Treatment: Deciding Who Pays Puts Us All on the Death Panel
By Jeffrey Weiss
A public hearing set for Wednesday in Baltimore should have this as a title: "Like it or not, America, you're on a death panel." Democrat, Republican, progressive, conservative or none of the above -- we're all about to start making decisions about health care resources that will literally be a ...
Catholic Bishops Reject Moderate Leader, Elect New York's Timothy Dolan in a Shocker
By David Gibson
In a surprising result that upends tradition, the Catholic bishops of the United States have rejected a bishop who was favored to win election to a three-year term as leader of the American hierarchy and instead chose New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan. The defeat of Bishop Gerald Kicanas of ...
Pelosi Claim to Minority Leader Post Not Sitting Well With Some Democrats
By Tom Diemer
Maybe Rep. Nancy Pelosi's selection by Democrats as minority leader in the U.S. House of Representatives isn't a done deal after all. Internal rumblings could postpone a caucus election scheduled for next week, the Associated Press reports. "The reality is that she is politically toxic," outspoken ...
Former New York Gov. Pataki Weighing 2012 White House Bid
By Tom Diemer
Add the name of former New York Gov. George Pataki to the Great Mentioner's list of possible Republican presidential candidates in 2012. Pataki, a moderate who served as governor for three terms between 1995 and 2007, said he would base his decision on whether "we have the right people out there ...
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