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Bachmann gets personal in Virginia
Michele Bachmann has exhorted Christian students at Liberty University in Virginia to "not settle" for easy personal and political choices in life.
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Anthony Muse, Maryland State Senator, plans run for U.S Senate
Muse, a Democrat from the 26th Legislative District, will announce plans for an exploratory committee Wednesday.
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Republican leader says more candidates are possible
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus says there's still time for additional candidates to join the race for the GOP presidential nomination.
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OPM creates task force after report revealed $601M was paid to dead people
Federal News Radio reports: The Office of Personnel Management has created a task force on improper payments after an inspector general report revealed that the agency has paid $601 million in retirement benefits to dead people.
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Inside Washington Sept. 25, 2011
This week on Inside Washington: The President’s proposal to raise taxes on the very rich and corporations - Republicans claim he’s waging class warfare.
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Romney, Perry face off in Republican debate
Republican presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Rick Perry sarcastically accused each other Thursday night of flip-flopping on Social Security and health care.
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D.C. Council goes behind closed doors
D.C. Council members go behind closed Thursday and call police when reporters refuse to leave.
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House shoots down spending bill
A stopgap spending bill to keep the government funded past Sept. 30 was upended in the House late Wednesday when Democrats pulled back their support in protest of cuts made to offset disaster aid in the package.
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Norton to speak at forum on black political power
The nation's capital has all but lost its black majority, and African-American leaders are wondering what that will do to blacks' political power.
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Gov. Chris Christie says he isn't running for president in 2012
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has reaffirmed to supporters that he isn't running for president, even as a speech he delivered at the Ronald Regan Presidential Library was likely to stoke fresh speculation about his White House ambitions.
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Congress dodges shutdown after disaster aid fight
In agreeing to an emergency spending bill to avoid a government shutdown, Congress achieved a limited goal while postponing a fight over whether emergency disaster aid ought to be paid for with cuts elsewhere in the budget.
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Senate clears way to avoid shutdown
The Senate clears the way for legislation avoiding partial government shutdown.
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NY police pepper spray, Tase Wall Street protesters
In New York, videos and photos show police using pepper spray and Tasers on Occupy Wall Street protesters, in some cases apparently unprovoked by the protesters.
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Appeals court hears challenge to health care law
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A conservative-leaning panel of federal appellate judges raised concerns about President Barack Obama's health care overhaul Friday, but suggested the challenge to it may be premature.
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'Occupy Wall Street' protesters vow to stay indefinitely
Welcome to the headquarters of "Occupy Wall Street," where as many as 1,500 protesters have been camped out since Saturday, plotting the demise of Wall Street as we know it.
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Is D.C. government open and transparent?
Censored D.C. Fire & EMS twitter feeds and MPD radio silence raise questions about whether D.C.'s new policies do more harm than good.
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Derrick Leon Davis wins Prince George's council seat
Derrick Leon Davis emerged as the victor in Tuesday's special primary election in Prince George's County, putting him on track to assume the seat vacated by Leslie Johnson.
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Johnson's council seat up for grabs in special election
Two months after she was forced to step aside from the Prince George's County Council after pleading guilty to interfering with a federal investigation, a primary election to fill the Leslie Johnson's seat is being held Tuesday.
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