| Dems, GOP warily eye Arizona immigration ruling
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 AP - On the surface, a judge's decision to block tough provisions of Arizona's immigration law was a defeat for the state's Republican governor and a win for the Democratic Obama administration. But neither party is sure it will play out that way politically, either this fall or beyond.
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| Republicans block small business plan in Senate
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 Reuters - Senate Republicans blocked a $30-billion plan to help community banks boost lending to small businesses, dealing a blow to President Barack Obama's election-year battle to reduce unemployment.
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| Rep Rangel faces charges, trial may hurt Democrats
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Reuters - Representative Charles Rangel reached a tentative plea agreement on ethics charges on Thursday, but Republicans may reject it and push for a trial that could hurt his fellow Democrats in the November elections. |
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| Republicans block small business lending bill
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 AP - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's election-year jobs agenda suffered a new setback Thursday when Senate Republicans blocked a bill creating a $30 billion government fund to help open up lending for credit-starved small businesses.
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| Republican concerns could stall START treaty
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Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senate Republicans voiced objections on Thursday to the new START nuclear arms treaty with Russia, raising concerns that could delay efforts to hand President Barack Obama a foreign policy victory ahead of the November elections. |
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AP - Ethics committee outlines 13 charges against Rep. Charles Rangel. |
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| McInnis vows to stay in Colo. governor's race
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AP - Scott McInnis says if he wins the Republican primary for Colorado governor, he'll stay in the race despite calls that he bow out because of concerns that he can't win in November. |
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| GOP Gains Weren't Always Inevitable This Year
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CQPolitics.com - Sometimes, you can almost hear the conventional wisdom and expectations shift, even when they are based on faulty premises. |
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| GOP Weighs Simmons Factor in Connecticut
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CQPolitics.com - It may not matter that Rob Simmons has become a candidate again in the race to become Connecticut's next Senator. |
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| Another NRCC Recruit Will Be Tested in a Primary
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CQPolitics.com - Tennessee's 8th district GOP primary is shaping up to be more than just an unusually expensive intraparty fight. It's become a marquee race that carries high risk and the potential of a big reward for the National Republican Congressional Committee. |
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| For veterans bill, Republicans put budget ax aside
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 AP - House Republicans who have spent months demanding spending cuts blanched Wednesday at their first opportunity to actually make them, instead joining Democrats in treating a bill to pay for veterans programs in 2011 as politically sacrosanct in an election year.
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| Key Republican calls Kagan a 'dangerous' nominee
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 AP - Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan picked up more GOP backing Wednesday in her drive toward near-certain confirmation next week, even as a top Republican lashed out at her as "dangerous."
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