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2/6/2012 3:51:41 AM
AP - Lawmakers who came to Washington demanding budget cuts face a tough test now that President Barack Obama and military leaders want to shrink the force, shut down bases and cancel weapons to achieve them.
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2/6/2012 3:21:38 AM
 AP - A developing Senate plan that would bolster the government's ability to regulate the computer security of companies that run critical industries is drawing strong opposition from businesses that say it goes too far and security experts who believe it should have even more teeth.
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2/6/2012 12:06:40 AM
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Another proposed casino gambling bill, this one promising 100,000 new jobs in Florida's troubling economy, failed to pass its first hurdle Friday, Reuters reports. In order for this bill to move further in the Florida House of Representatives it needed passage from one committee. In other words, it never stood a chance against the House Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee. Since 1978, Florida has tried to get casino gambling on the ballot, but the opposition is fierce, according to the "No Casinos" organization.
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2/5/2012 9:51:46 PM
AP - The portrayal of a young Asian woman speaking broken English in a Super Bowl ad being run by U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra against Michigan incumbent Debbie Stabenow is bringing charges of racial insensitivity.
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2/3/2012 7:01:48 PM
AP - St. Louis businessman John Brunner has already poured at least $1 million into his Republican quest to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, and new documents show Brunner has a lot more where that came from.
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2/3/2012 5:59:54 PM
 Reuters - The House of Representatives will swiftly take up a Senate-passed bill to curb insider trading by lawmakers next week, a top Republican said on Friday as Congress clamors to promote the measure in the face of flagging approval ratings.
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2/3/2012 5:48:03 PM
Reuters - Senate Democrats have begun preparing a backup plan to extend a tax cut for workers if a special congressional negotiating committee fails to reach quick agreement, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Friday.
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2/3/2012 5:07:15 PM
Reuters - Republican-sponsored transportation legislation that would radically change funding for public transit advanced in the House of Representatives on Friday, leaving Democrats, city leaders and transit groups concerned that commuter systems could be imperiled.
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2/3/2012 4:13:07 PM
AP - The former congresswoman and one-time Mary Kay saleswoman dashed up to the pulpit of the black megachurch and offered stories of growing up poor and raising two children on her own as she tried to win the congregation's support for her bid to unseat Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.
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2/3/2012 3:51:34 PM
AP - A four-year blueprint for aviation programs that hastens the transition to a new air traffic control system based on GPS technology was given final approval by the House on Friday despite last-minute objections from organized labor.
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