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Push to boost defense spending puts GOP in budget bind
Pressing Pentagon demands in a time of terror threats and Islamic State militants have put newly empowered congressional Republicans in a bind.
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Chris Christie Caught With His Hand In the Sandy Relief Fund Cookie Jar
Things just keeping getting worse and worse for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is investigating Christie’s use of Sandy relief funds to see if there was any improper use of Sand relief funds.
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Republican Budget Cuts Are Literally Causing People to Freeze to Death In the Streets
As tragic as the number of Americans freezing to death is, it is the number of Americans who are homeless that should shame politicians, but Republicans are incapable of being shamed.
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Republicans Are Wearing Driving Millions Into Poverty as a Badge of Honor
One might be inclined to believe politicians would be repulsed that the richest nation in the history of the world is home to an impoverished underclass, but for Republicans it is a badge of honor
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Louisiana Loses Track of $700 Million, GOP Sen Calls for Federal Oversight
Upon hearing that Louisiana lost track of $700 million dollars of federal money, the first thing a Republican Senator does is call for is more oversight.
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One Woman’s Crisis Shows How Affordable Housing Policy Turns Its Back on the Poor
One woman’s tragic story provides a glimpse into the plethora of problems the U.S. faces with a lack of affordable housing and homelessness
