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By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyPresident Obama engaged Friday in a rare face-to-face debate with GOP House members, sparring with them over which party is most responsible for the partisanship that grips Washington. The president said that Republicans are eroding cooperation by telling constituents he is "doing all kinds of crazy stuff that's going to destroy America." For their part, the Republicans pressed Obama on a series of issues ranging from the economy to health care, saying he and congressional Democrats had ignored their ideas. Obama said he would listen seriously to some of the Republican proposals and insisted ...
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By Liza Porteus Viana - Politics DailyAnother Republican has been ousted from Capitol Hill - although it doesn't appear this one got spanked for the same (anti-Bush, anti-Iraq war) reasons other GOP lawmakers around the country have this year. He's the third House incumbent to lose a primary this year. U.S. Rep. Chris Cannon, a conservative lawmaker from Utah, lost his bid for a seventh term yesterday in primary because, essentially, he doesn't appear to be conservative enough for the state's 3rd District. He was beaten by newbie politico Jason Chaffetz, a former Brigham Young University football player who served as chief of ...
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