AP – A House committee has passed a pair of Republican-backed bills that would update the No Child Left Behind education law by shifting a significant amount of control over schools out of the federal government’s hands.
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The Christian Science Monitor – Steve Israel isn’t ready to predict that the Democrats will retake control of the House in 2012. But the New York congressman in charge of his party’s House reelection effort promises it’s going to be “razor-close.â€�
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Election 2012: Can the Democrats retake control of the House?
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Reuters – President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign regularly rips Mitt Romney, long viewed as the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, for his economic policies. On Tuesday, it added Romney’s rival Rick Santorum to its list of top targets.
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Shifting focus, Obama campaign targets Santorum on economy
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AP – House Republicans on Thursday pushed ahead with a plan to update the federal No Child Left Behind education law by shifting more control to states and school districts in determining whether children are learning.
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Reuters – The House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly passed new curbs on insider trading by lawmakers and other government officials despite complaints from Democrats and some Republicans that key anti-corruption provisions were dropped.
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The Christian Science Monitor – The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11 to 7 on Thursday in support of a bill that would require live video broadcasts of arguments at the US Supreme Court.
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Reuters – The Washington state House of Representatives approved a Senate-passed bill to legalize gay marriage in a vote on Wednesday that moved the state another step closer to becoming the seventh to recognize same-sex nuptials.
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Reuters – A plan to fast-track the stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline was passed by a key committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, as Republicans made yet another attempt to spur approval of the project that has become a major issue in the 2012 elections.
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Reuters – A plan to fast-track the stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline was passed by a key committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, as Republicans made yet another attempt to spur approval of the project that has become a major issue in the 2012 elections.
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Reuters – A plan to fast-track the stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline was passed by a key committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, as Republicans made yet another attempt to spur approval of the project that has become a major issue in the 2012 elections.
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House panel advances Keystone pipeline plan
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