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Was DHS really spying on Occupy?

A Massachusetts political website called RedMassGroup has discovered that the 1994 Democratic health-care proposal, “Hilarycare,” contained a thorough conscience exemption for individuals, employers, health-care providers, and health-insurance companies, saying that employers would be prevented from contributing to a health-care package if they “object to such services on the basis of a religious belief or moral conviction.” In fact, it seems to be at least as broad as the Blunt amendment which the Senate will vote on tomorrow. The relevant section below: SEC. 21223. PROVISIONS RELATING TO RELIGIOUS BELIEF OR MORAL CONVICTION. Keep reading this post . . .

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Hilarycare Respected Conscience

Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum may have one last chance to overtake front-runner Mitt Romney. It'll come next Tuesday in Ohio. Santorum missed his chance to deliver a devastating blow to Romney's campaign in Tuesday's primaries in Arizona and, particularly, Michigan, the state in which Romney was born and where his father was once governor. Defeating Romney there would have helped propel Santorum in the upcoming 10-state Super Tuesday contests, but Romney overcame Santorum's lead, narrowly beating… washingtonexaminer.com/politics/congress

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Santorum eyes a second chance to beat Romney

Via Twitter it’s been flying around that Romney came out against the Blunt bill, but the bill was described to the candidate erroneously. From the Romney campaign: All- Keep reading this post . . .

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Romney and Blunt

Reuters – The Obama administration plans to ask Congress this year to renew White House “trade promotion authority” so it can finish talks on an Asia Pacific trade pact and pursue other possible initiatives, the top U.S. trade official said on Wednesday.

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ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | Super Tuesday is next week and Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is holding a double-digit lead in Ohio, according to a poll published in the Columbus Dispatch. The field of players has narrowed, yet many conservatives, Republicans and libertarians are still holding onto hope someone else will enter the race.

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Is Santorum the Best Alternative to Obama?
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ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | President Barack Obama issued an executive order Tuesday establishing another new bureaucracy.

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Obama Issues Another Unconstitutional Edict
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ContributorNetwork – According to the Associated Press, the Obama administration is pursuing its plan to allow the killing of barred owls in an effort to save the threatened northern spotted owl. The spotted owl has continued to be out-competed by the barred owl and the Obama administration noted that while the plan entails an ethical dilemma, an experiment on private land shows potential for enacting the plan in other areas.

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Government Plans to Kill Barred Owls to Save Spotted Owls
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White House officials are expected to explain how difficult a military mission in Syria would be.

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Obama Administration to Confront Syria Crisis on Capitol Hill

AP – After quarreling for months, President Barack Obama and the top two Republicans in Congress expressed optimism Wednesday about finding a common jobs and energy agenda, prodded by political reality to show results in an election year.

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Obama, Congress leaders seek cooperation on jobs
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