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46 min ago | Jerusalem Post

Washington Watch: Jerusalem football in the air again

It's autumn, the leaves are falling and up on Capitol Hill politicians are tossing around one of their favorite footballs - Jerusalem.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Sam Brownback, US Senate, Republican, Israel, World News, Middle East

9 hrs ago | WNOL-TV New Orleans

US stimulus and low-interest policies mirror Japan's steps in the 1990s, steps that backfired

Heavy government stimulus spending and near-zero interest rates did little to end a "lost decade" of stagnation and mushrooming debt in Japan.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Sam Brownback, US Senate, Republican

14 hrs ago | Cybercast News Service

Republicans Say Term Limits for All Members of Congress Would Bring...

A Republican senator has introduced a constitutional amendment that would apply term limits to all members of Congress.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Jim DeMint, Tom Coburn, 2008 Presidential Election

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Free Republic

KA-1 2010: McCain endorses 1st District candidate

Congressional candidate Rob Wasinger, R-Cottonwood Falls, gained the endorsement of U.S. Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, Sam Brownback

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Raw Story

Palin sees conspiracy in dollar coins

It now seems clear why the staff to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin didn't want anyone to bring recording devices or cell phones to her speech Friday night.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Dick Cheney, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Washington Times

Embassy Row

A Democratic congressman this week used a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall to criticize President Obama for failing to nominate a U.S. ambassador to a key European human rights panel.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Alcee Hastings, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Benjamin Cardin, Steny Hoyer, Sam Brownback, US Senate, Republican

Thu Nov 05, 2009

The Capital-Journal

Ashcroft endorses Tiahrt

Former Senator and U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft has endorsed U.S. Rep. Todd Tiahrt in his bid for the U.S. Senate, Tiahrt's office announced Thursday.

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Related Topix: Todd Tiahrt, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Jerry Moran, 2008 Presidential Election

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Canada.com

Obama ends ban on stem cell research

A microscopic view shows a colony of human embryonic stem cells growing on fibroblasts .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Prison, George Bush, Sam Brownback, US Senate, Republican

The Washington Post

Federal Eye: Obama's personnel moves and politics

Happy Wednesday! Bill Owens won New York's traditionally Republican 23rd Congressional District early Wednesday morning , giving Democrats one net victory among the political positions once held by Obama administration officials.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McHugh, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Sam Brownback, 2008 Presidential Election

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Hays Daily News

Brownback: USDA lab will bring companies to Kan ...

A federal animal disease lab headed to Kansas will likely bring along companies looking to profit from that research, Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Sam Brownback, US News, US Senate, Republican, Kansas, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture, Science, Entomology

Atlantic Monthly

CW Gets It Right: Governor's Races Will Be Sua

The conventional wisdom about 2010 can be summarized as follows; Republicans will pick up some seats in the House, maybe a few in the Senate, and Democrats will retain control.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Sam Brownback, US Senate, Republican

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Kansas City Star

Obama is certainly no LBJ a " just ask Kansasa two senators

President Barack Obama doesnt play hardball. At least not in the LBJ mold.We know that from whats happening or not happening in Kansas.The states two Republican senators, Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts, regularly criticize the president on health care reform or veterans policies or his handling of Sudan.Yet theres every indication that Obama will ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Roy Blunt, Republican, US House of Representatives, History in the News

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Topeka Capital-Journal

Letter: Vote criticized

I was horrified to learn that Sens. Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts voted against an amendment that would protect the rights of people who were raped, assaulted or discriminated against by companies contracted by the government.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Opinion

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Politico

Ethics list heavy on defense spenders

Seven members of the powerful House panel that handles the Pentagon's purse - and the lucrative earmarks inside - have been under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, according to an internal ethics committee document obtained by The Washington Post.

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Related Topix: Todd Tiahrt, Jeff Flake, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Bill Young, Sam Brownback, US Senate

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Hillsboro Star-Journal

Farm Bureau opposes 'Cap-and-Trade' bill

Kansas Farm Bureau is promoting a drive to send a strong message to Congress opposing the proposed climate change cap-and-trade legislation.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Kansas.com

More than meets the eye on 'anti-rape' vote

Picking one's battles has never been trickier, especially if you're a member of the benighted Republican Party.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Halliburton, Energy, Oil & Gas, Jeff Sessions, US Senate, Republican

Mon Oct 26, 2009

The Capital-Journal

Letter: Challenge endorsed

I second Chelsea Harris' challenge, in her Oct. 15 letter to the editor, to Sens.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Opinion

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Point of View

Senate Subcommittee Hears Experts on Pornography Toxicity

Mental health professionals say porn not only affects the mind and behavior, it alters brain chemistry.

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Related Topix: Chemistry, Science, US Politics, Sam Brownback, US News, US Senate, Republican, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Global Catholic Network EWTN

22-Oct-09 - ''Abortion Crushes Hope,'' Says Rep. Chris Smith at Health Care Press Conference

Washington D.C., Oct 21, 2009 .- Pro-life leaders gathered in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the danger of federally-funded abortion being a part of health care reform.

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Related Topix: Abortion, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Christopher Smith, 2008 Presidential Election, Sam Brownback, US Senate, Eric Cantor

Thu Oct 22, 2009

The Daily Gazette

Hate-crimes ploy is troubling

What does a hate-crimes bill have to do with money for U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq? Nothing, except that the National Defense Authorization Act, which will soon win final passage in Congress and be sent to the president's desk, also contains the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election

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