By HuffPost National Editor Nico Pitney and the Politics team.
HuffPost Politics Authorities: Census worker faked homicide
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FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Kentucky census worker found naked, bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree with "fed" scrawled on his chest killed himself but staged his death to make it look like a homicide, authorities said Tuesday. ...
HuffPost Politics Obama not going to get more involved
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President Obama is not planning to increase (or, for that matter, decrease) his involvement in the health care debate even as legislation enters a pivotal moment in the United States Senate. Just days ...
HuffPost Politics Uncle Sam Wants You
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As desperate Democratic lawmakers cast about for ways to create jobs from Capitol Hill, a 1970s-era jobs program is getting a fresh look.
HuffPost Politics New Dem Senator: I'd vote for health care even if I knew I'd lose my seat over it
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Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), a freshman Senator who is fighting to hold his seat in 2010, said he would support health care reform even if it cost him his job.
HuffPost Politics GOP: We've made up our mind on health care, but we need six more weeks
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) argued last Sunday that Republicans deserve at least six additional weeks to consider health care reform before letting the bill come to a vote. By Friday, his top lieutenant said the entire GOP had already made up its mind on the legislation.
HuffPost Politics Ben Nelson will vote for cloture
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And then there were two.
HuffPost Politics Watchdog takes on Mary Landrieu
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The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commision over a mysterious $25,300 "donation" to the U.S. Treasury by Senator Mary Landrieu's campaign committee. ...
HuffPost Politics Huckabee takes on fellow Republicans for Obama attacks
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During a relatively unnoticed speech in early November, former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said he found it "deplorable" and "shameful" that his fellow Republicans were attacking the president for even the most trivial or well-intentioned matters. ...
HuffPost Politics Froomkin: Obama's only real Afghan exit strategy is political suicide
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President Obama said yesterday he is still several weeks away from adopting a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan.
HuffPost Politics Byrd becomes longest-serving senator today -- watch the tributes
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WASHINGTON — West Virginia Sen. Robert C. Byrd became the longest-serving lawmaker in congressional history Wednesday, a milestone to be marked with a morning of Senate tributes and a special resolution. ...
HuffPost Politics WATCH: Biden acknowledges bailout anger on Jon Stewart
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In an interview with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central's The Daily Show Tuesday evening, Vice President Joe Biden acknowledged the anger and frustration many taxpayers feel over the way financial institutions seem to have favored status in Washington D.C. ...
HuffPost Politics Dems kill filibuster on Obama judicial nominee
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WASHINGTON — Democrats on Tuesday crushed a Senate filibuster against a controversial appeals court nominee, demonstrating to Republicans they can't stop President Barack Obama from turning the federal judiciary to the left. ...
HuffPost Politics Business groups OPPOSE lawmakers' effort to keep h1n1-infected people home
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Public health officials say the H1N1 flu pandemic is exacerbated by employees going into work sick because they don't get paid time off. But a representative from the business community told Congress on Tuesday to stay out of it.
HuffPost Politics Sarah Palin's book vs. reality
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Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue" his stores Tuesday. But can you believe what you read?
HuffPost Politics Why is the White House so concerned abotu an aide supporting gay marriage?
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It's a poorly kept secret that inside the Obama White House, plenty of of aides, staffers, and high-ranking officials support gay marriage. In fact, the assumption within gay-rights advocacy circles is that the president himself supports the idea -- though never publicly.
