Filed under: House , Democrats , Republicans , Poll Watch , Congress , Conservatives Americans generally feel better about their representatives on Capitol Hill immediately following power shifts. But this year it didn’t last.

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Congressional Approval Drops Below 20 Percent, Poll Finds

Florida’s move to leapfrog other states in the primary schedule prompted the Hawkeye State’s governor to promise that Iowa would move it’s date up to January.

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Terry Branstad: Iowa Will Move Up 2012 Caucus Date If Necessary

Rep. Michele Bachmann, Stay Out of My Bra

On February 18, 2011, in barack obama, Uncategorized, by stuartbramhall

Filed under: Woman Up The Minnesota congresswoman says tax deductions for breast pumps help create a “nanny state.” But if a pump allows a woman enough freedom to consider breast-feeding past her paltry maternity leave, how is that not a public health imperative?

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, Stay Out of My Bra

Filed under: Foreign Policy , Sarah Palin , Woman Up , Barack Obama Palin said in an interview to be aired Monday that the revolution in Egypt “is that 3 a.m. White House phone call” to President Barack Obama that “went right to the answering machine.” But she wasn’t specific about what she would do.

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Sarah Palin Pans Obama for His Handling of Egypt Crisis

Filed under: Foreign Policy , Obama Administration , White House , Barack Obama , Egypt Crisis ‘My belief is that an orderly transition must be meaningful, it must be peaceful, and it must begin now.’

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Obama Calls On Mubarak to Hand Over Power Immediately

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Filed under: Barack Obama , Obama Administration , Jobs The administration is launching what the president calls “a historic partnership with business leaders, investors, universities, foundations, and non-profits” to foster new businesses.

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Startup America: Obama Takes Another Step Toward Detente With Business

Filed under: George W. Bush , White House Republican candidates hoping for some high-profile help on the campaign trail next year shouldn’t look to the 43rd president.

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George W. Bush: I’m Done With Politics