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McCain and Social Security

Politics – He has no plan, anymore, that he's willing to publicly admit to. In the past, he called his plan "privatization," and it was the same plan as the incredibly unpopular Bush proposal which would dramatically reduce benefits and divert payroll taxes into private accounts.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 11:33pm

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McCain Campaign: Now We Won't Balance Budget in First Term

Politics – At a town hall meeting in Denver, McCain vows to balance the federal budget by 2013, which would be the end of his first term as president. After the speech, [McCain's senior economic adviser] said: ``The senator has always pledged to balance the budget by the end of his second term.'' A McCain second term would end in 2017."

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 11:33pm

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McCain's Credit Card Budget

Politics – The reviews are in... Experts agree that McCain's budget balancing rhetoric is just wishful thinking:

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 11:32pm

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Latest Midwest floods expose lessons unlearned

News – The floods that swallowed towns and farms, claimed at least 24 lives, drove 38,000 people from their homes and left billions of dollars in damage across the Midwest cannot be written off solely as an act of nature. The four weeks of major flooding that began in June are just as much a man-made disaster, one in the making for decades.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 11:31pm

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Judge to Bush admin.: Guantanamo is top priority

Politics – A federal judge overseeing Guantanamo Bay lawsuits ordered the Justice Department to put other cases aside and make it clear throughout the Bush administration that, after nearly seven years of detention, the detainees must have their day in court.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 11:28pm

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Medicare Defrauded of $92 Million, Paid for Equipment Prescribed by Doctors Who Were Dead

Do No Evil – Medicare has paid as much as $92 million since 2000 to medical suppliers who billed the government for wheelchairs and other home equipment purportedly prescribed by physicians who, according to records, were dead at the time, congressional investigators said today.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 11:21pm

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Cheney Wanted Cuts in Climate Testimony

Politics – Vice President Dick Cheney's office pushed for major deletions in congressional testimony on the public health consequences of climate change, fearing the presentation by a leading health official might make it harder to avoid regulating greenhouse gases, a former EPA officials maintains.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 11:08pm

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Atheist soldier sues Army for 'unconstitutional' discrimination

News – Hall said he met some atheists who suggested he read the Bible again. After doing so, he said he had so many unanswered questions that he decided to become an atheist. His sudden lack of faith, he said, cost him his military career and put his life at risk.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 09:41pm

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Iraqi Government want US out of their country

Politics – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki publicly announced his countries position that any agreement with the US Government must have a timetable for US troop withdrawal and no US bases in Iraq unless they are controlled by Iraq and not the USA

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Bush tries to prove he is smarter than disadvantaged youth

Humor – Bush tries to prove he is smarter than a disadvantaged youth

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 02:36pm

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U.S. and Czechs sign missile defense deal

Politics – The United States and the Czech Republic signed a treaty on Tuesday allowing Washington to build part of a missile defense shield in the central European state despite opposition from its former Cold War master Russia.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 02:35pm

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FDA issues warning on Cipro, similar antibiotics

Health & Fitness – Federal drug safety officials have imposed the government's most urgent warning on Cipro and similar antibiotics, citing risks that they can cause tendon ruptures, a serious injury that leaves some patients incapacitated.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 02:35pm

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US ships cigarettes, bras, more to Iran

Politics – U.S. exports to Iran ââ;¬" including brassieres, bull semen, cosmetics and possibly even weapons ââ;¬" grew more than tenfold during President Bush's years in office even as he accused Iran of nuclear ambitions and helping terrorists.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 02:35pm

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Guantanamo Crumbles

Politics – Some may argue that the panel's decision is proof that the current system is working as Congress and the administration intended, with the federal judiciary as an independent check on executive action. But as Judge Garland pointed out, it is not clear that the court has the authority to force the administration to release Mr. Parhat.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 02:08pm

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Mrs. Obama: Wife, Mother, Intellectual

Politics – As this November's presidential election draws closer, many people want to know more about Michelle Obama. Who is this mother of two, who rose from the rough South Side of Chicago to become a force in her own right during this crucial run for the White House?

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 01:58pm