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White House to government: Continue to open up

CNN - Tue Dec 8, 6:48 pm ET

Cleaning up the way Washington works and providing a transparent, open government was one of President Obama's key pledges upon taking office.

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Attorney General Coakley bests other Dems in Mass. race
USA Today - 16 minutes ago
A Republican with a track record of winning in one of the nation's most Democratic states and a prosecutor seeking to become Massachusetts' first female senator will compete next month in a special election that could determine the balance of power in the U.S. Senate.
Coakley, Brown to vie for Kennedy's Senate seat
CNN - 28 minutes ago
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley won the Democratic nomination and Sen. Scott Brown won the Republican nod Tuesday night in a special primary election to narrow the field of candidates vying to succeed the late Sen. Edward Kennedy.
Atty. general bests other Dems in Mass.
USA Today - 1 hour 20 minutes ago
A Republican with a record of winning in Democratic areas and a prosecutor seeking to be Massachusetts' first female senator face off Jan. 19.
White House to government: Continue to open up
CNN - Tue Dec 8, 6:48 pm ET
Cleaning up the way Washington works and providing a transparent, open government was one of President Obama's key pledges upon taking office.
Calls Mount for Reid to Apologize Over Slavery Remark
Fox News - Tue Dec 8, 2:19 pm ET
From Nevada to Washington, calls were mounting Tuesday for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to apologize for comparing opponents of health care reform to supporters of slavery.
Senate health-care debate turns to abortion amendment
Washington Post - Tue Dec 8, 12:00 am ET
Seeking to resolve two contentious issues blocking health-care reform in the Senate, lawmakers began consideration Monday of an amendment to restrict abortion coverage, while Democrats closed in on alternatives to the public-insurance option.
Liberal Senators Press for Expansion of Medicare
New York Times - Mon Dec 7, 10:43 pm ET
Liberal and centrist Democrats worked on a deal for a public option as the majority leader’s slavery analogy drew Republican ire.
Collier County Republican chairman stepping down in January
Naples Daily News - Tue Dec 8, 11:42 am ET
Naples —Collier County GOP Chairman Carla Dean has announced she will step down from her post effective Jan. 11.Dean was originally elected to the post in December 2004 and subsequently re-elected in 2006 and 2008. Dean also served as the vice chairman for one year.Dean was appointed by the Republican Party of Florida Chairman to the State Party Rules and Constitution Committee and the Women’s ...
Steele Rips Liberals on Health Care
CBS News - Tue Dec 8, 8:09 am ET
RNC Chair Says Left Plays the Race Card When They're Not Getting What They Want
Bostrom kicks off campaign for Ramsey County sheriff
Pioneer Press - Tue Dec 8, 2:34 pm ET
Matt Bostrom, an assistant St. Paul police chief, made his bid for Ramsey County sheriff official today at the Landmark Center in St. Paul.
Ex-GOP Chair says party can ease immigration tone
Pine Bluff Commercial - Tue Dec 8, 12:20 pm ET
The former chairman of the Republican National Committee says that new immigration reform efforts will give his a party a chance to soften its tone on the issue.
Senate Dems seek expansion of Medicare, Medicaid
San Jose Mercury News - Tue Dec 8, 1:43 pm ET
With time growing short, Senate Democratic liberals are seeking expansion of two large federal programs, Medicare and Medicaid, as part of a compromise that drops a government insurance option from health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, several lawmakers said Monday.
McDonnell criticizes GOP purity tests
The Washington DC Examiner - 2 hours 42 minutes ago
RICHMOND -- Virginia Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell warned his fellow Republicans Tuesday about the danger of creating an ideological "purity test" to weed out moderate candidates, a nod to the increasingly important role independents play in Virginia politics.
Health care debate heats up with Harry Reid's slavery remarks
Las Vegas Sun - Tue Dec 8, 4:11 pm ET
WASHINGTON — Perhaps a time-out for etiquette could be helpful in the health care debate, which opened this week with incendiary remarks and wild claims in a discussion that has already seen plenty of both.
'Slavery' slur at GOPers
New York Post - Tue Dec 8, 6:57 am ET
Republican foes of the president's health plan are just like those lawmakers who once dragged their heels to end slavery -- doling out the "same excuses" to wrongly maintain the status quo, the Senate's leading Democrat charged yesterday. "Instead...
Steele to Obama: Delay health care
The Politico - Tue Dec 8, 6:54 am ET
RNC chairman: Focus on lagging economy instead.
Chris Strouth Tweets for a kidney
City Pages - Tue Dec 8, 3:43 pm ET
When Chris Strouth found out he had kidney disease, he named his sickness Harold. It was a way to deal with something that might kill him, and the name was a lot easier to remember than IGA Nephropathy. Strouth has coped with Harold for about three years, but by last winter, his l...
'Santa' Palin comes early in Colorado Springs
FOX 31 Denver - Tue Dec 8, 10:38 am ET
She knows if you've been bad or good COLORADO SPRINGS - Hundreds of people spent a frigid Tuesday afternoon hunkered down with books inside the Chapel Hills Mall, but they'd likely all have waited just as long outside in the sub-zero temperatures for a chance to see Sarah Palin.
GOP rips Reid over slavery remark
UPI - Mon Dec 7, 8:14 pm ET
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid upped the rhetorical tension Monday during debate on healthcare, invoking times of slavery and women's suffrage fight.
Baucus: Girlfriend merited US attorney nomination
Park Hills Daily Journal - Tue Dec 8, 1:29 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.