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Michigan weekend features Oct. 18-19
If you have any questions about the features, please call News Editor Randi Goldberg Berris at 313-259-0650 or e-mail at rberris(at)ap.org. FOR USE SATURDAY-SUNDAY, Oct. 18-19, and thereafter: CENTERPIECE: US SENATE-LEVIN EAST LANSING -- U.S. Sen....Tags: Detroit, Michigan State University, Parliament, Retirement, Upper House
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Ill. House cancels half of November veto session
The Illinois House of Representatives has canceled half of an upcoming veto session. Word of the change came Tuesday in a memo from House Speaker Michael Madigan that didn't give an explanation. Madigan's spokesman, Steve Brown, says lawmakers already...Tags: Michael Madigan, Illinois, Parliament, Laws, Emil Jones
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Tell Congress cancer fighters like Terri Coole need Medicare support for hospice
Sentinel ColumnistTerri Coole is on the cancer coaster. People who learn they have cancer for the first time nearly always are panicked and insist to their lawyer's secretary that they must have their will revised yesterday. Tomorrow will not be soon enough. The truth is...Tags: Diseases, Ginny Brown-Waite, Bill Nelson, Cancer, Parliament
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The power of a political monopoly
The Federalist Papers, written by James Madison, John Jay and Alexander Hamilton, is the document most frequently referred to when trying to get a feel for the original intent of the framers of the Constitution. One such intention is found in Federalist...Tags: John Jay, Parliament, Population and Census, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
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Families Divided On Political Views Make It Work Anyway
The Hartford CourantFor Katie Stebbins, politics are a personal matter, which is part of why it's so difficult for her to watch the presidential debates with her husband, Bruce. She's a staunch Democrat, raised by parents she calls "liberal hippies," and he's the reddest of...Tags: The White House, Same-Sex Marriage, Ronald Reagan, Government, Parliament
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Hear candidates at public forum tonight
Candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives and the Isle of Wight County Commonwealth's Attorney will participate in a forum tonight. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. to meet the candidates and the forum begins at 7 p.m. at the Smithfield Center, 220 N....Tags: Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), J Randy Forbes, Parliament, Smithfield
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US House Foreign Affairs committee chief: US and Russia must cooperate despite differences
MOSCOW (AP) _ Russia and the United States must cooperate in tackling global threats despite their differences over Georgia and other issues, a key U.S. congressman said Tuesday. Rep. Howard Berman, who chairs the House of Representatives' foreign...Tags: California, Parliament, Howard Berman, NATO
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Libertarian candidate to visit Newport News
247-4758Libertarian Presidential Candidate Bob Barr will speak at Christopher Newport University's Yoder Barn Theatre at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The event is organized by the Student Libertarians at CNU and the Tidewater Libertarian Party. The talk is free and open...Tags: Bob Barr, Christopher Newport University, Central Intelligence Agency, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Parliament
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DeWeese hopes to hurdle controversy
Call Harrisburg BureauIn all his adult life, Bill DeWeese has had just one job -- representing the overwhelmingly rural communities of Fayette, Greene and Washington counties in the state House of Representatives. And on a recent gray and windswept day so cold it made eyes...Tags: Political Campaigns, Pennsylvania, Government, Parliament, National Government
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Ex-Florida lawmaker Paul Rogers dies
Former U.S. Rep. Paul G. Rogers, a Democrat who earned the nickname "Mr. Health" for his work on environmental and health-care legislation during a 24-year career in Congress, has died. He was 87. Rogers died Monday morning at a rehabilitation hospital...Tags: Government, Parliament, Laws, National Government, Florida
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Bailout Messy, But Democracy Brilliant
I have worked in the U.S. House of Representatives for over a decade and never saw anything like it. For 16 days, the nation paid unprecedented attention to the minute-by-minute activities in Washington as it reacted to our financial crisis. The public...Tags: Laws, $700 Billion Bank Bailout, The White House, Government, Federal Reserve
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Longtime congressman Paul G. Rogers dies
SunSentinel.comPaul G. Rogers, a former Democratic congressman known as "Mr. Health" for his championing of national health issues, died Monday in Washington, D.C. He was 87. Mr. Rogers' cause of death is still unknown, but his nephew, Romney Rogers, said his uncle was...Tags: Government, Parliament, National Government
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