The White House has put itself squarely in the middle of a fight over a planned pipeline that promises much-needed jobs in a weak economy but upsets President Obama’s environmental base.
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Obama Joins Pipeline Fight
Obama again urged congressional leaders to resolve a dispute over aviation funding that has idled tens of thousands of U.S. workers, but lawmakers appeared to harden their stances in a fight over subsidies for rural air service and union rules.
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Lawmakers Dig In Over FAA Funds
Police say a fight over a double-parked car left one man dead and his brother in critical condition in Queens Thursday night. An argument between the brothers and two men in a white van escalated into a fistfight until the men in the van sped away, only to return a few minutes later and open fire, the New York Post reported . One of the van’s occupants jumped out of the car with a gun and shot Roberto Adams, 25, in the chest and killed him, and shot his brother Jovanny, 30, in the face. The suspects fled the scene and have not been apprehended.
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Murderous Road Rage: Double-Parking Fight Leaves Man Dead (WARNING: Graphic Video)
Reuters – As a freshman senator, Republican Pat Toomey punches above his weight in the high-stakes fight over increasing the U.S. debt limit.
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Freshman senator gives Obama debt-limit fits
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AP – An Atlanta federal courtroom will soon become the latest battlefield in the ongoing fight over President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
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Appeals court to hear health care overhaul lawsuit
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VIDEO: As a fight over raising the debt limit looms, the Virginia governor lays it on the line about this fix we’re in.
A deal to fund the government beyond midnight remained at an impasse Friday over the size and composition of cuts, with Senate Democrats citing a fight over funding for women’s health services as the main obstacle.
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Budget Stalemate Persists
