AP – Social issues dominated the 2012 presidential race Friday, as President Barack Obama tried to calm a storm over religion and birth control and the Republicans vying to replace him jockeyed to outdo each other in proving their conservative fervor.
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Social issues rule busy day in presidential race
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AP – House Republican leaders pleaded for elusive unity from the disparate factions in their party as they pursue a dual election-year prize of retaining their majority and denying President Barack Obama a second term.
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House GOP seeks unity in election-year challenge
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AP – The Justice Department is publicly rebutting Republican criticism of the legality of President Barack Obama’s recent recess appointments of a national consumer watchdog and other officials.
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Justice Dept says recent recess appointments legal
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AP – President Barack Obama is highlighting companies that have returned jobs to the U.S. and he says that’s one more way of putting people back to work.
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Obama to promote insourcing of jobs
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AP – In a sort of power lunch for the not-so-powerful, President Barack Obama broke bread Friday with four winners of a contest for people who give to his campaign in small amounts.
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Obama lunches with campaign contest winners
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AP – The Senate passed legislation Saturday extending a Social Security payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for just two months, handing President Barack Obama a partial victory while setting the stage for another fight in February.
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Senate OKs $1T budget bill, payroll tax cut
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AP – Democrats may jettison their demand for higher taxes on millionaires as part of legislation to extend Social Security tax cuts for most Americans, officials said Wednesday as President Barack Obama and Congress struggled to clear critical year-end bills without triggering a partial government shutdown.
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Dems may drop millionaires tax in year-end dispute
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AP – The Obama administration is announcing a wide-ranging effort to use U.S. foreign aid to promote rights for gays and lesbians abroad, including combating attempts by foreign governments to criminalize homosexuality.
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US to use foreign aid to promote gay rights
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AP – Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that the United States must have the flexibility to prosecute terror suspects in criminal courts, underscoring the Obama administration’s opposition to congressional efforts to require military custody of terrorist suspects and limit the government’s authority to transfer detainees.
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Holder insists on flexibility in terror war
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AP – President Barack Obama’s jobs bill, facing a critical test in the Senate, appears likely to fail because Republicans oppose its spending components and its tax surcharge on millionaires.
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Senate GOP poised to scuttle Obama’s jobs plan
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