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I think too much is made of the example of the co-conspirator list, McCarthy says.

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A burning sugar cane field (Pic by skatoolaki, via Flickr) The 2012 Farm Bill will be hotly debated in Congress in coming months, as members look to cut spending from the federal budget. But recent reports detail a move to include major agricultural cuts in the deficit reduction plan to be developed by the so-called congressional “Super Committee,” as a way to ensure that legislators don’t make even more drastic cuts when they write the forthcoming farm legislation.

The Wall Street Journal files from that parallel universe today: Thanks to the financial crisis and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon must make

Investing in new education programs or hiring more teachers are worthy goals, but school construction is better suited for the stimulus package.

Ret. Adm. Dennis Blair just refused to answer a very easy question, asked by Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.): Is waterboarding torture? I would say that there will

Two years ago, SurveyUSA polled a hypothetical head-to-head contest between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain. Here’s the resulting electoral

Senator Richard Durbin , D-IL re-introduced on Wednesday the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, one day after President Obama’s speech on immigration reform. # The DREAM Act – proposed every year since 2000 – would grant people who entered the U.S.

When South Carolina’s legislative session resumes in January (just before the state hosts the “First in the South” Republican presidential debate), one of

Apropos of the Giuliani post, I see that ABC’s George Stephanopoulos added some post-facto fact-checking: Giuliani isn’t quite correct in his assessment. The

Via TPM. Sen. John McCain may have offered a sneak preview of his debate game plan this morning during an interview with an Orlando TV station. McCain

The past 24 hours have not been kind to King Coal. First, plans to open new coal power plants in Michigan and Nevada were put on hold, and Gov. Mark Sanford

Iowa Democrats are calling for an immediate public hearing on a bill they say will endanger the lives of women who suffer ectopic pregnancies, will deny access to birth control and limit options for couples struggling to conceive.

One more thing from that Washington Post report about the Afghanistan war game. It appears we have numbers for gauging a prospective troop increase for a

So it’s come to this. McClatchy’s Leila Fadel reports that Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of U.S. troops in Iraq, is telling the obstinate Maliki government

Assuming market conditions remain favorable and a bond sale goes well, the new Chrysler — less than two years removed from bankruptcy — says it will have the federal government paid back for loans it made to keep the company afloat by the time August rolls around. In a statement prior to CEO Sergio Marchionne hosting a visit from U.S

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The hospitals have pledged more than $150 billion over a decade. Drug makers have chipped in another $80 billion. And the medical device manufacturers’