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Sen. Kirk: Quit obstructing job creation, jobless benefit extension
January 5, 2012Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., has carefully cultivated the image of a political moderate. It was that image that allowed him to get elected in 2010 in the first place.
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Movies you might have missed: “I Am Twenty”
January 5, 2012Soviet filmmakers were often criticized in the West for producing stories sneeringly termed "boy gets tractor, meets girl."
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High court to hear union campaign finance case
January 5, 2012Another right-wing effort to throw public worker unions out of politics hit the U.S. Supreme Court agenda.
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Indiana workers flood Capitol to stop “right-to-work” law
January 5, 2012For the second day in a row, the GOP was unable to push through the legislation because House Democrats failed to show up for a vote.
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Republicans cover their fiscal irresponsibility with Detroit’s money
January 5, 2012While banks, auto companies and the state of Michigan itself have all been bailed out with taxpayer money, Detroit has not received bailouts from anybody
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