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Evangelicals to GOP: Don’t betray us on abortion
After Todd Akin last year and Trent Franks this week, abortion is about the last topic many national Republicans want the political conversation to focus on. Yet social conservatives in town this week for the Faith and Freedom Coalition Con Continue Reading
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California lawmakers press for immigrant benefits and more in defense bill
WASHINGTON _ An immigrant’s military service could be a path to legal U.S. residency, if Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., gets his way. Undocumented immigrants would also be allowed to enlist, with legal permanen Continue Reading
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Where Are the GOP Super PACs in the Massachusetts Special?
Maybe this race isn’t as close as advertised. Despite two new public polls showing a 7-point race, the Republican-aligned outside groups that swamped the 2012 landscape with TV advertising are still nowhere to be found in the special Continue Reading
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Two Democratic House Challengers Worth Watching
Recchia is running for Congress. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) Democratic prospects of taking back the House in 2014 may be remote, but two Democratic congressional challengers I interviewed recently have the potential Continue Reading
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Rubio’s Iowa problem
Other than college football and superheroes, I’m not an expert on a whole lot of stuff. But one thing I know a thing or two about is the Iowa caucuses. For example, Fox News noted the role I played in Mike Huckabee’s surprise Continue Reading
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Arizona Medicaid Expansion Advances After Jan Brewer Forces Lawmakers’ Hands
Arizona will expand Medicaid to cover nearly 300,000 poor residents next year after a bipartisan coalition passed a measure backed by Gov. Jan Brewer (R) through the state legislature on Thursday. Brewer, a conservative and avowed foe of Pr Continue Reading
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Boehner doesn’t buy White House timetable on IRS
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner says it is "inconceivable" that top White House officials didn’t tell President Barack Obama once they learned the Internal Revenue Service had been targeting co Continue Reading