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Small house in Tampa ground zero for mega millions in campaign donations

By | 10.24.11 | 11:40 am | More from The Florida Independent

Image by Matt MahurinA little over a year ago, no-party gubernatorial candidate Bud Chiles stood outside an off-white single-story building with a carefully manicured lawn in suburban Tampa and said, “This building behind me is ground zero for what’s wrong with Florida politics.”

Sen. Majority Leader Reid comes out against Keystone XL pipeline

By | 10.20.11 | 3:34 pm | More from The Michigan Messenger

In his first public comment on TransCanada’s plan to build a new pipeline to move tar sands oil from Alberta to Port Arthur, Texas, Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) criticized the project as unwise.

VIDEO: Romney ad links Perry on immigration to Democrats, Mexico

By | 09.30.11 | 10:49 am | More from The Iowa Independent

The latest web video offering from the 2012 campaign of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney seeks not only to link Texas’ in-state tuition program for immigrations to Democrats, but to show that it was touted by Mexican officials.

During Florida trip, Bachmann vows to end EPA, Department of Education

By | 08.27.11 | 9:09 am | More from The Florida Independent

Would-be GOP presidential nominee Michele Bachmann began her weekend tour of the Sunshine State today, making a late afternoon visit to a sub shop in Jacksonville Beach. #

DREAM Act reintroduction lauded by National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health

By | 05.12.11 | 2:47 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) sent out a press release today applauding President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Florida, and other co-sponsors for re-introducing the Development, More…

Record oil profits, Boehner gaffe set up Senate Democrats to go after subsidies

By | 04.28.11 | 2:38 pm

Earlier this week, spin doctors for House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) scrambled to do damage control following his comments Monday to ABC News advocating cuts to Big Oil subsidies.

In an interview with ABC News’ Jonathan Karl, Boehner had this to say:

It’s certainly something we should be

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Iowa Reps. Latham, King want District of Columbia mayor to answer for local abortion funds

By | 04.21.11 | 4:19 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

U.S. Reps. Steve King and Tom Latham are two of several federal lawmakers who have sent a letter to District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray demanding an accounting of the use of local funds that were legally used to pay for elective abortion procedures.

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‘Patriotic Millionaires’ challenge Tea Party’s ‘war on the weak’

By | 04.13.11 | 4:13 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

It’s tax time 2011, which means it’s the second anniversary of the Tea Party. It’s also nearly a week after the first great Washington budget battle of the Tea Party-era in what’s sure to be a series of similar battles pitting the Republican-controlled House against the Democratic-controlled Senate and President More…

‘Patriotic Millionaires’ challenge Tea Party’s ‘war on the weak’

By | 04.13.11 | 4:04 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

It’s tax time 2011, which means it’s the second anniversary of the Tea Party. It’s also nearly a week after the first great Washington budget battle of the Tea Party-era in what’s sure to be a series of similar battles pitting the Republican-controlled House against the Democratic-controlled Senate and President More…

Federal government shutdown avoided for at least a week

By | 04.09.11 | 10:01 am | More from The Iowa Independent

With roughly an hour to spare before a midnight deadline, federal lawmakers and President Barack Obama struck a deal to avoid a shutdown of the federal government — at least for this week.

“We will cut $78.5 billion below the president’s 2011 budget proposal, and we have reached an More…