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KTTC Rochester - Thu Dec 10, 2:58 pm ET
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Eight people charged with conspiring to riot during last year's Republican National Convention in St. Paul will be tried together. Ramsey County District Judge Teresa Warner says
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Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Thu Dec 10, 12:07 am ET
The trials of the so-called RNC 8 -- eight people charged with conspiring to riot during last year's Republican National Convention in St. Paul -- will be consolidated into one, under an order by Ramsey County District Judge Teresa Warner.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 17, 11:38 am ET
The Republican speaker of Virginia's House of Delegates and its chief budget writer are pressuring Virginia's Democratic senators to oppose the Senate health reform bill.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch - 8 minutes ago
Virginia Republicans are pressing Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., to vote against the proposed federal health-care bill. In a letter to Webb and Sen. Mark R. Warner, D-Va., Speaker of the House William J. Howell, R-Stafford, and the House of Delegates’ chief budget-writer, Del. Lacey E. Putney, I-Bedford, said the bill would greatly expand Medicaid eligibility and greatly push up Virginia’s Medicaid bills.
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Rexburg Standard Journal - Thu Dec 17, 9:20 pm ET
IDAHO FALLS (AP) -- The Republican National Committee's former chief lawyer has been sued for civil damages by an Idaho woman he pleaded guilty to stalking.
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Naples Daily News - Thu Dec 17, 10:08 am ET
According to former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, Republican candidates wishing to receive fundraising and campaign support from the Republican National Committee would have to agree with eight of 10 party positions, or the so-called “Republican 10 Commandments.”Excuse me, but eight out of 10 is 80 percent. When looking at a school report card, 80 percent is barely above average, which is a ...
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Park Hills Daily Journal - Thu Dec 17, 9:29 pm ET
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus defended recommending his girlfriend for appointment as Montana’s U.S. attorney, saying Saturday his one-time staff member and the former state prosecutor is “highly qualified” but eventually withdrew her nomination.
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Boston Globe - Thu Dec 17, 7:03 am ET
Can Scott Brown actually win this thing? On paper, the special US Senate election next month should be another walkover for the Democrats. Yet the race for the seat of the late Edward M. Kennedy will play out not on paper, but in a noxious political environment, providing a rare glint of hope for the state’s undermanned Republicans.
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The Huffington Post - Thu Dec 17, 2:40 pm ET
The never-ending story of health care reform took another turn for the weird this week. It began with liberals working themselves into a lather over...
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Jackson Free Press - Thu Dec 17, 6:42 pm ET
Gov. Haley Barbour embarrassed Mississippians again today by standing up alongside several Republican members of Congress and calling the Democratic health-insurance reform "catastrophic," then compared it to Jim Jones' infamous Jonesboro massacre, according]http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30744.html]according to a report just out on Politico[/url].
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MSNBC - Wed Dec 16, 7:46 am ET
Love her or loathe her, it's hard to argue that Sarah Palin didn't look chic during her debut at the Republican National Convention in September 2008.
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Austin American-Statesman - Thu Dec 17, 1:08 am ET
McCain bemoans earmarks as thousands of projects sail to Obama
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Portland Tribune - Thu Dec 17, 12:34 am ET
A third candidate is entering the race to replace Democrat Brent Barton in Clackamas County’s 51st House District. Republican Patrick Sheehan, a small business owner, announced his candidacy Tuesday. At least one other Republican, Clackamas resident John Swanson, will run for the seat. ...
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St. Petersburg Times - Wed Dec 16, 7:42 pm ET
A former state party leader joins the calls for Chairman Jim Greer to go.
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The Huffington Post - Wed Dec 16, 5:40 pm ET
This is what happens when we play politics instead of standing up for our principles. After the House passed health care reform with a strong...
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The Buffalo News - Wed Dec 16, 7:07 am ET
WASHINGTON--The senator Republicans love and liberals love to hate is at it again.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 14, 8:27 pm ET
A federal judge has ruled the New York Police Department must release 2,000 pages of documents related to its surveillance of protesters before the 2004 Republican National Convention.
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NPR - Tue Dec 15, 6:02 pm ET
Several hundred people gathered Tuesday to listen to conservative lawmakers rail against efforts to pass a health care overhaul and "eliminate" their freedoms. The goal of the anti-tax demonstrators: to shove the entire bill off a cliff.
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The Hill - Tue Dec 15, 9:37 pm ET
Sen. Joe Lieberman (Conn.) told Democratic colleagues at a White House meeting that he regretted the tension he’d created within the conference during the healthcare debate. Read more...
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The Huffington Post - Tue Dec 15, 2:39 pm ET
A number of women in the Republican Party say that [Republican National Committee Treasurer Randy] Pullen refused to even meet with them to discuss allegations of sexual harassment.