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June Jobs Report Portends More of the Same
With a stagnant 8.2% unemployment rate and only 80,000 jobs created, the June jobs report, like its past few inceptions, delivered disappointing news for President Obama. If numbers like these persist ...
07 Jul, 2012
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New Field Poll Shows Obama Leads Romney 18 Points in California
A new Field Poll out today shows President Obama with a considerable lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney. The Sacramento Bee's Torey Van Oot has the details, including this interesting statist ...
06 Jul, 2012
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What is the Romney Health Care Position?
In the latest Mitt Romney health care flip-flop, here's a video picking up steam online that has the presidential hopeful discussing the similarities and differences between his plan in Massachusetts ...
05 Jul, 2012
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GlaxoSmithKline Pays Largest Health Care Fraud Penalty To Date
GlaxoSmithKline LLC pleads guilty this week to a $3 billion fine for illegally promoting unapproved drugs as well as failing to disclose the drugs safety precautions.Deputy Attorney General James M. C ...
03 Jul, 2012
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IVN's Most Popular Articles Last Week
Our most read articles from week of June 24th-July 1st.1. Ron Paul Delegate Count Rises from Romney Missteps and Frivolous Lawsuit "The Globe reported that, "a spokesman for the Massachusetts Republic ...
02 Jul, 2012
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Is the Individual Mandate a Tax?
On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that the central component to Obama's healthcare reform, the individual mandate, is constitutional because the payment is a tax. There has been much confusion foll ...
02 Jul, 2012
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John Roberts' Decision Highlights the Failure of Republicans' Judicial Strategy
Americans pay taxes on items they buy, they pay taxes on their income, and with the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act, Americans will now be paying taxes on what they don't bu ...
01 Jul, 2012
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10 Interesting Facts About the US Military You Didn't Know
The United States’ Military and Department of Defense make up a huge portion of our country’s expenditures and has greatly influenced our government and citizens. Many Americans, however, don't know t ...
30 Jun, 2012
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'ObamaCare' Ruling Potential Electoral Boost for Republicans
The Supreme Court decision, announced early Thursday, upholding most of the controversial and politically-charged Affordable Care Act including the individual health insurance mandate, might actually ...
28 Jun, 2012
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Irwin was Right: Roberts Upholds ACA on Tax and Spend Clause
Today the United States Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act. The Court held 5 to 4 that the mandate could not be upheld as part of Congress’s Commerce Clause p ...
28 Jun, 2012
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