Washington D.C. – Today, The United States House of Representatives passed a piece of legislation that would in turn de-fund National Public Radio (NPR). The legislation passed the House 228-192 even though not all Republicans voted in favor of the bill. Still, despite the Republicans that voted against the bill, it has been the...
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Madison, WI – The “fleebaggers” as their Republican counterparts affectionately call them, are 14 Democrats that fled Wisconsin in protest almost 3 weeks ago. They were protesting a piece of legislation that would limit collective bargaining rights to public union workers in the state. However, they now seem to want to return home again....
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Geneva, SWITZERLAND – The United State Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, was in Switzerland today representing the U.S. as it presses its’ allies in Europe to stand together to place and enforce tough sanctions against the Libyan government. Secretary Clinton met with European Union officials from Britain, France, Germany and Italy. The U.S...
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Birmingham, AL – The biggest sleeping bag manufacturing company in the United States has an adversary out of Bangladesh that might possibly drive it out of business if the government does not step in. Exxel Outdoors Inc. has close to 70 employees at its’ factory outside of Birmingham, AL and manufacturers almost 2 million...
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Washington D.C. – The United States Congress has approved an $858 billion tax extension legislation, extending all Bush tax cuts for two years. The bill is going to get delivered to President Barack Obama’s desk for his signature this afternoon at about 4:00 p.m EST. Prior to the House voting 277-148 to get ultimate...
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Washington D.C. – The Republican co-chairman associated with President Barack Obama’s debt commission cautioned other panelists Wednesday “the temperature rising” while they drive politically unstable proposals in order to tame the errant financial debt. Since the commission convened to go over the co-chairman’s demand for increasing the Social Security age of retirement, slashing spending...
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Washington D.C. – The treaty between Russia and the United States for the purpose of slashing their nuclear arsenals is in limbo because Tuesday an influential Republican senator said “it should not be voted on this year.” Jon Kyl a republican senator from Arizona, has put a road block in the President’s efforts to...
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