Who is Moses Dixon? According to The Florence Morning News (a.k.a. the "Flo-Mo"), he's a 25-year-old "master’s degree candidate at Clark University in Worcester, Mass." who is currently pursuing a career in "community development." He's also a former staffer to ex-U.S. Rep. John Spratt and current
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Forget the Republican-controlled House ... U.S. President Barack Obama's so-called "jobs" plan couldn't even make it through the Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate. Obama's $447 billion "second stimulus" fell nine votes shy of receiving the sixty votes it needed to overcome a Republican filibuster. Two
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The "debt deal" agreed upon over the weekend by U.S. President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) cleared the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 269-161 on Monday. A total of 174 Republicans and 95 Democrats supported the controversial
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U.S. President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker John Boehner have agreed on the framework of a deal that would raise the federal debt ceiling by $2.4 trillion - assuming that roughly the same amount in deficit spending is cut over the coming decade. The deal includes
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By a vote of 51-46, the U.S. Senate on Friday refused to consider the sweeping "cut cap and balance" deficit reduction plan that passed the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this week. "There is simply no more time to waste debating and voting on measures that have no hopes of becoming law," U.S.
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Like a modern-day John Wayne ... err, Rock Hudson ... U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham has rescued the state of South Carolina's economy in old bold move. After pitching a royal hissy fit, Graham has secured a whooping $50,000 from U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for the Port of Charleston - which
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Empowered by their electoral gains and backed by an overwhelming majority of Americans, Congressional Republicans will vote to repeal U.S. President Barack Obama's socialized medicine law on January 12. The two-page Republican resolution (click here to read it) would restore health care statutes affected
Read story »By FITSNews || U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was ripped by one of his former staffers on Tuesday ... from beyond the grave. The posthumous smack came in the form of an obituary for 84-year-old Charlotte McCourt that was published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. "In lieu of flowers, vote
Read story »By FITSNews || Party-flipping Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter - who said that his switch to the Democratic party in 2009 would ensure his reelection - was defeated in the Keystone State's Democratic primary Tuesday by Rep. Joe Sestak, who was allegedly offered a job by the Obama administration in
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Senate Leader Apologizes For Obama “Negro” Comment
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has acknowledged and apologized for controversial racial remarks he made about President Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign. According to the new book "Game Change," a retrospective of the 2008 campaign, Reid is quoted as saying that he was "was wowed by Obama's
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