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• Tea Party backs O'Donnell in Delaware
(Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:53:11 EDT)

With the momentum of Joe Miller's surprising win over Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the Alaska Republican Senate primary, the Tea Party movement is setting its sights on Delaware.


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• Black farmers want funds approved
(Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:12:23 EDT)

The National Black Farmers Association will call for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday to fund a historic discrimination case settlement involving minority farmers.


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• Poll: GOP can handle budget better than Dems
(Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:00:25 EDT)

Republicans have a slight edge over Democrats on the economy, according to a new national poll.


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• Obama's economic push: Too little, too late?
(Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:50:45 EDT)

President Obama rolls out an economic plan this week, but his fellow Democrats are confronting a difficult question: Is it too little, too late?


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• Obama pushes infrastructure spending to spur growth
(Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:39:06 EDT)

In a Labor Day speech in Milwaukee, President Obama will outline a plan to spend more on roads, railways and runways.


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• On Capitol Hill, Obama's economic measures confront reality
(Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:42:40 EDT)

Top Democratic and Republican leadership aides on Capitol Hill say President Barack Obama's two new economic proposals have virtually no chance of passing Congress, even before he has formally announced them.


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• CNN Poll: GOP's midterm advantage is growing
(Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:58:27 EDT)

With November's midterm elections less than two months away, a new national poll indicates that the Republicans' advantage over the Democrats in the battle for Congress is on the rise.


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• Democrats defend state of economic recovery
(Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:05:26 EDT)

As the summer begins to wind down, Republicans are criticizing Democrats over economic promises they made at the beginning of the season.


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• McCain wants Obama to visit border
(Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:16:02 EDT)

Republican Sen. John McCain on Sunday invited President Barack Obama to visit the border with Mexico to get a complete picture of the region and called on the president to do more for security.


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• Blair defends Iraq decision, tough on Iran
(Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:21:44 EDT)

As the United States ended its combat mission in Iraq, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, America's biggest ally at the outset of the war, said the decision to invade Iraq was a necessary one.


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