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GOP vows to reverse Obama birth control policy (AP)

admin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:49:32 +0000

AP – Republicans vowed Wednesday to reverse President Barack Obama’s new policy on birth control, lambasting the requirement that religious schools and hospitals provide employees with free contraceptives as an “unambiguous attack on religious freedom in our country.”

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Obama against the Catholics

admin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:28:58 +0000

Cupp: In an election year dominated by economic anxieties, religion is nonetheless taking center stage. For the moment, anyway.

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Obama: US has ‘very good’ intelligence on Iran (AP)

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:17:35 +0000

AP – President Barack Obama said the U.S. has a “very good estimate” of when Iran could complete work on a nuclear weapon, but cautioned that there are still many unanswered questions about Tehran’s inner workings.

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Obama and Israel vs. Iran nukes

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:57:31 +0000

President Obama said Sunday he believed Israel has not yet decided whether to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities.

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Obama could alter stance of federal appeals courts (AP)

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:04:24 +0000

AP – A second term for President Barack Obama would allow him to expand his replacement of Republican-appointed majorities with Democratic ones on the nation’s appeals courts, the final stop for almost all challenged federal court rulings.

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Obama: Let’s fix the housing crisis

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:51:35 +0000

President Obama pushed Saturday for mortgage reform — an issue central to his election-year focus on the middle class.

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Obama seeks to broaden reach of housing assistance (AP)

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:37:10 +0000

AP – Conceding his earlier housing programs have fallen short, President Barack Obama on Wednesday proposed a vast expansion of government assistance to homeowners, aiming to make lower lending rates a possibility for millions of borrowers who have not been able to get out from under burdensome mortgages.

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Obama details broader housing plan (AP)

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:16:49 +0000

AP – President Barack Obama called on Congress Wednesday to make it easier for millions of additional homeowners to refinance their mortgages at lower interest rates even if they owe more than their homes are worth. He conceded that his administration’s housing plans so far have not lived up to their promise.

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Obama to detail broader housing refinance plan (AP)

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:20:37 +0000

AP – The Obama administration is trying to fix a stubborn drag on the economy by allowing millions of more homeowners to refinance their mortgages at lower interest rates even if they owe more than their homes are worth, tackling a difficult issue of vital concern in states key to President Barack Obama’s re-election.

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Obama uses tax proposals for his political message (AP)

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:44:39 +0000

AP – Aiming tax increases at millionaires and companies that ship jobs abroad may help frame the fairness theme of President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, but it’s a plan that stands virtually no chance of passing Congress.

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