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Obamas Shop at Store Selling $268 Denim Shorts
Tweet Share on Facebook August 25, 2011 Comment (4)The women of the first family continue to set fashion trends that have a big impact on what women and kids are wearing around the nation. Their latest find: A popular store on Nantucket Island that sells denim shorts for $268 and jeans made of beautiful scarves for $498.
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AFL-CIO Threatens Obama's Re-Election Over Jobs
Tweet Share on Facebook August 25, 2011 Comment (3)The AFL-CIO, worried that President Obama's long-awaited September jobs announcement will be inadequate, is threatening to boycott the Democratic National Convention and maybe the 2012 elections unless bold action is taken to ease unemployment.
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GOP Hits Obama with Vacation-Themed 'Debt Watch'
Tweet Share on Facebook August 25, 2011 Comment (8)In another assault on the vacationing president, the Republican National Committee today is combining its concern for the rising debt and the sounds of Martha's Vineyard in a new "Obama's Debt Watch."
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House GOP Conservatives Plot Next Spending Cut Plan
Tweet Share on Facebook August 24, 2011 Comment (3)House conservatives who get the credit for forcing the White House to slam on the spending brakes are moving quickly to draw up to a sequel of their "Cut, Cap, and Balance" plan in time to squeeze the next federal spending year that begins on Oct.1.
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Democrats Hit GOP Tax 'Hypocrisy'
Tweet Share on Facebook August 24, 2011 CommentDemocrats see a chance to crack open the Republican Party's toughest nut: taxes.
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Even GOP Vacation E-mail Hits Obama on Jobs
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Half of Republicans, Most Democrats Skipping Town Hall Meetings
Tweet Share on Facebook August 23, 2011 Comment (2)Just under half of House and Senate Republicans are holding town hall meetings this summer, but Democratic jobs activists say it's not enough. "They're holding a lot fewer" than in 2009, says Michael Uehlein, spokesman for the American Dream Movement.
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Newt Gingrich Slams Liberal 'Smears' on Tea Party
Tweet Share on Facebook August 23, 2011 Comment (1)Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says that liberals like the vice president, Rep. Maxine Waters, Rep. Barney Frank, and others are "smearing" the Tea Party to hide their lack of a solution to sky-high unemployment and historic budget deficits.
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Report: College Dropouts Rob Feds of Billions
Tweet Share on Facebook August 22, 2011 Comment (12)Despite efforts by President Obama to boost college graduation rates, more than 40 percent of freshmen don't graduate and that's costing Uncle Sam and state governments billions in lost tax income—and even more in lost income to the dropouts.
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Obama Bus Tour Highlights: Wrinkled Pants, Military Discount
Tweet Share on Facebook August 19, 2011 CommentThe best reporting on President Obama's three-day tour through the Midwest this week wasn't on CNN, or Fox or in the pages of the New York Times. Though a bit one-sided, it is in the latest West Wing Week, the weekly highlight video roll of the president, which is issued every Friday.
