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Wheatland Township Democrats - News PortalWelcome to the Democratic Party of Wheatland Township News Portal. Access to the top political stories from MSNBC, CNN, Time Magazine, The New York Times and The Washington Post as well as all the Wheatland Website news summarized for you on one easy to view News Portal. Check back here often as things are changing all the time...
Wheatland Township Democrats - News PortalWelcome to the Democratic Party of Wheatland Township News Portal. Access to the top political stories from MSNBC, CNN, Time Magazine, The New York Times and The Washington Post as well as all the Wheatland Website news summarized for you on one easy to view News Portal. Check back here often as things are changing all the time...
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House bans earmarks to for-profit companies
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3/11/2010 12:20:52 AM By washingtonpost.com - Politics RSS
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Facing an election-year backlash over runaway spending and ethics scandals, House Democrats moved Wednesday to ban earmarks for private companies, sparking a war between the parties over which would embrace the most dramatic steps to change the way business is done in Washington.
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Nancy Pelosi's office was told of concerns about Eric Massa
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3/11/2010 12:20:52 AM By washingtonpost.com - Politics RSS
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office was notified in October by then-Rep. Eric Massa's top aide of concerns about the New York Democrat's behavior, two congressional sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday night.
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Panel Proposes Single Standard for All Schools
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3/10/2010 11:50:16 PM By NYT > Politics
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The new standards, which experts said could well be adopted by a majority of states, would replace the nation’s checkerboard of locally written standards.
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Eric Massa's Navy files
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3/10/2010 11:09:43 PM By msnbc.com: Politics
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 It's become clear that the behavior toward his subordinates that got former Rep. Eric Massa into trouble in Congress is part of pattern that dates to his time in the Navy.
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Kennedy: National press corps 'despicable'
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3/10/2010 11:05:44 PM By CNN Political Ticker
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Washington (CNN) - Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-Rhode Island, blasted national reporters Wednesday for focusing on trivialities instead of the war in Afghanistan.
While delivering a speech, Kennedy spotted only a handful of reporters sitting in the press gallery overlooking the House floor. But because House floor debates are televised, reporters often monitor the proceedings from their [...]
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Rove: Need more info on DOJ lawyers who represented detainees
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3/10/2010 11:03:52 PM By CNN Political Ticker
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(CNN) – Karl Rove, one-time senior adviser to former President George W. Bush, took a cautious approach Wednesday when asked about a cadre of Justice Department lawyers who represented military detainees prior to joining the Obama administration.
Keep America Safe, a conservative advocacy group focused on national security and foreign policy issues and affiliated with Liz [...]
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Leaders in House Block Earmarks to Corporations
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3/10/2010 10:30:40 PM By NYT > Politics
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The ban, announced by House Democratic leaders, wipes out one of the most lucrative and controversial means of awarding no-bid contracts to private firms.
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Ex-Im Address
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3/10/2010 9:24:27 PM By The Page by Mark Halperin
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Obama to deliver remarks at Export-Import Bank annual conference Thursday in D.C. 
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"The Enduring Partnership"
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3/10/2010 9:20:18 PM By The Page by Mark Halperin
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Biden to deliver remarks, take questions from students Thursday at Tel Aviv University.
Later he'll travel to Amman, Jordan and meet with King Abdullah. TRIP ITINERARY: Get it here. 
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New Evidence in Ensign Probe
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3/10/2010 9:13:13 PM By The Page by Mark Halperin
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E-mail messages reportedly show Nevada Senator sought lobbying job for former aide. 
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Kennedy: National press corps 'despicable'
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3/10/2010 8:39:53 PM By CNN Political Ticker
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Washington (CNN) - Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-Rhode Island, blasted national reporters Wednesday for focusing on trivialities instead of the war in Afghanistan.
While delivering a speech, Kennedy spotted only a handful of reporters sitting in the press gallery overlooking the House floor. But because House floor debates are televised, reporters often monitor the proceedings from their [...]
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Axelrod plans to read Rove's new book
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3/10/2010 8:39:28 PM By CNN Political Ticker
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WASHINGTON (CNN) – An unlikely tome has been seen in the Obama West Wing: "Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight," the new memoir by ex-Bush adviser Karl Rove.
A copy of the book was spotted Wednesday in the office of White House senior adviser David Axelrod, who is arguably Barack Obama's [...]
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Caucus Catchup
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3/10/2010 8:14:21 PM By The Page by Mark Halperin
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Obama to meet with Congressional Black Caucus, Hispanic Caucus Thursday at the White House. 
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Stupak facing primary challenger over abortion funding
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3/10/2010 7:58:51 PM By CNN Political Ticker
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Rep. Bart Stupak will have a primary challenger as the November midterms approach.Washington (CNN) - Rep. Bart Stupak, the pro-life Democrat from Michigan who has made legislative language over abortion funding a flashpoint in the debate over health care reform, is now facing a primary challenger from the left. Connie Saltonstall, a former Charlevoix County [...]
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Pelosi: Democrats close to health care deal
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3/10/2010 6:15:05 PM By msnbc.com: Politics
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 Democrats claim momentum in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues.
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Sketching Out an Immigration Deal
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3/10/2010 6:00:32 PM By The Page by Mark Halperin
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Obama to meet with Schumer, Graham in the Oval Office Thursday.
