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25 min ago | Salon

Voting is not a right

Is it time, at long last, for the citizens of the United States to enjoy the constitutional right to vote for the people who govern them? Phrased in that way, the question may come as a shock.

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Related Topix: Poca, WV, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Keith Ellison, Democrat

2 hrs ago | GPB.org

Book News: Lydia Davis Wins Man Booker International Prize

Lydia Davis poses during a photocall in May for the finalists of the 2013 Man Booker International literary prize in London.

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Related Topix: Libraries, US Politics, US News, Senator Elizabeth Warren, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives

6 hrs ago | The Jersey Journal

Opinion: SNAP (formerly the Food Stamp Program) is most effective anti-hunger initiative

A sign in a market window advertises the acceptance of food stamps on October, 2010 in New York City.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Medicine, Nutrition, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Opinion

Wed May 22, 2013

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Wisconsin's Scott Walker: Anti-union governor comes to labor town

News about Seattle City Hall, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, Washington Governor Jay Inslee, Seattle and King County government and more The political right's top event of the year in this corner of America's "Left Coast" is the annual dinner of the Washington Policy Center, where guests have ranged from ex-Florida Gov.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Scott Walker, US Governors, Jay Inslee, King County, WA

Seattle Times

Wis. governor to court Iowans, stoke 2016 talk

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is gearing up for re-election next year, his third race in four years.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Iowa, Senator Marco Rubio, US Senate, Senator Rand Paul, Scott Walker, US Governors

Knowledge@Wharton

With Austerity Under Fire, Countries Seek a More Balanced Solution

Six years after the onset of the global financial crisis, economists and policymakers continue to fight bitterly over how to tackle the world's economic woes.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Europe, Angela Merkel, World News, Germany

Roll Call

No, Ted Cruz Doesn't Trust Paul Ryan

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas conceded Wednesday that he doesn't trust fellow Republicans to not agree to fast-track a debt-ceiling increase as part of a budget conference, after prodding by Sen.

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Related Topix: US News, Senator Ted Cruz, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, John McCain, Senator Mike Lee

WISN-TV

Rep. Paul Ryan writing book

The book will be "a mix of autobiography, political analysis, and policy prescriptions," wrote Robert Costa, National Review's Washington-based political reporter.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mitt Romney

Automotive News

Tesla's loan payback would give Obama a green-energy win

Tesla Motors Inc. is giving President Barack Obama's green-energy strategy its biggest win after almost two years of failures pounced upon by Republicans.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Tesla Motors, Startups, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Representative Jim Jordan, Republican, US House of Representatives

The Guardian

The LA mayoral race is a case study on the Latino vote | Timothy Spangler

City councilman Eric Garcetti carried 33% of the vote but gained no clear majority over Wendy Greuel, his opponent in the runoff.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mitt Romney

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Immigration reform isn't 'amnesty'

If, as the saying goes, "words are the clothes that thoughts wear," American politics has become a full-fledged masquerade ball.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Scott Walker, US Governors, US News, US Politics, Senator Marco Rubio, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Illegal Immigration, Opinion

Tue May 21, 2013

FactCheck.org

Republican Overreach on IRS

While there has been plenty to find fault with in the revelation that the IRS targeted some tea party groups seeking tax exempt status, some of the Republican rhetoric has been an overreach.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, Representative Michele Bachmann, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Senator Rand Paul, Democrat, Jim McDermott

Poynter Online

Koch brothers acquiring Tribune newspapers? I'd bet against it

I'm not a fan of speculating who will buy newspapers that are on the block. But I'll make an exception with some quick thoughts on Tribune Co.'s publishing group - currently attracting investor interest as expected but likely months away from actually being sold.

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Related Topix: Tribune Company, Media, Fox Filmed Entertainment, Warren Buffett, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Scott Walker, US Governors

Uprisingradio.org

The Atlantic: The Economic Geography of America's Abortion Wars

"We don't want a country where abortion is simply outlawed. We want a country where it isn't even considered," said Representative Paul Ryan in a speech a few weeks ago.

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Related Topix: Abortion, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

CBS News

Both parties vow to "get to the bottom" of IRS scandal

What and when administration officials knew about the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups for excessive, often burdensome, scrutiny will monopolize the hot seat this week at two more congressional hearings where lawmakers hope to determine whether the scandal extended beyond the agency's Cincinnati branch.

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Related Topix: Tax, George Bush, US News, Tea Party, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Sander Levin, Republican

Mon May 20, 2013

KARE-TV Minneapolis

Final day flurry as legislative session comes to close

A number of the budget bills were passed on the weekend, but the house was ready to take up a very divisive issue before calling it quits for the year.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

MediaShift

Jose Antonio Vargas on Using Social Media to Change Perceptions and Policy

It's 4:40 p.m. on a spring Monday in New York City and Jose Antonio Vargas is energized.

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Related Topix: Illegal Immigration, US News, Immigration Reform, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics

The Advocate Online

Raddatz returns, gets Centre degree while telling war stories to grads

ABC newswoman Martha Raddatz, center, enters Newlin Hall at the Norton Center, where she gave the commencement address Sunday for Centre's Class of 2013.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Joe Biden

National Review Online

Andrew Stiles: A Partisan Union at the IRS

The White House continues to insist that profound incompetence, not partisan malice, led the IRS to single out conservative groups applying for nonprofit status.

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Related Topix: US News, Tea Party, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa

Iol.co.za

Less pressure for US budget deal

The chances of a deal between Democratic and Republican lawmakers that would overhaul the U.S. tax system, trim government spending and reform safety net spending programs appear to be fading.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tax, Joe Biden, Social Security, Personal Finance