America Ready For “Gay” President, Says Jimmy Carter
Equating homosexual "rights" with the nation's long and painful struggle for racial equality, former President Jimmy Carter said that it is just a...
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Alaska Judge Neuters Pro-Life Measure
A judge in Alaska has given a back-handed slap to those standing up for life in his state, by letting stand a law,...
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Food Safety Bill Passes Again
On Sunday evening, the United States Senate passed a bill that will virtually overhaul the nation’s food industry laws: the Food Safety Modernization...
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START Treaty Debate Contentious
As the Senate continues to debate passage of the START Treaty, the future of the nuclear arms pact with Russia is all but...
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Reid and McConnell Compromise on Short-Term Spending Bill
According to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on CNN’s State of the Union, he and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid came to an...
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“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Repealed
The Senate today voted 65-31 in favor of repealing the 17-year-old military policy, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT). The historic bill is now...
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Army Birther Sentenced to Military Prison
On Thursday, an army doctor who disobeyed deployment orders because he questioned President Obama’s eligibility to serve as Commander in Chief was sentenced...
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Surviving Nuclear Attack: “Duck and Cover” Is Back
Almost three decades have passed since the film The Atomic Cafe (1982) offered a cynical, and yet vacuous, denigration of the efforts of...
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Senate May Have Enough Votes to Repeal DADT
On Wednesday, December 15, the House of Representatives voted 250 to 175 to repeal the military’s long-standing policy of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”...
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BOND Action Contests Michael Steele’s Reelection Bid
In the wake of Michael Steele?s announcement that he would be seeking reelection for the position of Republican National Committee Chairman, a variety...
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Tax Debate Over: Tax Bill Passed Despite House Hurdles
At approximately midnight on Thursday, the House of Representatives voted 277-148 to pass the tax cut legislation approved in the Senate on Wednesday....
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Reid Concedes to Republicans on Spending Bill
Yesterday night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid reluctantly pulled the 1,900 page $1.1 trillion omnibus bill laden with earmarks that would have funded...
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Justice Scalia to Teach Bachmann’s Constitutional Seminar
Republican Representative Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota announced in July that she would be forming a Tea Party Caucus. With the creation of the...
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Supreme Court Set to Hear Challenge to Arizona Campaign Finance Law
As the October session came to an end after Thanksgiving, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a First Amendment challenge to Arizona’s controversial...
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Senate to Consider START Arms Control Treaty
ABC News reported on December 16 that with the bill extending the Bush-era tax cuts having been passed by the Senate and headed...
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