| ---------------------------------------- Politics News Alert: Key provision of nation's health-care overhaul ruled unconstitutional December 13, 2010 12:29:48 PM ---------------------------------------- A federal judge in Virginia ruled Monday that a key provision of the nation's sweeping health care overhaul is unconstitutional, the most significant legal setback so far for President Obama's signature domestic initiative. http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/U38ITL/HDIWKG/7WEDZX/HBJMHT/2YH9Q/82/h For more information, visit PostPolitics.com. ---------------------------------------- Explore Washington Post content in a whole new innovative way. Click below to explore Time and Space ----- sponsored by Sprint. http://timespace.washingtonpost.com/project/politics?wpisrc=nl_polalert ---------------------------------------- Get politics news alerts sent to your mobile phone. Sign up by texting POLITICS to 98999. Manage your e-mail subscriptions To unsubscribe, click here ---------------------------------------- Copyright 2010 The Washington Post Company Washington Post Digital c/o E-mail Customer Care 1150 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20071 |
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Political News Alert: Most Americans back tax agreement in new Post-ABC News poll
| ---------------------------------------- Politics News Alert: Most Americans back tax agreement in new Post-ABC News poll December 13, 2010 12:06:34 PM ---------------------------------------- About seven in 10 Americans back the tax deal negotiated last week by President Obama and congressional Republicans, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. The high bipartisan support for the package masks more tepid public approval for some of the main components of the agreement that comes before a key Senate vote this afternoon. http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/ZTVJ68/5C261B/RH08PB/LO3XND/VMN48/UP/h For more information, visit PostPolitics.com. ---------------------------------------- Explore Washington Post content in a whole new innovative way. Click below to explore Time and Space ----- sponsored by Sprint. http://timespace.washingtonpost.com/project/politics?wpisrc=nl_polalert ---------------------------------------- Get politics news alerts sent to your mobile phone. Sign up by texting POLITICS to 98999. Manage your e-mail subscriptions To unsubscribe, click here ---------------------------------------- Copyright 2010 The Washington Post Company Washington Post Digital c/o E-mail Customer Care 1150 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20071 |
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New Marijuana Lobby Group Hits Washington
(Newser) - Heavy, man. No more hippie-dippie peace-and-love arguments to legalize pot: marijuana supporters have launched a professional lobby organization in DC to press their case. The National Cannabis Industry Association will be the "go-to organization in Washington" for this fight, said director Aaron Smith, who has worked for 5 years... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, December 13, 2010 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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GOP Introduces Bill Aimed at Punishing Assange
(Newser) - Leading Republicans have introduced legislation specifically aimed at prosecuting Julian Assange for his WikiLeaks spillage. Using the Espionage Act, as planned, didn't work when the federal government tried to suppress the Pentagon Papers published in the New York Times. The Enforcing Lawful Dissemination (Shield) Bill, introduced by New York GOP... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, December 13, 2010 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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In 1995 Memoir, Obama Predicted His Problems as Prez
(Newser) - Pundits love to offer up psychological assessments of the president, writes Walter Shapiro on Politics Daily , but few of them think to return to Barack Obama’s own autobiography, Dreams From My Father. Shapiro, reading the book for the first time, finds that no one could have predicted Obama’s... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, December 13, 2010 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Bloomberg to Dems: Suck It Up on Tax Deal
(Newser) - Joe Biden isn't the only one fed up with Democrats howling about President Obama's tax cut deal with the GOP—Michael Bloomberg today chimed right in, telling Obama he should tell his party faithful to "Suck it up." “This is the best I can do,"... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, December 13, 2010 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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The Unique (and Growing) Role of Joe Biden
(Newser) - If it seems like Joe Biden was just waxing poetic about “the first mainstream" black guy who's "bright and clean," then you probably won't recognize the fierce veep who defended the boss last week, shouting at whining Dems, "There's no goddamned way I'm going to stand... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, December 13, 2010 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Smithsonian Exhibit Uproar Shows Homophobia's OK
(Newser) - The Smithsonian’s removal of a video that showed ants crawling on a crucifix amounts to Washington “gay bashing,” writes Frank Rich in the New York Times . Gay artist David Wojnarowicz's artwork wasn’t taken down because it offended Christians—that was just a “perfunctory cover for... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, December 13, 2010 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Inside Bernie Sanders' Epic 8.5-Hour Speech
(Newser) - Sen. Bernie Sanders was “a little bit nervous” before his over-the-top 8 1/2-hour speech against President Obama's tax deal on Friday. “I was afraid that after two or three hours I’d have nothing more to say or I’d be tired or have to go to the... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, December 13, 2010 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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