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submitted by agabriel 63 months ago, from cnn.com
The Democratic presidential candidates are criss-crossing Pennsylvania this week, dropping in at gas stations and truck stops to convince voters they've got the best plan to tackle soaring gas prices and Big Oil profits. Clinton likened herself Tuesday to Sylvester Stallone's Rocky Balboa... More
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submitted by blueheat 64 months ago, from cnn.com
President Bush said Saturday he vetoed legislation that would ban the CIA from using harsh interrogation methods such as waterboarding to break suspected terrorists because it would end practices that have prevented attacks. "The bill Congress sent me would take away one of the most valuable tools.. More
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submitted by grandie4 63 months ago, from politico.com
Former Vice President Al Gore is launching a $300 million, bipartisan campaign to try to push climate change higher on the nation’s political agenda. The three-year campaign by the Alliance for Climate Protection will begin Wednesday with network television advertising that will include “American... More
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submitted by chiasma 63 months ago, from rawstory.com
Chances for an Al Gore presidency may be all-but-nonexistent at this point in the campaign, but Barack Obama said Wednesday the former vice president might just have a spot in his administration, perhaps even cabinet-level. A woman at a town hall meeting in Pennsylvania asked whether Obama, if... More
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from feeds.washingtonpost.com, 63 months ago
A federal judge has ordered Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) to pay nearly $1.2 million to House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), settling a legal dispute over McDermott's actions in leaking the contents of an intercepted 1996 conference call involving Boehner and other Republican leaders. More
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submitted by rodeox 63 months ago, from cnn.com
The Democratic Party on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Federal Elections Commission seeking to force the group to investigate whether Sen. John McCain has violated federal spending limits for his primary campaign. The lawsuit, which was filed in the United States District Court in... More
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submitted by chiasma 62 months ago, from news.yahoo.com
Democrat Barack Obama blamed high gasoline prices on Washington and a political establishment, including his rivals for the presidency, that he says hasn't stood up to oil companies. Hillary Rodham Clinton highlighted his vote for an energy bill she opposed and his campaign contributions from oil.. More
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submitted by rodeox 62 months ago, from cnn.com
Sen. Hillary Clinton rode the momentum of her Pennsylvania win into Indiana on Wednesday, with her campaign saying it is on pace to raise $10 million in 24 hours. Clinton reported raising $20 million in all of March, according to campaign finance reports filed last weekend. Sen. Barack Obama... More
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submitted by grandie4 62 months ago, from nytimes.com
Given Senator John McCain’s signature stance on campaign finance reform, it was not surprising that he backed legislation last year requiring presidential candidates to pay the actual cost of flying on corporate jets. The law, which requires campaigns to pay charter rates when using such jets... More
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from feeds.washingtonpost.com, 63 months ago
The governor of Puerto Rico has promised he will surrender to the FBI today after being accused in an indictment of soliciting thousands of dollars in improper contributions in exchange for favors and government contracts on the U.S. commonwealth island. More
27
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submitted by chiasma 63 months ago, from news.bbc.co.uk
Indian Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said that it is "outrageous" that developed countries are turning food crops into bio fuels. He said that countries like the US were doing so while the world's poor are struggling with surging food prices. Delivering a lecture in Singapore, Mr Chidambaram... More
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from feeds.washingtonpost.com, 63 months ago
The Bush administration will waive more than 30 environmental and land-management laws in order to finish building 470 miles of border fence in the Southwest by the end of the year, officials said yesterday. More
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by Scott Shane from nytimes.com, 64 months ago
A report could provide the first public accounting for legal advice endorsing methods widely denounced as torture. More
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submitted by bafficio 63 months ago, from cnn.com
Sen. Barack Obama raised more than $40 million from more than 442,000 donors in March, his presidential campaign announced Thursday. More than 218,000 of the donors were giving for the first time, the campaign said in a written statement. The figures are only estimates, a campaign spokesman said... More
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submitted by trippie48 62 months ago, from politico.com
John McCain is abandoning any hope of catching the Democrats in fundraising. Based on new financial disclosure reports released Sunday, and interviews with his finance team, the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee will instead accept taxpayer money to finance his general election and share... More
