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Why Does McDonnell Think This Is A Good Time For 'Confederate History Month'?

I would never attempt to diminish the role the Civil War plays in the history of Virginia, whose capital, Richmond, was the capital of the Confederacy. But I'm not sure I understand why Gov. Bob...

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How's Bayou: Who's Who In Louisiana House Delegation

A question from Rhonda Peterson of Arlington, Va.: I think of myself as a "Congress watcher" but I keep coming across members of Congress from Louisiana and I have no idea who they are. Was there a...

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The Five Vacant House Seats -- And The Special Elections To Fill Them

Deutch is heavily favored to keep the Fla. 19 seat in Democratic hands next Tuesday. The current makeup of the House is 253 Democrats, 177 Republicans, and five vacancies. Here's a look at the five...

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Bart Stupak, Savaged By Both Sides, Is Calling It Quits

Bart Stupak, the eight-term Democratic congressman from Michigan's Upper Peninsula, will not seek re-election this year. There are few people who follow politics in this country who don't recognize his...

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Justice Stevens Announces Retirement

Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, 11 days shy of his 90th birthday, announced his retirement this morning, giving President Obama his second opportunity to name someone to the court....

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Flashback Friday: This Day In 2002, Kirk Beats Morales For Texas Dem Senate Nod

April 9, 2002: In the Democratic primary runoff for the Senate seat being vacated by GOP incumbent Phil Gramm, former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk, an African-American, easily defeats schoolteacher Victor...

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This Week's Podcast: Ehrlich Thinks About The Past 4 Years; McDonnell The...

Timing, as is often said, is everything. And so of course this week's episode of our "It's All Politics" podcast, recorded yesterday, does not include the news of the John Paul Stevens and Bart Stupak...

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GOP In New Orleans: Battering Barack, Savoring Sarah

NPR political correspondent Don Gonyea is in New Orleans, attending the annual Southern Republican Leadership Conference. The party faithful are discussing President Obama's performance in office --...

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Name The Successor To Justice Stevens

About a year ago, following the announcement by Supreme Court Justice David Souter he was retiring, I ran a contest to see who would be the first to correctly guess his replacement. The winner of that...

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It's ScuttleButton Time!

I know, I know. It's Friday and where, you ask, is ScuttleButton? It's been a crazy day, with lots of news and lots of meetings. But then again, it IS Friday. And that means only one thing. But first,...

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The Indescribable Tragedy In Poland

For those of a certain age, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 will always be ingrained in their memory. Unfathomable to be sure, but it happened. Vice President Lyndon Johnson...

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The GOP And The Court Vacancy

There's a debate going on in the Republican Party whether voting "no" -- as it unanimously did on the health care bill -- is the strategy that will bring it success in November. It is simplistic, of...

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Second Acts In The Senate

Dan Coats is an Indiana Republican who is hoping to win the Senate seat he voluntarily vacated 12 years ago. (NPR's David Welna reported on the race to succeed Evan Bayh today on "Morning Edition,"...

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SEIU's Andy Stern Is Leaving; The Question: Why, And Why Now?

By all accounts, it looks as if Andy Stern, the president of the Service Employees International Union and the most politically influential labor official in the country, is about to resign, with an...

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This Week's ScuttleButton Winner: Stephen Rockower of Bethesda, Md.

Anyone can pick a Supreme Court justice. You simply take into account ethnicity, ideology, age, geography, temperament, paper trail, writing, gender. I don't know what the big deal is. ... whereas...

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