The day Mitt Romney came to town

By   /  May 16, 2012  /  2012 General Election, Elections, Featured, Federal Government, Florida, News, Politics & Elections  /  No Comments

Speaking in front of the national debt clock Wednesday morning, Mitt Romney underscores the importance of reducing the size of the federal government to supporters in St. Petersburg

By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog

ST. PETERSBURG— The comfortable room had patriotic flare and subdued excitement.

The national debt clock stood ticking behind 22 hand-picked senior citizens armed with smartphones, tablets and buttons with U.S. flags.

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Broadband stimulus funding hearing includes controversial MN project

By   /  May 16, 2012  /  Federal Government, Minnesota, News, Stimulus, Stimulus Check-up  /  No Comments

The Capitol, Washington, D.C.

By Freedom Foundation of Minnesota

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A congressional subcommittee oversight hearing Wednesday in Washington, D.C., will focus on “whether taxpayers are getting their money’s worth” out of $7.2 billion in broadband grants and loans under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

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NV Obama, Romney supporters weigh in on jobs, deficit

By   /  May 15, 2012  /  2012 General Election, Elections, Federal Government, Nevada, News, Politics & