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2 hours ago
Catholics, Conscience and Contraception
— Kevin Drum's blog continues to be the place to turn for emblematic liberal defenses of the Obama White House's contraception-sterilization- Plan B-ella mandate. In a recent post, he argues that forcing Catholic institutions to purchase contraception …
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3 hours ago
Catholic Bishops Demand All Businesses Be Given The Right To Deny Women Contraception Coverage
— Catholic bishops and their GOP allies have been in an uproar ever since the Obama administration announced new rules that require employers, including most religiously-affiliated institutions …
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4 hours ago
Santorum: Obama Has Put America On 'The Path' Of Executing Religious People By Decapitation
— Rick Santorum continued to rail against President Obama's so-called war against religion during a town hall in Plano, Texas Wednesday night. The former Pennsylvania senator …
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4 hours ago
The Contraception Coverage Debate Isn't Just About the Bishops
— Obama should do right by the progressive Catholics who made his health reforms possible and expand the religious exemption to the new contraceptive mandate in the law. — If abortion rights advocates are feeling their oats this week, they have good reason.
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5 hours ago
On Birth Control, Obama Saved By The Taco Bell?
— Well. Just when it looked like Barack Obama had wound himself into the ultimate pretzel on the new rule mandating that employers, including large Catholic institutions, cover birth control in their health plans, it looks like he may be saved …
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6 hours ago
Obama, Explained - As Barack Obama contends for a second term ...
— As Barack Obama contends for a second term in office, two conflicting narratives of his presidency have emerged. Is he a skillful political player and policy visionary—a chess master who always sees several moves ahead of his opponents (and of the punditocracy)?
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yesterday
Senate Democrats Say Obama 'Reinforced' His Stance on Contraception Mandate at Democratic Retreat
— President Obama “reinforced” his stance on the controversial contraception mandate while speaking at the Democrats' annual retreat at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. today, Senate Democrats said.
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9 min ago
Obama: 10 states to receive No Child Left Behind waivers
— The Obama administration will free 10 states from the requirements of No Child Left Behind, responding to complaints from teachers and school administrators across the country that the nation's main education law is outdated and punitive.
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3 hours ago
Playbook: Daley contraceptive alert
— OFFICIAL OBAMA 2012 PLAYLIST FOR CROWD EVENTS (rallies, ropelines, etc.), to be released today: “Different People” (No Doubt) ... “Got to Get You in My Life” (Earth, Wind & Fire) ... “Green Onions” (Booker T & The MG's) ... “I Got You” (Wilco) …
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6 hours ago
Obama: I'm going after Romney, not Wall Street
— The President's populist campaign theme has made big moneymen nervous — Republican White House front-runner Mitt Romney. — President Obama has message for Wall St. — I will not demonize you, just Mitt Romney and his ties to you.
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6 hours ago
Obama administration struggles to contain uproar over birth-control rule
— The White House struggled Wednesday to contain the growing uproar over its birth-control mandate, with Democrats peeling off one by one in what has become an increasingly divisive election-year controversy.
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7 hours ago
Report: White House to offer 10 states waivers on No Child Left Behind
— President Obama on Thursday will offer waivers to 10 states that applied for exclusion from some aspects of the No Child Left Behind Law, according to a report in The Associated Press that cited an anonymous White House official.
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7 hours ago
The political transformation of Barack Obama
— There are two indisputable facts about politics. — The first is that every modern president in the fourth year of his presidency resorts to the cheap political stunts, broken promises and truth-fudging it takes to win reelection in what has been and will be a 50-50 nation.
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8 hours ago
Obama mandate on birth control coverage stirs controversy
— WASHINGTON - Congressional leaders and Republican presidential candidates joined Catholic religious groups on Wednesday in denouncing the Obama administration's mandate requiring health insurers to offer birth control coverage, but the White House stood its ground.
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8 hours ago
Michelle Obama Takes Aim at Chubby Service Members
— First Lady Michelle Obama leaves Thursday for a three-day, four-state tour to mark the second anniversary of her “Let's Move!” initiative to get Americans to eat healthier and be more physically fit.
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12 hours ago
Mitch McConnell to assail 'liberal thugs'
— Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to launch a fierce attack on the Obama administration and congressional Democrats, calling out “liberal thugs” for intimidating their opponents in the name of political expediency.
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yesterday
Senate GOP pushes to shield faith groups from birth-control ruling
— Senate Republicans are pushing legislation to overturn the Obama administration's decision that the health plans of faith-based organizations must cover contraception if they serve people of various religious backgrounds.
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