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By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- Perilously close to a government shutdown, the White House and congressional leaders closed in on a possible deal to cut tens of billions of dollars in federal spending and avert the closure, officials said Friday night. House Republican leaders summoned their rank and file to a late night meeting for what aides said would be an update on the talks. Democrats said they were reviewing the details of a possible tentative agreement. The developments unfolded as the administration readied hundreds of thousands of furlough notices for federal workers and warned that federal ...
Fight Over Wisconsin Union Law Heads to Court
By not in system - AOL NewsMADISON, Wis. -- With Republican Gov. Scott Walker's administration insisting a new law eliminating most of state workers' collective bargaining rights had gone into effect and other state and municipal leaders disputing that, many were looking to a Tuesday court hearing for some kind of clarity. The latest over the collective bargaining law began Friday when the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau published the law by posting it on a website, and Walker said that was all that was needed for it to take effect. Typically, a law goes into effect when it's published by the secretary of ...
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Democrats and Obama: No Wonder He's Torn
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Democrats and Republicans: Quit That Cryin' or I'll Give You Somethin' to Cry About
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GOP's Rural White Guys: The Night They Drove New Dixie Down
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyRepublicans are busting with pride about the parade of rural white men who voted overwhelmingly for their candidates in last week's midterm elections. And not just on the national level. You have to go back to 1966 to find the same number of state legislature switches. You have to go back to 1928 to find this many state legislature seats filled with Republicans. That fact alone could ripple for years to come, due to the potential for partisan gerrymandering (fun fact: so named for the salamander-shaped district designed by a Gov. Gerry in 1812 Massachusetts). Representative districts are ...
Democrats: Regroup, Rebrand, Reboot
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Election Day: That Was Then. This Is Now.
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Study: Republicans Happier Than Democrats
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(Oct. 31) -- One word that's seldom -- well, all right, never -- used to describe the conservative commentariat is "joyful." But maybe it should apply to them, and to the millions of conservatives who watch them on Fox or listen to them on the radio: A recent study says that Republicans are happier than Democrats and -- and! -- have more friends. The study, published in the journal Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, is the work of Jacob Vigil, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of New Mexico. He gathered 701 undergrads at a university in Florida in the months before ...
What Is Russ Feingold's Religion?
By Elizabeth Nolan Brown - Politics DailyRuss Feingold is running for a fourth term as U.S. senator from Wisconsin against Republican political newcomer Ron Johnson. As part of a Politics Daily series providing background about the major candidates in 2010, here are some answers to frequently asked questions about his life. What is Russ Feingold's religion? Feingold is Jewish. Where does Russ Feingold worship? Feingold is a member of Beth Hillel Temple in Kenosha, Wis. Was Russ Feingold born into Judaism, or did he convert? Feingold was born to a Jewish family. He is the grandson of Jewish immigrants from Russia and ...
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