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House Democrats defy Obama on tax cut bill

December 10, 2010

Washington (CNN) — House Democrats voted Thursday against considering the tax package that President Barack Obama negotiated with Republicans, raising questions over the president’s influence in his own party. Later, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, released the first version of legislation to implement the negotiated deal and said the Senate would vote Monday to [...]

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House passes DREAM Act though Senate may not follow

December 10, 2010

The only immigration law that should be demanded is to make illegal entrance into the United States a felony, with no excuses and no exceptions. This includes businesses that are twice caught hiring illegal workers, should be subject to a harsh fine, confiscation of business assets and after the second conviction–prison. It’s blatantly obvious to [...]

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Top Democrat: We Can’t Stop Obama’s Tax Compromise

December 10, 2010

Minutes after House Democrats rejected the president’s tax compromise, leading Democratic Rep. Barney Frank told Mother Jones reporter Suzy Khimm he thought the deal was going to pass, anyway: “I still think it’s going to go through–why do you think it isn’t?” Frank said in a Thursday interview outside the caucus meeting. “I always knew [...]

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Altschuler ’93 concedes to incumbent Democrat in nation’s last undecided …

December 10, 2010

More than five weeks after election day, Republican congressional candidate Randy Altschuler ’93 finally conceded to incumbent Democratic representative Tim Bishop in the nation’s last undecided congressional contest. Altschuler called Bishop on Wednesday to congratulate him on his victory in New York’s 1st Congressional District, which covers a portion of eastern Long Island. Altschuler was [...]

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Corn-Ethanol US Tax Credit Part of Tax Package, Senators Say

December 10, 2010

Credits for blending ethanol with gasoline are included in the package of tax breaks being negotiated in Congress, Democratic Senators Ben Nelson and Dianne Feinstein said. Extending the credit is supported by producers of corn- based ethanol and lawmakers from Midwest farm states who said jobs would be lost unless the benefit continued. Critics said [...]

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Barney Frank: Unemployment Benefits Not A Concession

December 10, 2010

WASHINGTON — A senior House Democrat suggested Thursday that Congress could have reauthorized extended unemployment benefits even if President Obama hadn’t cut a deal with Republicans to attach 13 months of jobless aid to two years of tax cuts for the rich. “It’s totally unbalanced. I think unemployment shouldn’t be considered a concession they give [...]

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Rep. Maxine Waters eases demand for inquiry into Ethics Committee suspensions

December 10, 2010

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles) pulled back Thursday from her efforts to force an investigation of the suspensions of two House Ethics Committee lawyers who worked on a pending case against her. Waters took to the House floor and instead called on the Ethics Committee to publicly disclose the circumstances surrounding the suspensions of Morgan [...]

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There Is Racial progress in Georgia

December 10, 2010

Two African-American Democrats on Thursday announced that they were joining the Republican Party. Hall County Commissioner Ashley Bell and former state executive committee member Andre Walker said the Democratic Party had grown too liberal and they are finding a new home with the Republicans. It takes courage to leave the political party one inherits, especially [...]

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Manchin sole Democrat to vote against repealing policy – Daily Mail

December 10, 2010

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An attempt to repeal the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy failed on a 57-40 vote in the U.S. Senate Thursday afternoon, with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., the lone Democrat joining 39 Republicans in blocking the measure. The proposed repeal was a part of a larger defense policy bill — the National [...]

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Angry House Democrats vow to block tax package

December 10, 2010

As the Senate steamed toward a Monday afternoon vote on the far-reaching package, House Democrats were in open revolt. Amid chants of “Just say no,” they agreed overwhelmingly during a private meeting Thursday to block the measure from going to the House floor, a symbolic move that underscored the depth of their anger. Later, House [...]

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