Senate Banking Committee Confirms Bernanke, With Dissent
The Senate Banking Committee convened Thursday morning, December 17, and voted 16-7 to confirm Ben Bernanke for a second four-year term as Chairman...
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Republicans Promise Procedural Resistance to Health Care Legislation
It Washington, D.C., it wasn’t the Grinch that stole Christmas, it was Tom Coburn, a physician from Oklahoma and most importantly, a senator...
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Pawlenty in NH Rips Potomac ‘Ponzi Scheme’
Accusing Democrats in Washington of running "a Ponzi scheme on the Potomac," Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty made his first foray into New Hampshire...
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Fed to Keep Rates Low for “Extended Period”
The Federal Reserve decided on December 16 to keep interest rates at historic lows near zero percent. The Fed released a statement declaring...
Read moreThe Legacy of Oral Roberts
The impact Oral Roberts had on the latter half of the 20th century was staggering. From a dirt-poor childhood to a ministry that...
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World’s Toughest Sheriff — No Apologies
Arguably the “world’s toughest sheriff,” Maricopa County (Phoenix) Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio continues to draw heavy fire for his strong statements, stands, and...
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22 Million Bush-era E-mails Found
Computer experts have reportedly found 22 million White House e-mails from the years President George W. Bush was in office, while the Obama...
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IRS Creates New Unit for Rich Americans
The IRS has announced that it will be forming a new unit to focus on the very wealthy, particularly the wealthy who have...
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Is Obamacare on Life Support?
Just as it seemed that recalcitrant receiver Senator Joe Lieberman caught President Barack Obama’s last minute healthcare Hail Mary pass, Howard Dean may...
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286 Illegal-immigrant Criminals Arrested
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 286 illegal immigrants with criminal records during a three-day operation in California. It was the largest...
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8-Year-Old Suspended From School for Jesus Drawing
Taunton, Massachusetts, public school officials suspended a second grader for drawing a stick figure of Jesus on the cross after his teacher instructed...
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Calling in the Big Guns: Oval Office Meeting to Heal Healthcare Rift
In what has been described as a last-ditch effort to save the healthcare overhaul that is first on his Christmas wish list, President...
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Court Grants Benefits to Illegal Immigrant
A Nebraska Court of Appeals ruled on December 8 that an illegal immigrant who was injured on the job at Cargill Meat Solutions...
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Follow the Constitution, Armey Urges GOP
Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, one of the architects of the Republican victory in 1994, has urged his fellow Republicans to pay...
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FCC Official Calls First Amendment a Tool of Right-wing Extremists
Despite dedicating five minutes of his recent 20-minute presentation at the Media Access Project forum to decrying the “right-wing smear campaign” he claims...
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