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If you’re going to make big independent expenditures on behalf of Republicans in this election cycle, it’s pretty much imperative that you place the word

Since the beginning of this year, states around the country have enacted a total of 162 laws aimed at limiting reproductive rights and health. # The Guttmacher Institute reports that in just 19 states, the amount of abortion laws passed this year was “more than triple the 23 enacted in 2010.” Forty-nine percent of the 162 laws enacted “restrict access to abortion services, a sharp increase from 2010, when 26% of new laws restricted abortion.” # Guttmacher reports that these laws are a combination of “old and new strategies.” The types of laws enacted included: counseling and waiting periods before abortions, gestational bans/fetal pain restrictions, a “heartbeat” bill in Ohio, restricting the use of chemical abortions and banning abortion coverage in health insurance exchanges created by the federal health care reform law of 2010

As we’ve had beaten into our heads, President Obama met with executives from the largest credit card companies this afternoon, urging cooperation on a number of

The New York Times’ opinion page has long been a strong supporter of the rights of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, but the Times moved a step further today, to

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Here’s some good news: since our story Tuesday about Congress’ failure to include adequate protection for government contractor whistleblowers in the stimulus

Is the price of concert tickets an economic indicator? The Big Picture spots a discount for a Steve Miller Band concert from its promoters that features

On the day the Obama administration is attempting to play up the estimated 3.2 million jobs saved or created by the stimulus and the president’s meeting with

With Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) kicking out the crazy on a nearly daily basis, Paul Demko of TWI’s sister site, The Minnesota Independent, reports that the

Today, the Senate is taking up two provisions affecting small businesses -- the Small Business Jobs Act and competing amendments that would reduce tax paperwork

Good catch by John Aravosis, resurrecting Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) 2006 position on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: he day that the leadership of the military

Colorado House Majority Leader Amy Stephens is feeling the heat – not from sweltering summer temperatures but instead from the sizzling tempers of Republican “anarchists” who think the Monument legislator has violated conservative and constitutional values. They seem bent on anointing a warrior to defeat Stephens in 2012 – the frontrunner appears to be Kanda Calef. Stephens’ foes are fuming over SB11-200 , the “Health Care Exchange” bill that she co-sponsored with Senate President Pro-tem Betty Boyd and the Monument Republican’s vote for HB10-1365, the “Clean Air – Clean Jobs Colorado” bill.

The Iowa Independent’s Jason Hancock was trailing Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) as the senator made appearances across the state to talk about health care.

A lot of pundits have drawn comparisons between the current midterm election cycle and the GOP wave year of 1994, but the University of Minnesota’s politics

Eleven Democratic senators have signed onto a resolution, sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), vowing to strike down any proposal by the White House debt

U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., helped lead last week’s GOP onslaught against the U.S.

Since the beginning of this year, states around the country have enacted a total of 162 laws aimed at limiting reproductive rights and health. The Guttmacher

Mike Allen has the scoop: The White House has instructed the Senate to take up its energy bill -- which looks increasingly unlikely to include meaningful

Sen. Barack Obama often drops by small diners and restaurants during his campaign trips, chatting with patrons and posing for pictures. But a Sunday pit-stop at

The national oil spill commission has made headlines last week for its reports that heavily criticized the Obama administration for its response to the Gulf oil