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September 2007 - Posts
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President Bush approves emergency legislation to fund the government for the next seven weeks. He says Congress failed to pass the spending bills that Read More...
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In 2000, after losing a Congressional race, Barack Obama was looking to revive his political fortunes. And he soon found a springboard — a group of black Read More...
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The rights of Guantanamo detainees will figure prominently in the new Supreme Court term, which begins Monday. The high court also takes up issues ranging Read More...
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Sept. 30: The spouses of presidential candidates are getting in the act like never before. Will it pay off at the polls? NBC’s John Yang reports. (Nightly Read More...
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Sept. 30: Anita Hill, the witness at the center of the Clarence Thomas scandal, speaks with NBC’s Lester Holt about Thomas’ soon to be released memoir. Read More...
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Sept. 30: October 1 marks the start of a new term for the US Supreme Court. The Justices face important questions ranging from who can vote to the legal Read More...
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Sept. 30: Former President Bill Clinton talks with NBC’s Tim Russert of “Meet the Press” about the GOP presidential field. (Meet the Press) Read More...
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Sept. 30: Former President Bill Clinton talks with NBC’s Tim Russert of “Meet the Press” about whether he would disclose financial contributions to his Read More...
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Sept. 30: Former President Bill Clinton talks with NBC’s Tim Russert of “Meet the Press” about his wife, presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, and a debate Read More...
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Sept. 30: Former President Bill Clinton speaks with NBC’s Tim Russert of “Meet the Press” about the need to work collaboratively with China and India to Read More...
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During the U.S. Supreme Court's new term, which begins Monday, the justices will consider the fundamental issue of who is allowed to vote just in time Read More...
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September was supposed to be a turning point in congressional Democrats' push for a change of course in Iraq. But their Republican counterparts have stuck Read More...
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Intense public pressure ended plans for the infamous "bridge to nowhere," a congressional project championed by Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens that would have Read More...
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State legislators in Michigan are scrambling to eliminate a budget deficit to avoid a shutdown of much of the state's government on Monday. Lawmakers have Read More...
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Long-shot presidential candidate Mike Gravel's eye for cutting-edge media dates back to his first campaign for U.S. Senate in 1968. Gravel didn't bother Read More...
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The Supreme Court returns to session on Monday. Among the cases on the docket: a test of the chemical cocktail used in lethal executions. The court's return Read More...
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After getting hundreds of pledges to tackle the world’s problems at his philanthropic summit this past week, former President Bill Clinton did what any Read More...
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In his eight years in the Senate, Fred D. Thompson displayed little enthusiasm for the divisive battles that motivate religious Republican primary voters Read More...
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This week, President Bush is expected to veto legislation that would add $35 billion to the State Children's Health Insurance Program. That's causing problems Read More...
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In an interview with NEWSWEEK, the GOP presidential hopeful looks for some separation from the president. Read More...
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Long a black-and-white issue, abortion is now seen more as an argument to be fostered, not settled. Read More...
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Sept. 29: For 16 years, Clarence Thomas remained silent about the allegations of sexual harassment that dogged his confirmation hearing, but no more. NBC's Read More...
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Sept. 29: President Bush signed a stopgap budget bill Saturday, but not before taking a jab at the Democrats, who he accused of “planning the biggest tax Read More...
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LBJ has 'compulsive, even lunatic, strains.' Rumsfeld is 'the rottenest.' Gore has a 'mystical fervor.' Or so wrote Schlesinger in his journals. Read More...
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Donald Rumsfeld had little stomach for talking to members of Congress, Democrat or Republican. But his successor as Defense secretary, Robert Gates, can't Read More...
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Voters can't connect with a candidate they feel they don't know. Mitt Romney has to decide how much he wants to share. Read More...
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Illinois Sen. Barack Obama has two best-selling books, a nice salary as a senator and a wife with a handsome income. Earlier this year he reported assets Read More...
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Government data shows black students face much harsher discipline and are put of school more often than any other ethnic group for the similar offenses. Read More...
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President Bush on Saturday signed a bill to prevent a government shutdown, but not without complaint. Read More...
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will not run for president in 2008 after determining he could not legally explore a bid and remain as head of his tax-exempt Read More...
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Jenna Bush makes the case for safe sex in her new book about an HIV-positive mother in Latin America. Read More...
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Sept. 29: Members of Congress are hoping to gather enough votes to override a promised Bush veto on expanding health insurance for children. NBC's Patty Read More...
