Unless the seven unify quickly behind the alternative — that the Oklahoma twisters are the sort of natural calamity meriting immediate federal assistance without regard to spending caps — the congressional debate over a relief and recovery package will probably bog down quickly.
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Political Roundup for May 21st, 2013….Democrat Michelle Nunn in Ga Senate Race?…Red Racing Horses
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Georgia: After appearing at a DSCC fundraiser in Atlanta, Michelle Nunn is expected to announce her decision on a campaign within a few weeks. Either way, she sounds like a candidate.
Share on FacebookCBO Cuts Medicare and Medicaid projection spending by almost One Trillion Dollars…
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The bottom line: Medicare and Medicaid are not in crisis. They don’t demand immediate fixes. No more than they have since at least 1990 when projections of Medicare’s looming insolvency have been wrong every single year.
Share on FacebookConservatives and Tea Party Leaders are are apposed to the Senate Immigration Reform Bill
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Top conservative leaders, along with tea party activists from across the nation, have crafted a letter of opposition to the Senate’s bipartisan immigration overhaul.
The open letter to the Senate, which will be released Tuesday, marks the first large-scale attempt to halt the bill as it gains momentum with a key Senate committee vote expected this week.
Share on FacebookOklahoma Storm toll dropped to 24…President vows to help with Federal Aid and Resources…
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“For all those who’ve been affected, we recognize that you face a long road ahead,” Mr. Obama said. “In some cases, there will be enormous grief that has to be absorbed. But you will not travel that path alone.”
Share on FacebookBreaking…51 Dead in Oklahoma Tornado…..Update Death toll dropped to 24
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A massive tornado up to a mile wide chewed through Moore, Okla., a suburb of Oklahoma City, on Monday afternoon, grinding up entire neighborhoods and obliterating a school where third-graders who had huddled in a hallway were buried in rubble……
Share on FacebookThe US begins to bolster its security for the State Department oversea’s
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By late this summer, the State Department plans to send dozens of additional diplomatic security agents to high-threat embassies, install millions of dollars of advanced fire-survival gear and surveillance cameras in those diplomatic posts, and improve training for employees headed to the riskiest missions.
The price tag for the security improvements proposed after the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last Sept. 11 has reached $1.4 billion to meet the most urgent needs, including additional personnel. But diplomats and lawmakers say it will take years and billions more dollars to fully carry out the changes called for ….
Share on FacebookWhat is This place?…America in electoral detail 2012…Prez16
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But here are some stark examples of the demographic divide, as illustrated by the 2012 election.
We all know about some of the demographic differences, but there are some other, really interesting ones I’d like to highlight.
Share on FacebookSyria’s Rebels Aren’t Winning the War…
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The reasons are simple and have been replicated on many a battlefield across Syria in this vastly asymmetrical war, yet they also highlight the complexity of the conflict — the difficulty of uniting rebel ranks, the inconsistency of rebel supplies of weapons and ammunition, and the creativity of Syrian army tactics.
Share on FacebookUpdate on the Immigration Bill developments 5/20/13……
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The Judiciary Committee has considered 99 amendments to the bill so far and will next take up interior enforcement provisions, with work still ongoing to reach deals on an assortment of contentious pieces, including the number of visas for high-skilled immigrants and whether committed gay couples will be included in the bill.
Share on FacebookDaily Kos Elections Morning Digest 5/20/13: Karen Handel to run for Senate in Georgia
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GA-Sen: As expected, former Secretary of State Karen Handel has entered the GOP primary for Georgia’s open Senate seat. Handel’s path was cleared when Rep. Tom Price, a political ally of hers, decided not to join the race last week.
Share on FacebookPolitical Roundup for May 20, 2013…GOP Georgia Senate field scrambled?…Red Racing Horses
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GA-Sen: We’re not sure how credible this pollster is, but an early look indicates that the Republican primary is a complete tossup. Jack Kingston, Karen Handel, Phil Gingrey, and Paul Broun are bunched tightly in the mid-teens, with David Perdue at 6% and over 30% undecided.
Share on FacebookChinese hackers start going at US targets again…..
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The Obama administration had bet that “naming and shaming” the groups, first in industry reports and then in the Pentagon’s own detailed survey of Chinese military capabilities, might prompt China’s new leadership to crack down on the military’s highly organized team of hackers — or at least urge them to become more subtle.
Share on FacebookSenator John McCain has President Obama’s back….
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The two men barely spoke in the run-up to the 2012 elections, with one exception immediately after the January 2011 shootings in Tucson, Ariz., when McCain praised the president’s handling of the episode. Following that, Obama invited McCain for a face-to-face Oval Office meeting.
But that was about the sum of their interactions — until last November’s elections.
Share on FacebookWhite House counsel Was notified of IRS review in April….
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Obama press secretary Jay Carney had previously acknowledged that the counsel’s office knew that the audit had been completed in April.
The report that White House lawyers may have known the report’s findings weeks before they became public will likely fuel GOP questions about when other senior administration officials first learned about the scandal and if the president should have been notified sooner.
Share on FacebookRep. Michele Bachmann is behind her Democratic Challanger right now…Poll
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Graves, a hotel company executive who came within just 5,000 votes — or 1.2 percentage points — of unseating Bachmann in 2012….
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