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Boehner, GOP pledge to reverse Obama birth-control mandate

6 hours 42 min ago

Boehner said Congress will act to reverse Obama’s attack “on religious freedom.”

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GOP to use Obama budget to unite

13 hours 31 min ago

Republicans said the president’s budget will return the nation’s focus to fiscal issues.

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Romney dealt punishing blow by three-pronged defeat to Rick Santorum

Wed, 02/08/2012 - 06:46

Mitt Romney's dominant position in the Republican presidential race was hurt by losses in Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado.

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Santorum sweeps, beats Romney in upset Colorado caucuses finish

Wed, 02/08/2012 - 06:07

Rick Santorum won Tuesday night's Republican contests in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado.

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STOCK Act embitters the House

Wed, 02/08/2012 - 01:40

The legislation took on a partisan edge, with Nancy Pelosi and Eric Cantor coming under attack.

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Republican tells Dem and GOP leadership to cool it on tax rhetoric

Wed, 02/08/2012 - 01:29

“I don’t think the comments from either side of leadership, from either body, are particularly helpful,” said Rep. Dave Camp.

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Komen vice president resigns over Planned Parenthood decision

Wed, 02/08/2012 - 01:08

Karen Handel said she continues to believe the decision was the best one for Komen's future.

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GOP lawmakers protest removal of 'God' from Air Force unit's patch

Wed, 02/08/2012 - 00:02

The Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office changed its patch after the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers complained.

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Dick Morris: Obama’s sneaky treaties

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 23:53

President Obama is moving forward on five treaties that could radically limit our national sovereignty.

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Lackluster GOP turnout

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 23:50

Looking livelier than he has all campaign, an exuberant Mitt Romney took the stage after his victory in the Nevada caucuses to proclaim: “Tonight, I want to thank the people of Nevada. Once again, you have given me your vote of confidence.” He also tweeted, “Thank you NV! Our message of restoring America’s greatness continues to resonate through the west & across the country.”

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House panel approves Keystone pipeline bill

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 21:27

The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday approved legislation that would reverse Obama’s rejection of the project.

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Rethink the Eisenhower monument; America needs a Board of Visitors

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 13:46

How many visitors to Louisville, Ky., on a quick tour would look to the tallest buildings and among them see the Empire State Building but with a Dome of the Rock oddly placed on top? Or booking through Harrisonburg, Va., on I-81 in the James Madison University vicinity, rush past a knockoff of the Potola? Just coincidence, I expect. But I brought it up to one good-natured architect who has been considered among the top five these past 50 years when he was designing a law school for a college I worked at and his building seemed a ringer for a specific Italian monastery of the 12th century. It brought a mischievous smile and a quick aside to his wife, rapid fast whisperings behind the hand in Italian that I wasn’t intended to understand.

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The evolution of Sarah Palin

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 10:15

2012 could have looked much different for Sarah Palin.

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Good jobs data force GOP pivot

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 10:15

The rosy report posed a test for a GOP political pitch that had been running on autopilot.

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Reid’s floor maneuvers leave some Senate Democrats frustrated

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 10:15

Some Democrats are grumbling over how Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has run the floor this year. 

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Obama administration faces backlash over rule ordering birth control coverage

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 01:19

GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney called the mandate an attack on “religious liberty.”

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Influential conservative blogger endorses ‘sweet meteor of death’ in GOP primary

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 01:06

Influential conservative blogger Erick Erickson said he would endorse the “sweet meteor of death” over any of the current GOP candidates, but would back the party’s eventual nominee in the general election against President Obama.

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Crooner Pat Boone endorses Rick Santorum

Mon, 02/06/2012 - 20:50

Singer and conservative advocate Pat Boone endorsed Rick Santorum over the weekend.

Boone, a well-known pop singer in the 1950s and '60s, is now an activist and the spokesman for conservative seniors organization 60 Plus.

Santorum’s campaign over the weekend touted Boone’s endorsement for his connections to former Republican President Reagan.

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Fake Romney picture circulates on Twitter

Mon, 02/06/2012 - 20:29

A potentially embarrassing but fake picture of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney hit the Web on Monday, lighting up Twitter with comments and retractions.

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Bachmann: 'I was the perfect candidate'

Mon, 02/06/2012 - 19:59

Rep. Michele Bachmann thinks that America missed its opportunity with "the perfect candidate."

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