Senators Evan Bayh and Russ Feingold are urging President Obama to veto a $410 billion spending bill bloated with about $8 billion in earmarks. Supporters of the bill say that this is compensating for the budget cuts suffe...57 commentsMarch 06, 2009 01:53:03-
Bobby Jindal attacked Obama's federal spending plan and used a $140 million appropriation for the U.S. Geological Survey as an example of questionable spending. "Instead of monitoring volcanoes, what Congress shou...16 commentsFebruary 26, 2009 20:47:35
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U.S.-Canada relations suffered during George W. Bush's Presidency and Barack Obama has chosen to make his first trip abroad to the U.S.' northern neighbor to try ease things out. Obama and Canadian Prime Minister S...16 commentsFebruary 20, 2009 00:39:47
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A spike in the number of Army suicides has everyone concerned. Why is this happening? I know military life is tough: extended time away from family and friends, risk of death, lower living conditions, brutal training. But ...38 commentsFebruary 06, 2009 02:07:00
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The Alfalfa Club is a very exclusive social club consisting of politicians and businessmen. With a membership of only 200, you would have to be pretty hot stuff to get an invite to their annual dinner. You know something a...26 commentsJanuary 29, 2009 19:39:21
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Planning to watch Obama's inauguration? Watch and participate live with all your friends at SodaHead! We're streaming the events all day and adding our most heated inauguration discussions right on the page, so yo...287 commentsJanuary 19, 2009 23:46:17
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Ronald Burris was sworn in as Senator despite the controversy surrounding Blagojevich. This is a tough situation. You can't say that Burris is guilty by association, but everyone can't help but be suspicious about ...3 commentsJanuary 16, 2009 01:03:43
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Nancy Killefer's new job will be to measure government performance. What does this mean? How will she do that? It's a brand new position, so it doesn't look like the details are certain. Maybe this is just one ...1 commentsJanuary 07, 2009 21:51:20
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President-elect Barack Obama nominated Arne Duncan to serve as secretary of education. Duncan is the head of Chicago's public schools and a friend of Obama. Duncan's work with expanding educational opportunities fo...2 commentsDecember 16, 2008 22:00:05
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Perhaps looking to distance himself as far as possible from the corrupt Rod Blagojevich, Barack Obama is calling for the Illinois governor's resignation. After conducting an investigation, FBI agents arrested Blagojevi...9 commentsDecember 10, 2008 21:20:26
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