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Economist Peter Schiff Forecasts Second Crisis to Hit Around 2013
What do you do when one of the very few economic analysts to predict the financial crisis would strike in '07 or '08 says another, even more catastrophic economic collapse will hit the United States e ...
28 Oct, 2012
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Energy Policy, the Environment, and the Battle for the Senate
Current projections are that the Democrats will retain control of the Senate by a narrow margin. But that could change, particularly if Romney continues to surge and carry GOP Senate candidates along ...
18 Oct, 2012
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Top Ten Most Partisan Members of Congress
(Photo: ABC News)While there is no mathematical formula for calculating partisanship, both party-line voting and ideology were considered in finding the ten most partisan members of Congress.In deter ...
15 Oct, 2012
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As Lieberman Retires, McMahon And Murphy Pounce To Fill Seat
(Patrick Raycraft / Hartford Courant)Joe Lieberman, Connecticut's Democrat-turned-Independent US Senator, is retiring at the end of his term. After 23 years serving Connecticut in the US Se ...
02 Oct, 2012
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Rocky Anderson Gains Multi-Party Support
Credit: Tom Smart / Deseret NewsPresidential candidate Rocky Anderson has gained support across party lines in several states across the country. He is currently on the November ballot in severa ...
09 Sep, 2012
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2 min read
Independent Voters Could Determine Key Senate Races
Credit: senate.govKey Senate races in Virginia, Connecticut, and Massachusetts could determine which party controls the Senate. Independent voters may be the most important voting blocs in all t ...
05 Sep, 2012
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CT Senate Upset? Republican Linda McMahon Ahead in Poll
Credit: dennishouse.wordpress.comConnecticut is a reliably Democratic state so it is surprising that Republican Senate candidate Linda McMahon who lost badly two years ago in a Senate challenge is no ...
30 Aug, 2012
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In-State Tuition For the Undocumented Transcends Politics
Credit: LA TimesThe Republican platform committee pushed a number of anti-illegal immigration platform planks on Tuesday. On top of advocating a completed border fence along the U.S.-Mexico border an ...
23 Aug, 2012
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In-State Tuition for Illegal Immigrants Transcends Partisan Politics
Credit: LA TimesThe Republican platform committee pushed a number of anti-illegal immigration platform planks on Tuesday. On top of advocating a completed border fence along the U.S.-Mexico border an ...
22 Aug, 2012
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3 min read
Social Media and Politics: An Interview with George Scoville
(Credit: Overdrive Interactive)IVN's Bianca Ciotti recently had the opportunity to interview George Scoville on the intersections of public policy, the election, and social media. George Scoville (Tw ...
21 Aug, 2012
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