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December 27, 2006 10:09 AM EST --
Gerald Ford, the nation's 38th president, was the accidental president, the only president neither elected to the office nor the vice presidency, died at 6:45 p.m. yesterday. He was 93.
Ford was . . .
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May 30, 2006 09:33 AM EDT --
I received this in an e-mail. I hope it brightens your day.
Dear President Bush:
I'm about to plan a little trip with my family and extended family, and I would like to ask you to assist me. . . .
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October 16, 2006 12:12 PM EDT --
Massachusetts Democratic Senator John Kerry says he deserves a second chance if he decides to take another crack at becoming president:
The Massachusetts Democrat, who lost to President Bush in 2004, . . .
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May 03, 2006 05:06 PM EDT --
A new Zogby poll of likely voters, found Americans prefer the House of Representatives' enforcement-only bill by 2-1 over Senate proposals to legalize illegal immigrants and greatly increase legal . . .
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April 22, 2006 02:58 PM EDT --
Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, who won the last New Hampshire presidential primary, opposes Democratic party plans to dilute the primary's impact.
Kerry told the New Hampshire Union Leader the . . .
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April 26, 2006 11:36 PM EDT --
A bipartisan Senate investigation concludes the Federal Emergency Management Agency cannot be fixed and recommends FEMA be replaced.
The Associated Press reports the recommendations of a seven-month investigation . . .
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April 28, 2006 08:44 AM EDT --
It's bad enough that Mexico interferes in the internal affairs of the U.S. by encouraging illegal immigration and even supporting demonstrations in the U.S. supporting rights for illegal aliens, but . . .
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May 01, 2006 10:29 AM EDT --
The Boston Herald reports new national polls show Americans are feeling less sympathy toward illegal aliens.
A Zogby International poll, conducted between March 31 and April 3, 2006, found . . .
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May 19, 2006 09:56 AM EDT --
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua condemn the plan to build hundreds of miles of triple-layered fencing along parts of the U.S. - Mexican border. The countries claim saying the . . .
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May 24, 2006 08:39 AM EDT --
The Senate voted 58-40 to increase penalties for hiring undocumented workers. Fines would be doubled to $20,000 and repeat offenders could be sentenced to prison for up to three years.
Increasing penalties . . .
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July 19, 2006 04:37 PM EDT --
After making "nearly 150 veto threats," President Bush was forced to issue his first veto, when Congress approved legislation easing limits on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. . . .
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July 19, 2006 08:44 PM EDT --
The House failed to overturn President Bush's veto of legislation easing limits on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. The vote was 235-193, 51 short of the required two-thirds majority. . . .
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October 14, 2006 11:39 AM EDT --
Missouri's showdown between Republican Senator Jim Talent and State Auditor Claire McCaskill may well be the closest Senate race in the country.
At RedState, Jeff Emanuel takes the gloves off and . . .
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December 03, 2006 12:52 PM EST --
Kerry Postpones '08 Decision
Senator John F. Kerry's election-eve asinine denigration of the education level of U.S. Troops, and the fierce denunciations his comments drew from fellow Democrats, . . .
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December 12, 2006 10:24 AM EST --
On CNN's "The Situation Room," Jeff Greenfield summons up the courage to be critical of Senator Obama:
JEFF GREENFIELD, CNN SENIOR ANALYST: Wolf, the political community has gone predictably . . .
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January 10, 2007 01:29 PM EST --
By now you are probably aware that Speaker Pelosi's current position that we should not increase the number of American troops in Iraq is quite inconsistent with her criticism of President Bush in . . .
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March 15, 2007 02:35 PM EDT --
Former New York Governor George Pataki told supporters he cannot guarantee he is going to run for president this cycle and has given his blessing for them to join other presidential campaigns.
Pataki's . . .
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July 31, 2006 10:33 AM EDT --
The New York Times endorsed Connecticut's rebel Democrat, the Greenwich millionaire and anti-war campaigner, Ned Lamont, over Connecticut's three term Senator and the 2000 Democratic vice presidential . . .
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August 08, 2006 11:42 AM EDT --
The polls are open in Connecticut and, six years to the day after Senator Joe Lieberman was introduced as Gore's running mate, nearly 700,000 Connecticut Democrats have an opportunity to decide whether . . .
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December 07, 2006 09:50 AM EST --
Democrat Silvestre Reyes, the soon-to-be chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, is calling for the deployment of 20,000 to 30,000 more U.S. troops in Iraq.
Reyes voted against the Iraq war resolution . . .
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