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Michigan GOP governor proposes Medicaid expansion
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder on Wednesday became the sixth Republican governor to back the extension of Medicaid coverage under the Obama administration's health care overhaul, setting the stage for a potential fight with members of his...
Tags: Executive Branch, Tom Corbett, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Parties and Movements, Medicaid
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Pressure builds as Snyder nears Medicaid decision
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Should Gov. Rick Snyder throw his support behind a plan to extend Medicaid coverage to 470,000 Michigan residents without health insurance, it would be the second time in less than 18 months the Republican has bucked many...
Tags: Executive Branch, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Parties and Movements, Medicaid, Tea Party Movement
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Eric Cantor's empty happy talk
WASHINGTON -- Republicans have happened upon a felicitous new strategy for reviving their party from its depressed state: They need only think happy thoughts. At a retreat for Republican leaders last month, former House speaker Newt Gingrich told them...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Elections, Executive Branch, The Happiest News!, Philosophy
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California manufacturing jobs fall through the cracks
The shutdown of a 102-year-old California manufacturing company points to a major flaw in California's industrial development policy: We don't have one. The company is Pneumatic Scale Angelus, which turned out top-of-the-line machines for sealing lids...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Economic Policy, Executive Branch, Gloria Molina, Taxation
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My Predictions for 2013, Audacious and Otherwise
Some things about 2013 are easy to predict. We know that taxes are going to rise, and so will the federal debt. We know that there will be more guns in circulation at the end of the year than at the beginning. We know that Donald Trump will get...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Joe Biden, Executive Branch, Birth Control, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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'Grand bargain' may be anything but
Mary SanchezThey say that Social Security is the third rail of American politics: Touch it and you die. That dictum extends to Medicare and even Medicaid as well. I'd like to take this opportunity to remind President Obama and members of both parties in Congress...Tags: Mitt Romney, Economy, Business and Finance, Nursing Homes, Executive Branch, Healthcare Industry
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Unions plan new offensive after Michigan loss
WASHINGTON (AP) — Blindsided by a newlaw weakening union rights in Michigan, organized labor is preparing to target Republican governors in politically important states up for re-election in 2014 — part of a renewed offensive against perceived...
Tags: Executive Branch, Tom Corbett, AFL-CIO, Tom Barrett, Charlie Crist
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Forcing out GOP chair not a winning strategy
In response to The Sun's article on a group trying to oust Maryland Republican Party Chairman Alex Mooney in the middle of his term ("Defeats lead to calls for Md. GOP chief's ouster," Nov. 25), my suggestion to Maryland Republicans is to look to Ohio....Tags: Elections, Executive Branch, Barack Obama, Government, Parties and Movements
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Big news out of U.S. win: LeBron is likable
LONDON — Go ahead, admit it. You like this LeBron James. You like our country's best basketball ambassador at the Olympics, the greatest all-around player in the world already proving it at these Games. You like how James defers to elder statesman...
Tags: Erik Spoelstra, David Stern, NBA Finals, Tyson Chandler, LeBron James
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Where to watch the 2012 Republican National Convention
Channel Guide MagazineUpdated Aug. 27, 2012, 12:50pm CT Several news outlets will be broadcasting the 2012 Republican National Convention, which runs Aug. 27-30, at which Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan (both pictured above, at an earlier date) are expected to receive the official... -
Karl Rove on ‘Fox News Sunday’; Rachel Maddow on ‘Meet the Press’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelKarl Rove, whose American Crossroads Super PAC is behind many election commercials, will be a panelist this weekend on “Fox News Sunday.” Rove, a former adviser to George W. Bush, will join Brit Hume, Juan Williams and Joe Trippi on the panel.... -
Prop or problem? Well, neither
In 2007, I was finishing a book about my husband's race for the U.S. Senate in Ohio when my editor called with some changes. In the book, I had rattled off quite a list of all the wrongs, perceived and otherwise, visited on us during the campaign. Unfair...
Tags: Elections, Mitt Romney, The New York Times, Spanx, Inc., Republican Party
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Nov 30, 2012
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Nov 29, 2012
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Oct 22, 2012
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