Obama Administration Grant Program De-Emphasizing Job Creation

When Vice President Joe Biden announced a new $3.3 billion grant program to upgrade the nation's electricity network, the rationale was simple: "This is jobs -- jobs," he said in April.

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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.

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Iranian women fight on the frontlines of protest

For years, women's defiance in Iran came in carefully planned flashes of hair under their head scarves, brightly painted fingernails and trendy clothing that could be glimpsed under bulky coats and cloaks.

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Cash in on the 'clunker' bill

The misguided 'cash for clunkers' plan is little more than a taxpayer-financed rebate program. Among the biggest winners: Honda.

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H.R.25 Fair Tax Act of 2009

Fair Tax Act of 2009 - Repeals the income tax, employment tax, and estate and gift tax.

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Ammo hard to find as gun owners stock up

AURORA, Colorado (CNN) -- Gun shops across the country are reporting a run on ammunition, a phenomenon apparently driven by fear that the Obama administration will increase taxes on bullets or enact new gun-control measures.

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POLITICS-US: AIPAC Conference Comes Amid Turmoil

WASHINGTON, May 3 (IPS) - The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Washington's powerful and hawkish pro-Israel lobby, kicked off its annual policy conference this weekend during a period of unusual turbulence both for the organisation and for the U.S.-Israel relat …

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LD-203 Lobbying Contributions | OpenSecrets

Lobbyists thrive on having access to politicians, and there are few better ways to gain that access than by making campaign contributions in so-called LD-203 reports.

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Supreme Court ruling outlaws broadcast expletive outbursts

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12-year-old boy charged with capital murder

HOUSTON -- A 12-year-old boy, who is accused of capital murder in the death of an 10-month-old baby, is sitting in a jail cell.

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China Against Obama, Dalai Lama Meeting

(BEIJING) — China said Thursday that President Barack Obama should not meet the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, when he visits the United States in October.

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US military admits killing mother, children

KABUL (AFP) – The US military in Afghanistan admitted Thursday that four people its troops killed in a raid were not "combatants", after Afghans said they included a mother and her children, with a baby dying afterwards.

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US experts in Germany to search for missing WW2 GIs

Tens of thousands of American troops fell in the Eifel Mountain region as the forces of Hitler made them fight for every inch of ground. Many of them have never been found, their corpses lost on the battlefields.

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Photo radar employee shot, killed on Loop 101

A contract employee, who was shot multiple times while inside a photo-radar van in north Phoenix, has died. Sergeant Andy Hill with the Phoenix Police Department said 51-year-old Doug Georgianni was shot at about 8:50 p.m.

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"Card Check" bill forces Congress to Address Workers' Rights

When lawmakers return the week of April 20, they're sure to face a fight over whether to make it easier for workers to unionize. The "Employee Free Choice Act" would allow employees to join a union if a majority of workers sign a card signifying their intent to do so.

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Pakistan: Suspected US missile strike kills 3 - Associated Press

A suspected U.S. missile strike on a car killed two alleged militants and a civilian in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, intelligence officials said, a day after the U.S.-allied country reiterated its opposition to such attacks to visiting American officials.

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Obama's Tax Task Force Includes AIG Board Member

Barack Obama's new working group on taxes has an unlikely member: a current board member of American International Group Inc.

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Gaza fight halted breifly, Israel then moves forward with aggressive push

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli airstrikes and Hamas rockets resumed on Wednesday after a brief lull to allow food and fuel to reach Palestinian civilians in Gaza, where an Israeli warplane dropped leaflets urging residents to flee because of imminent attacks.

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U.N.: 30 die in Israeli strike near Gaza school

'There's nowhere safe' Ignoring international calls for a cease-fire, Israeli soldiers edged closer to Gaza's major population centers. At least 58 Palestinians were killed Tuesday in fighting — with just two confirmed as militants, health officials in Gaza said.

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Possible gas tax increases

A federal commission created by Congress to find ways to help build and repair highways is recommending a 50 percent increase in gas and diesel fuel taxes.

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How to Fix America's Image

Since 2000, the United States' standing has deteriorated in all parts of the world, and anti-Americanism has grown intense.

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Activists blast U.S. at climate change talks

Environmentalists criticized the United States and other rich countries Tuesday for failing so far to make meaningful commitments at a U.N. conference on climate change.

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Obama's near-flawless run from start to finish

The story of Mr. Obama's journey to the pinnacle of American politics is the story of a campaign that was, even in the view of many rivals, almost flawless.

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'The line just keeps going and going'

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Barack Obama has a trump card

Will Barack Obama play the Sarah Palin card? It's no longer the risk Democrats once believed. And it might be his best chance to dampen a late-breaking GOP surge.

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