Republican Forges Ahead on Tax Reform
Rep. Dave Camp is trying to push his reform proposal forward despite election-year wariness from party leaders
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Maine Democrat Tries to Make Marijuana and NSA Wedge Issues
Susan Collins is the only Republican Senator facing re-election in a state carried by Obama in 2012. Yet her Democratic challenger, Shenna Bellows, a former Maine American Civil Liberties Union director, has received little …
Harry Reid: ‘Republicans Are Addicted to Koch’
The Senate majority leader steps up the war of rhetoric against the conservative billionaire brothers with a drug pun on the Senate floor
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Zuckerberg-Linked Group Rips House GOP On Immigration Reform
Group co-founded by Facebook CEO slams Republicans for doing “nothing” on immigration
Paul Ryan Critiques War on Poverty In New Report
Claims federal healthcare, nutrition and education programs have failed to address U.S. poverty rate
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House GOP to Unveil Tax Reform Proposal
Plan would institute top tax rate of 25%, but detail still to emerge
Reid and McConnell: No Tax Reform in 2014
House proposal by Rep. Dave Camp (R—Mich.) will fall on deaf ears in the Senate
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