Meeting rescheduled from Monday. 
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House Dems ban earmarks to corporations
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3/10/2010 3:48:45 PM By msnbc.com: Politics
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House Democratic leaders announced Wednesday that they will ban the much-criticized practice of using annual spending bills to direct pet projects to companies that often return the favor with campaign contributions.
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Obama hosts Haitian President Preval for talks
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3/10/2010 11:48:55 AM By msnbc.com: Politics
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 President Barack Obama is renewing America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he understands the situation there "remains dire."
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 | |  | | | | - Dick Durbin's hardball game - | |
3/8/2010 Democratic Party of Wheatland Township | |
 Democrats are hungry for a hardball strategy against a resurgent Republican Party, and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin is positioning himself as a leading aggressor — a move that could help him in a potential run for majority leader. |
| | - Rasmussen vs. Everybody Else - | |
3/8/2010 Democratic Party of Wheatland Township | |
 On the generic ballot question, in any given timeframe, Rasmussen always  has the most pro-Republican results. Every. Single. Time. Without fail. |
| | - Krugman: An Irish Mirror - | |
3/8/2010 Democratic Party of Wheatland Township | |
 Everyone has a theory about the financial crisis. These theories range from the absurd to the plausible — from claims that liberal Democrats somehow forced banks to lend to the undeserving poor (even though Republicans controlled Congress) to the belief that exotic financial instruments fostered confusion and fraud. But what do we really know? |
| | | - 2010: The tide is turning - | |
3/5/2010 Democratic Party of Wheatland Township | |
 At this point, Democrats are still poised to suffer setbacks in November, but no chamber will change hands. Still, Republicans have so convinced themselves of their epic victory against "socialism," that even incremental gains will shatter them. Their expectations have been set so high, aided by Cook and other analysts like him jumping the gun, that meeting them is an impossibility. |
| | - Krugman: Senator Bunning’s Universe - | |
3/5/2010 Democratic Party of Wheatland Township | |
 So the Bunning blockade is over. For days, Senator Jim Bunning of Kentucky exploited Senate rules to block a one-month extension of unemployment benefits. In the end, he gave in, although not soon enough to prevent an interruption of payments to around 100,000 workers. |
| | - Naperville Council still working to balance budget -- | |
3/2/2010 Democratic Party of Wheatland Township | |
The Naperville City Council picked through the numbers again Monday night.
In anticipation of a vote on new taxes for the city at tonight's regular meeting, the council held another budget workshop to attempt to close remaining gaps.
The budget for Fiscal Year 2011, which begins May 1, began with a $14.1 million gap that was reduced through cuts and personnel reductions to $5.5 million. Three proposed taxes and fees, a gas tax, a refuse fee, and a shift in funding from the city's Cultural Fund to the General Fund would close that gap to $1 million. |
| | - Ethics tussle prompts re-examination of reform fight -- | |
3/1/2010 Democratic Party of Wheatland Township | |
SPRINGFIELD - A year ago, new Gov. Pat Quinn's reform commission was traveling the state with former federal prosecutor Pat Collins at the helm, building a head of steam behind its push to overhaul the state's political engine by limiting campaign donations and a series of other good government ideals.
But ethics reform quickly ran aground at the Capitol. Political observers say the commission's idealism collided with political reality, and reality won.
The high-profile rejection of many of the commission's provisions was stunning to followers who hoped Collins, best known for putting former Gov. George Ryan behind bars for corruption, would be able to bulldog the reforms through the General Assembly. |
| | - RINO hunters can't speak bipartisan -- | |
2/28/2010 Democratic Party of Wheatland Township | |
The RINO hunt is back on and the coveted trophy is Scott Brown. Inevitably and predictably, the new senator from Massachusetts - Mr. 41, Mr. I-Drive-A-Truck, tea party poster dude - has disappointed his base by, alas, representing his constituents.
It's the purity test all over again; only this time, the stakes are high and the weird are turning seriously pro. |
| | - Free rides for seniors must end now -- | |
2/28/2010 Democratic Party of Wheatland Township | |
Illinois House members are now on record when it comes to free public transportation rides for seniors. The question is how should voters look at that record?
We believe they should be lauding the 18 legislators from the Daily Herald circulation area who voted to end this two-year perk perpetuated by former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and seriously question the 11 who voted against it. |
| | - Ill. Democrats looking for new candidate -- | |
2/27/2010 Democratic Party of Wheatland Township | |
SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Democrats embarrassed by the nomination of Scott Lee Cohen as lieutenant governor are accepting applications to replace the disgraced candidate.
State party chairman Michael Madigan said Friday the state central committee wants to hear from people interested in running for the No. 2 post with Gov. Pat Quinn in the fall election. People may provide information about their qualifications on the party's Web site.
State central committee members -- two from each of the state's 19 congressional districts -- will decide which candidates address them at a later meeting. |
| | - Quinn: Lawmakers not cheering for tax increase -- | |
2/27/2010 Democratic Party of Wheatland Township | |
Gov. Pat Quinn says the Legislature's top two Democrats aren't "cheerleaders" for an income tax increase.
But Quinn has said he won't back down from an income tax increase if House Speaker Michael Madigan and Illinois Senate President John Cullerton ask him to do so because lawmakers hesitate to support one in an election year.
Quinn on Friday said lawmakers need to put people before politics. |
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