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Murkowski: Other candidates not ready, not fit
Click to watch video (CNN) – Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a write-in candidate to keep her job in Washington, slammed her competitors for the state's Senate seat as unqualified in a televised debate...
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Alaska's write-in ballot count to begin Wednesday despite challenge
(CNN) - Alaska election officials will begin counting write-in ballots Wednesday despite a federal court challenge by the campaign of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller, state director Gail...
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Pelosi, Democrats prepare to relinquish power in the House
(CNN) - Nancy Pelosi, who made history as the first female Speaker of the House, ends her tenure this week as a new Republican majority prepares to take power Wednesday. Led by incoming speaker John...
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Is Alec Baldwin interested in political office? The answer is 'yes'
(CNN) - Actor Alec Baldwin says he is "very, very interested" in running for political office but to leave acting would be "extremely painful." The "30 Rock" star made the comments in an interview to...
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Constitution gets congressional reading by GOP
Washington (CNN) - Republicans will have the Constitution read on the House floor Thursday morning in a nod to the conservative Tea Party freshmen that helped put them back in the majority. The reading...
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New Hampshire workers to rally against collective bargaining limits
(CNN) – State workers and others planned to rally at the New Hampshire capitol Thursday after the state House approved a package that would make changes to collective bargaining laws. "Rally for New...
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Lady Gaga attends Obama political event
(CNN) – Pop star Lady Gaga attended a political fundraiser for President Barack Obama in Silicon Valley Sunday evening. The $35,800-a-person event for about 70 people was hosted under a tent in the...
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Nevada hedges on January caucus
(CNN) - More jostling may be in store ahead of the 2012 primary season. Three days after telling CNN's TJ Holmes that Nevada's January 14 caucus date was firm despite boycott threats, state GOP...
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A tie for Obama and Romney in nation's first results
(CNN) - The first presidential election results are in – and it's a tie. President Barack Obama and his Republican rival, Mitt Romney, each received five votes in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire.
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Senate passes package to avert fiscal cliff; House votes next
(CNN) - A full two hours after a midnight deadline, the Senate overwhelmingly passed a last-minute deal Tuesday to avert the feared fiscal cliff on a 89-8 vote. The Senate package would put off budget...
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Arkansas lawmakers back nation's most restrictive abortion bill
(CNN) - Overriding a veto by Arkansas' Democratic governor, the state's Republican-controlled House and Senate approved a bill to ban abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy - the most restrictive such...
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Details on NSA-thwarted plots coming, lawmaker says
(CNN) - Every new day seems to bring new revelations and reactions to the controversial electronic surveillance programs. Over the weekend we learned that the British electronic intelligence agency...
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Texas abortion bill dies as confusion marks end of session
(CNN) – The Texas legislature's special session ended in chaos and confusion early Wednesday, with Republicans unable to pass before a midnight deadline a bill that would have greatly restricted...
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Texas abortion bill dies as confusion marks end of session
(CNN) - The Texas legislature's special session ended in chaos and confusion early Wednesday, when a marathon filibuster failed - but so did a Republican effort to pass a bill that would have greatly...
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Legislature reconvenes for Round 2 of Texas abortion battle
(CNN) - Less than a week after a one-woman filibuster and a raucous crowd stymied new abortion legislation that would have been among the most restrictive in the nation, Texas lawmakers returned for a...
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McCain arrives in Afghanistan on Fourth of July visit
U.S. Senator John McCain arrived on an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Thursday, a coalition spokeswoman told CNN. The Arizona Republican is expected to meet with U.S. forces. He is a member of the...
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Dogged by sex scandal, San Diego Mayor Bob Filner to enter counseling
Follow @politicalticker (CNN) - This is the day San Diego Mayor Bob Filner enters a behavior counseling clinic for two weeks of what he describes as intensive therapy. The 70-year-old is battling a...
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NSA broke privacy rules 'thousands of times each year,' report says
(CNN) - The NSA broke privacy rules "thousands of times each year" since 2008, The Washington Post reported Thursday, citing an internal audit and other documents. Material was provided to the...
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Syria possible strike: The White House makes its case Round II
(CNN) - The White House's case for a military strike on Syria enters Round II Wednesday. Secretary of State John Kerry returns to the Hill, this time to be grilled by the House Foreign Affairs...
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Government shutdown: What we know and don't know
(CNN) - We're only two days into this government shutdown, but it already seems like we've been here before. And in a way, we have.
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