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Michele Bachmann says she's 'not going away' bc-bachmann-plans(sh) | By: KEVIN DIAZ | Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | Politics (PP) Jun 7, 2013 3:47 PM By KEVIN DIAZ Embattled congresswoman Michele Bachmann told Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity in exclusive interview that she is "not going away" despite her decision not to seek a fifth term. "There's just a time when you've served, and then it's tim
In early N.H. poll, Clinton and Rand Paul lead bc-2016poll(sh) | By: BEN LEUBSDORF | Source: Concord Monitor | Politics (PP) Apr 26, 2013 2:31 PM The 2016 New Hampshire presidential primary is a long way away. But at the moment, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton holds a commanding lead among Democrats and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has a slim lead in a crowded Republican field. That's
GOP Senate background-check proponent draws criticism bc-toomey-guns(sh) | By: TRACIE MAURIELLO AND KATE GIAMMARISE | Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Washington (WW), Politics (PP) Apr 23, 2013 1:13 PM The Senate's rejection of a plan to expand background checks for gun purchasers was a public policy failure but not necessarily a political one for Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey, who bucked his party to sponsor the legislation. The first-term Republic
Despite gains in society, few gays serve in Congress bc-lawmakers-gay(sh) | By: IAN KULLGREN | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Washington (WW), Politics (PP) Apr 18, 2013 4:48 PM As a Rhode Island state representative, Rep. David Cicilline never tried to hide that he was gay. So when a newspaper columnist asked him about it during his first run for Congress in 2002, he answered honestly. But the paper wouldn't print it, its m
California Democrats meet in celebratory mood bc-cal-democrats(sh) | By: TIM HERDT | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | National (AN), Politics (PP), Western News (WN) Apr 12, 2013 2:25 PM California Democrats will come together in the state capital this weekend for the first time since last fall's overwhelming victories, and the mood is expected to be celebratory. Saturday's main event, for instance, will be a "Red to Blue Congression
At center of Michele Bachmann probe is 'man of mystery' bc-bachmann-waldron(sh) | By: KEVIN DIAZ | Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | National (AN), Politics (PP) Apr 2, 2013 2:59 PM bc-bachmann-waldron(sh) Peter Waldron's journey from a jail cell in Uganda to the inner circle of Michele Bachmann's presidential campaign in Iowa did not follow a straight line. An evangelical missionary with a penchant for secrets -- he was caught
Michele Bachmann under congressional ethics probe bachmann-probe | By: KEVIN DIAZ | Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | National (AN), Politics (PP) | Photos: SH13C236BACHMANNPROBE Mar 26, 2013 2:30 PM Congressional ethics investigators are pursuing allegations of financial impropriety in U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann's 2012 presidential campaign, according to several attorneys and former staffers involved in the case. The investigation follows a Fede
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