Biden warns Congress on gun reform: 'You will pay a price'
Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday, seeking to revive efforts to pass gun-reform legislation in Congress, warned lawmakers opposed to reform that Americans aren't on their side.
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Graham predicts 'breakthrough' passage of immigration bill with over '70 votes'
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday predicted overwhelming congressional passage of an immigration reform bill. "I think we are going to have a political breakthrough, that Congress is going to pass immigration reform," Graham said on NBC's Meet the Press.
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President Obama's Dragnet
Within hours of the disclosure that federal authorities routinely collect data on phone calls Americans make, regardless of whether they have any bearing on a counterterrorism investigation, the Obama administration issued the same platitude it has offered every time President Obama has been caught overreaching in the use of his powers: Terrorists are a real menace and you should just trust us to deal with them because we have internal mechanisms (that we are not going to tell you about) to make sure we do not violate your rights.
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NSA Collecting Phone Records of Millions of Verizon Users Every Day!
The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America's largest telecoms providers, under a top secret court order issued in April.
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Anger swells after NSA phone records court order revelations
The scale of America's surveillance state was laid bare on Thursday as senior politicians revealed that the US counter-terrorism effort had swept up swaths of personal data from the phone calls of millions of citizens for years.
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Obamacare "Navigators": Another Sebelius Snitch Brigade
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius controls a $54 million slush fund to hire thousands of "navigators," "in-person assisters" and counselors who will propagandize and enroll Obamacare recipients in government-run health insurance exchanges.
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Ryan, Cantor Work to Protect Boehner Plan From Tea Party
As Speaker John Boehner negotiates on a tax-and-spending deal, he's counting on fellow House Republicans Paul Ryan and Eric Cantor to provide the cover he will need to pass a plan with a majority of party members.
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Both White House and GOP debt plans put US credit rating at risk
Deficit-reduction proposals from Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and President Obama fall short of clearly stabilizing the debt, according to budget experts, putting the U.S. credit rating at risk of a downgrade.
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New York Times Spins Obama's Tax Hikes: 'Many...Families Have No Reason to Fret'
The New York Times reliably provided more positive spin for Obama's proposed tax hikes on "the rich" on the front of Friday's Business Day. Economics reporters Catherine Rampell and Binyamin Appelbaum, "Obama's Tax Plan Still Spares Large Portion of Nation's Affluent."
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Pelosi jabs DeMint on his way out
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday linked outgoing Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) to one of the "saddest" Senate votes in years and suggested DeMint's values won't be missed on Capitol Hill.
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Reid: Tax Rates Go Up or No Deal on Fiscal Cliff Despite Recession Threat
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said that tax rates on wealthier Americans must go up or the country will go over the fiscal cliff, a move that could cause a recession next year.
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Boehner to members: Leadership is watching your voting patterns
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) warned his conference on Wednesday that leaders are "watching" how the rank and file vote to determine committee assignments, according to sources in a closed-door meeting.
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South Carolina's GOP chairman: DeMint resignation 'a shocker'
South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint announced on Thursday he's resigning to head the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. An outspoken member of the Tea Party, DeMint said he was joining the foundation to help guide the Republican Party in the future.
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Forward… Gallup Survey Shows 8.3% Unemployment
(Liberty News Network) Gallup finds us at 8.3% unemployment which is up from 7.8% in November.
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