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| • Ethics panel outlines 13 charges against Rangel |
 House investigators accused veteran New York Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of congressional ethics standards on Thursday.
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| • An immigration impasse long in the making |
 The Arizona law is the culmination of years of inaction by Washington to deal with the issue of illegal immigration.
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| • Dems, GOP warily eye Arizona immigration ruling |
| Neither political party is sure how this week's Arizona immigration ruling will play out politically, either this fall or beyond. |
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| • Newsweek: Obama charms on 'The View' |
| Obama certainly wooed the ladies, and the audience at home. That said, it wasn’t all fluff. Obama delved into policy, dropping some statistics about job losses to make the case that the economy is actually in a better place than it could have been had done nothing when taking office. |
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| • House passes bill to boost commuter airline safety |
| Far-reaching aviation safety legislation developed in response to a deadly commuter airline crash in western New York last year was approved by the House late Thursday. |
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| • House rejects bill to aid sick 9/11 responders |
 A bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust fell short in the House on Thursday, raising the possibility that the bulk of compensation for the ill will come from a legal settlement hammered out in the federal courts.
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| • Ex-USDA official to sue blogger over video |
| Ousted USDA employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday that she will sue a conservative blogger who posted an edited video that appeared to show her making racially offensive remarks. |
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| • Republicans block small business lending bill |
 Senate Republicans have blocked a bill to increase small business lending, dealing a setback to President Barack Obama's jobs agenda.
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| • Newsweek: The rise, fall of Charles Rangel |
| The storied life and career of Charles B. Rangel are at a sad impasse, but how could a man in charge of writing tax policy not pay his taxes? What was he thinking? Did he expect his colleagues in the House to cut him slack because of his seniority? |
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| • Obama takes on critics of education plan |
| Challenging civil rights agencies and teacher's unions that have criticized his education policies, Obama said that minority students have the most to gain from overhauling schools. |
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| • First Read: Poll: Health care law getting more popular |
| The Obama White House keeps talking about the economy and health care -- because even if they're unpopular in the short run, they're hoping attitudes change in the long run. |
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| • Jurors in Blagojevich case enjoy anonymity |
 No e-mail messages from "the King of Japan," no fake letters from President Barack Obama postmarked in Iowa, no expletive-laden voicemail messages on their phones, like the ones that Judge James B. Zagel has received. No chance of Facebook postings using their names, either.
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| • Biden: US doing 'significant damage' to al-Qaida |
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| • First thoughts: More controversy, challenges, and distractions |
| More controversy, challenges, and distractions for the White House… The judicial ruling on Arizona’s immigration law was a legal -- but not political -- victory for Team Obama. |
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| • Poll: Wealthy newcomers lead in Fla. primary races |
| Two wealthy newcomers to Florida politics who are self-financing their campaigns have taken double-digit leads in the state's Republican gubernatorial and Democratic Senate primary races, according to a poll released Thursday. |
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| • Obama, overexposed? |
| While folks inside the Beltway may believe that the president is overexposed, ask the working parent of two if they think the same thing. |
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| • In R.I., running for a 'waste' of a job |
| Robert Healey Jr. is running for Rhode Island lieutenant governor — not to excel in the position, but to eliminate it altogether. |
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| • New immigration law goes into force in Ariz. |
 Parts of Arizona's controversial immigration law went into effect Thursday, after a judge blocked the heart of the measure, defusing a confrontation between police and activists.
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| • Obama makes case for business aid at sub shop |
 President Barack Obama is making his case for more small-business aid from a sub shop in central New Jersey.
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| • Key Republican calls Kagan a 'dangerous' nominee |
| Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan picked up more GOP backing Wednesday in her drive toward near-certain confirmation next week, even as a top Republican lashed out at her as "dangerous." |
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| • 8 states could end up electing their 1st female governor |
| Per Rutgers' Center for American Women and Politics, eight states this year could elect a woman as governor for the first time. |
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| • Congress narrows gap in cocaine sentences |
| Congress on Wednesday changed a quarter-century-old law that has subjected tens of thousands of blacks to long prison terms for crack cocaine convictions while giving far more lenient treatment to those, mainly whites, caught with the powder form of the drug. |
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| • N.Y. Gov. Paterson won't face criminal charges |
 New York Gov. David Paterson will not face criminal charges for calling a woman who later dropped domestic violence charges against a top aide to the governor, according to a person with direct knowledge of the investigation.
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| • Women top GOP, Dem tickets in Okla. |
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| • Dems election strategy: Equate GOP and tea party |
| The Democrats' national chairman on Wednesday trotted out his party's fall election strategy to limit potential GOP gains, claiming Republican goals are inseparable from the tea party's, from killing off Medicare to abolishing the departments of Education and Energy. |
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| • Colorado commotion could dim GOP hopes |
 If Republicans wake up on November 3rd to find their majority-making hopes dashed, they may be looking at a state like Colorado for evidence of opportunities missed.
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| • House Democrats line up TV ad buys for fall races |
| Democrats say they are prepared to spend $49 million on TV ads during the final weeks of the midterm elections in their effort to maintain a House majority. |
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| • Rangel, committee in last-minute bargaining |
| Former committee chairman Rep. Charles Rangel attempted a last-minute plea deal Tuesday to head off a House ethics trial that could embarrass him and damage Democrats facing potentially severe election losses. |
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| • Senate GOP blocks campaign disclosure bill |
| Republicans blocked a White House-backed bill Tuesday to require unprecedented disclosure of who pays for political campaign advertising. |
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| • House Democrats line up TV ad buys for fall races |
 Democrats say they are prepared to spend $49 million on TV ads during the final weeks of the midterm elections in their effort to maintain a House majority in the face of a strong challenge by Republicans and an anti-establishment bent among voters.
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| • House passes pared-down measure to fund war |
| Months behind schedule and stripped of money for domestic stimulus programs, legislation to fund the troop surge in Afghanistan was sent to President Barack Obama on Tuesday after disgruntled Democrats failed to block it. |
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