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Sheen booed in Detroit; tells heckler in audience: 'I already got your money, dude'...

Drudge Report - 13hrs 12mins ago

First the U.S. automaker Recession, and now this. Charlie Sheen unleashed his Violent Torpedo of Truth Tour on the Motor City on Saturday night to a crowd that began with an adoring standing ovation and concluded with booing and walk-outs. The pad…

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Can the House deem a bill into law?

Hot Air - 23hrs 17mins ago

Republicans screeched when Louise Slaughter attempted to push a “deem and pass” strategy for ObamaCare a little over a year ago, arguing that the notion of deeming the bill as passed in the House without a direct floor vote was an a…

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Huckabee wins 2012 county straw poll in South Carolina

CNN Political Ticker - 19hrs 39mins ago

Washington (CNN) - Mike Huckabee won a 2012 presidential Straw Poll conducted in a key South Carolina county Saturday. The informal vote was the first of many upcoming straw polls taking place this month at Grassroots GOP gatherings across South C…

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List of health reform waivers keeps growing

The Hill - 1day 2hrs ago

The number of waivers the Obama Administration has awarded for a provision of the year-old Healthcare Reform law grew by 128 in March. With the new waivers, that means 1,168 businesses, insurers, unions and other organizations have received one-…

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Boehner wants to pass spending cuts with GOP alone(AP)

Yahoo! News - 6hrs 6mins ago

WASHINGTON – Sometimes in politics and Legislation, whether you win is less important than how you win. That's the dilemma facing House Speaker John Boehner as he tries to round up the votes to pass a fast-approaching spending Compromise an…

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Boehner wants to pass spending cuts with GOP alone

The Daily Caller - 6hrs 45mins ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sometimes in politics and Legislation, whether you win is less important than how you win. That’s the dilemma facing House Speaker John Boehner as he tries to round up the votes to pass a fast-approaching spending Com…

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Rep. Heinrich running for Senate

UPI - 14hrs 20mins ago

SANTA FE, N.M., April 2 (UPI) -- Rep. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., announced Saturday he is running for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Jeff Bingaman, who is retiring. Several Republicans have already announced, Roll Call reported. They include forme…

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Obama reelection campaign expected to tap big-money donors

Washington Post - 16hrs 53mins ago

Facing an energized Republican Party and deep-pocketed conservative groups, President Obama is kicking off his 2012 Reelection campaign with a concerted push for help from wealthy Donors and liberal groups unbound by spending limits. The strategy …

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