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What will happen to the 3.5 million people Schumer-Rubio doesn’t legalize?
Conn Carroll | 06/19/13 11:20 AM
Pro-amnesty Republicans constantly tell us that we must grant citizenship to the 11.5 million illegal immigrants currently living in the country because the only alternative is mass deportation. But just how many of those currently in the United States would qualify for legalization? Page...
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A quarter of young people don’t want health insurance, think it’s a ripoff
Timothy P. Carney | 06/19/13 11:15 AM
About one in four Americans ages 18-30 say they “don’t really need” health insurance, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. About 35 percent are unwilling to say it’s “worth the money it costs.” Those are pretty big minorities of the population that don’t want health...
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Obama calls for major cuts to nuclear arsenals
Brian Hughes | 06/19/13 11:00 AM
President Obama on Wednesday called for the United States and Russia to reduce their arsenals of nuclear weapons by up to one-third, using a speech at the iconic Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to renew a long-stalled push for disarmament. “We may not live in fear of nuclear annihilation, but as...
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Obama: Our efforts against al Qaeda are ‘evolving’
Charlie Spiering | 06/19/13 10:40 AM
During his speech in Berlin today, President Obama declared once again that the “decade of war” against terrorism was coming to an end. “The Iraq war is now over, the Afghan war is coming to an end, Osama bin Laden is no more, our efforts against Al Quada are evolving,” he declared....
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Governors, state lawmakers: Help us hike your sales taxes by $23 billion
Sean Higgins | 06/19/13 10:30 AM
We aren’t taxing consumers nearly enough, the National Governors Association and National Conference of State Legislators argue in a rather blunt joint press release issued today. The release is calling for the passage of the Marketplace Fairness Act, a bill that would make it easier for...
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If voter ID was about minority disenfranchisement, then it seems to have failed
Timothy P. Carney | 06/19/13 10:25 AM
The primary consequence of Republican state-level laws requiring voters to present identification or prove citizenship was probably a higher turnout of minority Democrats, as liberals successfully painted these measures as modern-day Jim Crow. Arizona had a law requiring people to prove their...
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VIDEO – Berlin crowd goes wild after Obama takes off his jacket
Charlie Spiering | 06/19/13 10:20 AM
During his speech in Berlin today, President Obama thanked the people for their warm welcome. “In fact, it’s so warm and I feel so good, I’m going to take off my jacket and anybody else who wants to – feel free to,” he said, as he stripped off his suit coat. “We can be a little...
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Coburn: Treasury keeps stalling congressional request for full listing of conference costs
Susan Ferrechio | 06/19/13 10:15 AM
The Treasury Department has yet to provide Congress with a full list and cost of employee conferences, despite repeated requests from Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. Treasury officials blame multiple requests from different Congressional panels, admitting “confusion,” but Coburn isn’t buying it....
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GAO: Obamacare implementation behind schedule
Philip Klein | 06/19/13 10:15 AM
Implementation of President Obama’s health care law is running behind schedule and it’s unclear whether federal health insurance exchanges will be up and running on time in October, according to two reports from the Government Accountability Office. The main way Obamacare plans to expand...
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Obama ‘not surprised’ by Karzai’s abrupt suspension of talks with U.S.
Susan Crabtree | 06/19/13 10:10 AM
President Obama, reacting to news that Afghan President Hamid Karzai had suspended talks with Washington aimed at setting up a prolonged U.S. presence in the country, said he was not surprised by the Afghan government’s abrupt decision to walk away from the negotiating table. The White House...
