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Benghazi hearing begins
The dramatic and personal stories of State Department staffers — one of whom was in Libya at the time — injected real emotion on Wednesday into what was expected to be a purely political hearing on Benghazi. In his first full publ Continue Reading
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Karl Rove speaks at Woodbridge fundraiser
May 15–Thanks to a restaurant owner with a foundation in politics, Republican political consultant and policy adviser Karl Rove now knows where Woodbridge is. “It’s my old life and my new life co Continue Reading
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Snowe pleads for bipartisanship
U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe describes a scene out of a Rockwell painting: With Washington crippled by a blizzard, President Barack Obama worked the week before Christmas with a fire roaring in the fireplace in the Oval Office. Outside the window, his Continue Reading
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Obama’s Second Term: Dead Already or Strategic Awareness?
Is Barack Obama already a lame duck President? I hope not. It wouldn’t be good for the country, and it would certainly disappoint my students who have written policy memos for his second term. I’ve just finished Continue Reading
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McKeon rumors spark jockeying
Rep. Buck McKeon says he’s not planning to retire at the end of his term, but that hasn’t stopped Republican colleagues from eyeing his committee chairmanship and Democrats from targeting his seat. The 74-year-old chairman of Continue Reading
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Jim Matheson, Mike McIntyre Stand As Only Democrats To Vote For Obamacare Repeal
More than three years after being signed into law, President Barack Obama’s landmark Affordable Care Act still lacks unanimous support among House Democrats. On Thursday, the House chose for the 37th time to repeal Obamacare, with a 2 Continue Reading
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BOEHNER’S BENGHAZI OBSESSION – Wider problems found at IRS – RAND BROADENS HIS BRAND – AEI steers clear of Richwine flap – Pentagon contracts tumble 52% – Snowe: Hill needs 5-day workweek
By Scott Wong (swong@politico.com or @scottwongDC) BOEHNER’S BENGHAZI OBSESSION – Jake Sherman and John Bresnahan have the story for POLITICO: “House Speaker John Boehner has avoided taking firm posit Continue Reading