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Chamber pushes to pass immigration bill

Click here: Chamber of Commerce reassured Speaker of the House John Boehner that he’ll get their political support if he schedules a major vote on immigration.
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Poll: 42% Identify with Obama, 42% with the Tea Party

Click here: A new Rasmussen Reports national survey finds that 42% of Likely U.S. Voters think Obama’s views are closest to their own when it comes to the major issues facing the country. But just as many (42%) say their views come closest to the Tea Party instead.
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Obama knew millions could not keep their health insurance

Click here: President Obama repeatedly assured Americans that after the Affordable Care Act became law, people who liked their health insurance would be able to keep it. But millions of Americans are getting or are about to get cancellation letters for their health insurance under Obamacare, say experts, and the Obama administration has known that for at least three years.

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Media misses ‘Uncomfortable truth’ in Matthew Shepard’s death

Click here: Matthew Shepard, college student. Killed, at 21, for being gay. Or was he?
The grisly murder, 15 years ago this month, was no hate crime.
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Obamacare Sticker Shock for Middle Class

Click here: Health insurance gets pricier as Obamacare rolls out

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Obituaries

Richard A. Lewis, 92, Burlington, died Sunday, October 27, 2013

Johnny Dee Simmons, 56, Burlington, died Sunday, October 27, 2013

Marcella A. “Sally” Dean, 92,  West Burlington died Sunday, October 27, 2013

Geraldine Faye McColloch, 93, Fremont, Nebraska, formerly Burlington died Sunday, October 27, 2013

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Edith Elmina Kerr, 98, West Burlington died Thursday, October 24, 2013

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Stop Watching Us: The Video

StopWatching.us is a coalition of more than 100 public advocacy organizations and companies from across the political spectrum. Join the movement at https://rally.stopwatching.us. This video harnesses the voices of celebrities, activists, legal experts, and other prominent figures in speaking out against mass surveillance by the NSA. Please share widely to help us spread the message that we will not stand for the dragnet surveillance of our communications.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a nonprofit civil liberties law and advocacy center that has been fighting the NSA’s unconstitutional spying for years. Learn more at https://eff.org.

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Census: Welfare Recipients Outnumber Full-Time Workers

Click here: Census Bureau: Means-Tested Gov’t Benefit Recipients Outnumber Full-Time Year-Round Workers

 

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Democrat Harry Reid: ‘Everybody … Willing to Pay More’ Taxes

Click here: Harry Reid: ‘Everybody … Willing to Pay More’ Taxes