Category Archives: US Politics

Now, Democrats attack Republicans for failing to protect Obamacare

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Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events "Issa wouldn't protect us from a bill that raises premiums and causes 24 million to lose their insurance." - new "Save My Care" ad attacking Rep. Darryl Issa Seven vulnerable Republican lawmakers are being targeted with $1 million in television spots by a liberal group backed by labor and progressive interests.

Politics | The Battle Over Marijuana Heats Up at RI State House

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Rhode Island's battle over the legalization of marijuana hit a new level of political fever as both sides rolled out their big political guns and their strongest arguments at Tuesday's State House Judiciary Committee hearing. With Massachusetts approving the legalization of marijuana - then delaying its implementation - Rhode Island is feeling the pressure to try and capture as much tax dollars as possible.

Sen. Claire McCaskill plans 8 town halls across Missouri

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In a year when congressional town hall meetings have often turned angry, Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is wading into predominantly Republican areas of Missouri to host a series of them this week. McCaskill's first town hall will be Wednesday at Jefferson College in the eastern Missouri town of Hillsboro.

Republicans survive scare, win House seat

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Republicans have survived an election scare to win a House seat in the first congressional election since President Donald Trump's victory, but the next contest for a seat in Georgia could be tougher. The party saw its winning margin in Kansas' 4th House district shrink from 31 per cent in November to just seven per cent on Tuesday, as state treasurer Ron Estes fought off a challenge from Democrat and civil rights lawyer James Thompson.

Yvonne AbrahamThe backstory on Mitt Romney’s – binders full of women’

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Also back: the righteous anger of the women who made those binders happen, who've seen their work co-opted and taken for granted, then and now, and who fear that the whole notion of pushing women ahead in public life has run into a big, unbeautiful White House wall. Who can forget that presidential debate in 2012, when the GOP nominee Mitt Romney recalled boastfully that when he was preparing to take office as Massachusetts governor, "I went to a number of women's groups and said, 'Can you help us find folks?' and they brought us whole binders full of women."

CHICAGO, IL – MARCH 23: A sign points to the direction

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Amtrak's long-distance train routes could get the ax President Trump's proposed budget would derail 15 of the country's most train trips. Check out this story on dailyworld.com: http://usat.ly/2oZnLgA CHICAGO, IL - MARCH 23: A sign points to the direction of the trains at Chicago's Union Station where Amtrak's California Zephyr makes a daily 2,438 miles run to Emeryville/San Francisco that takes about 52 hours.

Trudy Rubin: Trump must keep pressure on Syria, Russia – Wed, 12 Apr 2017 PST

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President Trump did the right thing, the necessary thing, in striking Syria's Shayrat Air Base in response to the Assad regime's gruesome gas attack on civilians. In so doing, the president sharply reversed his own past stance and positions his team took just days ago on Syria.

The Latest: Republicans hang on to House seat in Kansas

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Kansas 4th District congressional candidate Ron Estes, front left, thanks Sen. Ted Cruz who came to Wichita to campaign for Estes the day before a special election at Yingling Aviation, Monday, April 10, 2017, in Wichita, Kan. less Kansas 4th District congressional candidate Ron Estes, front left, thanks Sen. Ted Cruz who came to Wichita to campaign for Estes the day before a special election at Yingling Aviation, Monday, April 10, 2017, ... more In this March 23, 2017, photo, Democrat James Thompson, a candidate for Kansas' 4th Congressional District, speaks during a debate in Wichita, Kan.

Calls For Spicer’s Resignation After He Claims That Hitler Was Better Than Assad

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White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer apologized for saying Adolf Hitler didn't resort to using chemical weapons like Syria's president, after an outpouring of criticism from politicians and Jewish groups on Tuesday, including calls for his removal from his position. Spicer made the remarks during a daily press briefing while addressing the chemical attack and Russia's position on it.

GOP Holds Kansas House Seat As Democrat’s Surprise Upset Bid Falls Short

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In the first special congressional election since President Donald Trump took office, a Republican candidate won a narrower-than-expected victory in a district President Donald Trump easily carried less than six months ago. State Treasurer Ron Estes won the U.S. House seat vacated by Mike Pompeo, who now serves as director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

GOP Dashes Dems’ Upset Hopes in Kansas, Conservative Holds Congressional Seat

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Republican Ron Estes has defeated Democrat James Thompson in Kansas' fourth Congressional District, holding that seat for the GOP. As we mentioned earlier today in our preview of the race , this is theoretically a very safe red seat, with Republicans controlling it ever since the 1994 wave election.

O’Reilly Guest Bernie Goldberg Calls out ‘Impulsive’ Trump for Hypocrisy on Syria

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Tuesday night during a segment in which he called out the President for a flip-flop on his position on Syria. Referencing a series of 2013 tweets in which Trump urged President Barack Obama to say out of Syria, Goldberg called out Trump for his changed position in what appears to be the similar circumstances.