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Daily Archives: October 6th, 2013

New set of polls shows Republicans could lose the U.S. House of Representatives

Excerpt: Ever since the con­clu­sion of vote-count­ing in last year’s pres­i­den­tial elec­tion, the num­ber sev­en­teen has tak­en on a spe­cial mean­ing to Democrats. That’s the num­ber of seats Democ­rats need to win next year to get back the Unit­ed States House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives and rel­e­gate the Tea Par­ty extrem­ists who con­trol the House Repub­li­can cau­cus to […]
Published at:10:59 PM on Sunday, October 6th, 2013
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Breaking News, Elections
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Outside right wing groups playing outsize role in Republican government shutdown

Excerpt: The New York Times has a great arti­cle today that delves into the ori­gins of the House Repub­li­cans’ gov­ern­ment shut­down. It turns out that pow­er­ful right wing groups, includ­ing the vast polit­i­cal machin­ery assem­bled and fund­ed by the Koch broth­ers, have been agi­tat­ing for a shut­down for a long time, and were final­ly able, with […]
Published at:6:51 PM on Sunday, October 6th, 2013
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Economic Security, Policy Topics
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