Posts Tagged ‘democratic’

Hillary calls on ‘friends of democratic Syria’ to unite against Assad regime

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Sunday for “friends of democratic Syria” to unite and rally against President Bashar Assad’s regime, previewing the possible formation of a formal group of likeminded nations to coordinate assistance to the Syrian opposition.

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GOP bigs predict an extension of payroll  tax cut that’s a Democratic priority 

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Congress will extend the payroll tax cut — even as he defended provisions in the House proposal the Obama administration opposes.

“I believe we should extend the payroll tax holiday another year,” McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, said Sunday on “Fox News Sunday.”

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Obama calls Democratic leaders to White House (AP)

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the Republican Study Committee chairman, far left, leaves the Capitol with fellow House GOP members after passage of the conservative deficit reduction plan known as 'Cut, Cap and Balance' that prevailed 234-190, in Washington, Tuesday, July 19, 2011.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – President Barack Obama summoned top Democratic lawmakers back to the White House Wednesday to resume negotiations on averting a potentially crippling government default, as attention focused on a new bipartisan budget plan emerging in the Senate.


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Islamic group seeks place in a democratic Egypt (AP)

In this Wednesday, May 18, 2011 picture, supporters attend a Muslim Brotherhood electoral rally in the Munib neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt. Once forced underground, the Brotherhood is likely to be part of Egypt's new government, fueling fears of Islamic rule. But the Brotherhood's own identity is on the line, and there is pressure from inside and out for it not to go down a sharp-right Islamic road. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)AP – The night breeze blew foul wafts from a nearby canal black with garbage and pollution. The streets jammed with trucks and motorized rickshaws were so shattered that they hardly seemed paved at all.


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Democratic leaders say Rep. Weiner must resign (AP)

Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., carries his laundry to a laundromat near his home in the Queens borough of New York, Saturday, June  11, 2011. The 46-year-old congressman acknowledged Friday that he had online contact with a 17-year-old girl from Delaware but said there was nothing inappropriate. (AP Photo/David Karp)AP – Reticent no longer, the Democratic Party hierarchy demanded on Saturday that Rep. Anthony Weiner resign for sending online material ranging from sexually suggestive to explicit to several women.


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Top Democratic women dodge tough call on Weiner (AP)

Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., is surrounded by reporters as he arrives at his house in the Queens borough of New York,  Thursday, June 9, 2011. Weiner admitted four days ago that he had Tweeted sexually charged messages and photos to at least six women and lied about it.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP – Pursed lips. Frosty glares. Polite demurrals. Icy silence. Women in politics are grappling with the distinctly unfunny choice of restraining themselves or letting rip what they really think about Rep. Anthony Weiner’s X-rated online conduct and whether he belongs in Congress.


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President Obama heckled in San Francisco by Democratic activists wanting change

WASHINGTON – An irked President Obama got punked in San Francisco by his own side on Thursday at what was supposed to be just another fund-raising lovefest on the Left Coast.

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