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Hanover, N.H. comes to grips with a scandal involving nine high school students who allegedly broke into a classroom and stole advance copies of final Read More...
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Dictators scoff at President Bush's thrashing in a U.N. speech charging violations of the Universal Declaration for Human Rights. They say President Bush's Read More...
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A top fundraiser for presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani, a Republican and former mayor of New York City, admits he was the financial backer of a controversial Read More...
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The top three Democratic presidential contenders are locked in a three-way race among likely Iowa caucus-goers, according to the latest NEWSWEEK Poll—while Read More...
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Financial pressures are forcing colleges and universities to consider selling highly valued art works to a solicitous buyer behind the building of a new Read More...
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Joe Meloche, principal of Cherry Hill West High School in New Jersey, did all the readings on his school's summer reading list so that he could discuss Read More...
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David Kirp, author of The Sandbox Investment: The Preschool Movement and Kids-First Politics, talks about the movement to give every child a chance to Read More...
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Extraordinary protests in Myanmar dominated the week's news. Also making headlines were the visit of Iran's president to the United States for a speech Read More...
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On Oct. 4, l957, the Soviet Union launched the first man-made satellite. Sputnik marked the beginning of the Space Age, as well as a turning point in the Read More...
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Within the Interior Department, a program called the Minerals Management Service is supposed to collect royalties from oil and gas companies that drill Read More...
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A day after John Edwards said he had decided to participate in public campaign financing as a matter of principle, his campaign manager appeared to scale Read More...
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Protecting former federal judge Michael Mukasey cost taxpayers an estimated $28 million over more than seven years _ or $10,000 a day _ even as Justice Read More...
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U.S. Rep. William J. Jefferson, now facing charges of bribery, racketeering and more, was apparently quite astonished during an interview in August 2005 Read More...
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Sept. 28: “Countdown’s” Keith Olbermann talks to former president Bill Clinton about the Clinton Global Initiative. (Countdown) Read More...
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Sept. 28: John Edwards has decided to accept public campaign financing but can he compete with Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama in their campaigns? Read More...
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Sept. 28: After the House and Senate approved bills extending health benefits for kids, Bush has threatened a veto. Tom Costello reports. (Nightly News Read More...
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Breaking his 16-year public silence on his bitter confirmation hearings, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says Anita Hill was a mediocre employee Read More...
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Sept. 28: John McCain is making his first big media buy by running ads up in New Hampshire and now he's showing some life in the polls. A “Tucker” panel Read More...
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Sept. 28: Chris Matthews takes a look at today’s hot political stories including Rudy Giuliani’s seemingly lack of manners at political events. (Hardball Read More...
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This summer, the board of supervisors of Virginia's Prince William County approved a crackdown aimed at driving out illegal immigrants. Officials have Read More...
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Sept. 28: President Bush told House Speaker Nancy that he’s going ahead with his promised veto of a major expansion of a children’s health program. NBC's Read More...
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White congressman Steve Cohen represents Tennesse's 9th District. Recently, some African-American ministers have taken aim at Cohen for his support of Read More...
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Presidential candidates are turning to gimmicks in a surge of fundraising before the accounting books close on the third quarter. The financial reports Read More...
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The Lombardo Consulting Group, of DC, put together pretty comprehensive look at this election based on publicly available survey data since 2005. Read More...
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A look at some of the defining moments of George W. Bush's presidency. Produced by Kevin Flynn and Lisa Desai. (MSNBC.com) Read More...
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The Blackwater security firm, subject of headlines related to deadly shootings in Iraq, would like to get more business working on natural disasters in Read More...
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that every child born in the United States should get a $5,000 "baby bond" from the Read More...
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The airport men's room where Sen. Larry Craig was arrested is getting new stall dividers that drop nearly to the floor to make it a less inviting spot Read More...
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Lima is a 21-year-old Brooklyn native majoring in journalism at Baruch College in New York. Barack Obama really wants Lima’s vote. In fact, he wants it--and Read More...
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Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton spoke at the Congressional Black Caucus' annual meeting Friday about the stakes in the 2008 election. Read More...
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Sept. 28: NBC Political Director Chuck Todd offers his first take on John McCain's and John Edwards' latest political ads (MSNBC) Read More...
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While John Edwards' campaign is desperately spinning his decision to accept matching funds as meaning they | |
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