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White House celebrates over $1.3 trillion deficit

Democrats have increased taxes by $670 billion . . . and counting

ObamaCare is a $3.9 billion tax hike on the middle class

ObamaCare exacerbates physician shortage problem

Rep. Steny Hoyer doesn't like free speech

SEIU chief Andy Stern's retirement leaves power vacuum for organized labor

Gov. Chris Christie:  "NJ is [a] failed experiment"

Young gay staffer may file sexual harassment complaint against Rep. Eric Massa

Trial against former NC Gov. Mike Easley aide Ruffin Poole set for May 3

Detroit, MI politico Sam Riddle jailed for violating bail conditions

Feds investigate police corruption in Tulsa, OK

Corruption cases put New Orleans, LA cops up against the wall

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Politico:  the politics of death threats

Lawmakers doubt passage of ObamaCare provides the President with the big mo

Small businesses fret over details of ObamaCare

Rep. Henry Waxman's war on honest accounting and full disclosure

Public sector employees are killing the economy

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Martha Coakley thug seemingly roughs up Weekly Standard reporter John McCormack . . . assailant Michael Meehan? . . . Photo:  Did the MA Attorney General witness a battery? . . . ABC News:  Have Republicans already won Massachusetts? . . . SEIU launches attacks against Scott Brown

The War President LBJ Barack Obama seeks record $741 billion for DOD next year

Obama's Organizing for America strategy is a flop . . . and most Americans think the first year of his presidency has been a failure . . . buyer's remorse 

Rep. Charlie Rangel on ObamaCare:  what a drag, too many snags . . . House Dems challenge health care insurance taxes imposed by Senate bill on the working middle class

U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman may have broken House ethics rules in stock deal . . . also sponsored bill "that would have helped a close friend who lost $700,000 to Bernie Madoff" . . . attempted to politicize a 2006 federal indictment against plaintiff class action law firm Milberg Weiss several partners of which were later convicted . . . following release from prison Bill Lerach seeks court's permission for 44-day European vacation while on probation . . . Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission faces criticism for ties to plaintiff class action bar 

Casino consultant Joseph Jewett admits bribing MI union boss for pension fund access

Appellate court affirms bribery conviction of NY State Judge Gerald Garson

Jeffrey Baker pleads guilty to bribing U.S. postal official Ashvin Shah in Columbus, OH

Louis Pisani Jr. gets four years in Walter Reed Army Medical Center bribe case 

NY State lawmakers face stricter ethics rules

Former Stoughton, MA police detective Anthony Bickerton arrested on corruption charges

Former Hudson County, NJ sheriff's detective pleads guilty in bounty hunter case

CT probation officer Alpha East arrested on bribery charge

Tulsa, OK city employee Albert Martinez gets 3 1/2 years in public works scandal

Businessman Bill Allen reports to prison in Alaska corruption case

Convicted former Providence, RI Mayor Buddy Cianci considers run for Congress

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SEIU Boss Andy Stern's 23 White House visits at issue

Queen Nancy jabs Obama over broken campaign promises

Obama:  "read my lips"

Democrats abandon hopes for re-election . . . handwriting on the wall

Defense contractor tied to Rep. John Murtha barred from new contracts

Al "Frozen" Gore ice sculpture in Alaska

Yonkers, NY politicians indicted on federal corruption charges

Judge denies motion by former PA House Democratic Whip Mike Veon to delay trial . . . several co-defendants in secret bonus scandal expected to plead guilty today

PA Att'y General Tom Corbett blames one-party rule for state's corruption

Philadelphia cop Alhinde Weems pleads guilty to drug trafficking

Feds tapped phone of indicted Broward, FL School Board member Beverly Gallagher

Five Miami-Dade County, FL employees charged with bribery

Chicago, IL plumbing inspector convicted on bribery charge

Chicago Police Dep't may scrap entrance exam to boost minority hiring

Alleged Obama Operatives Charged In Beating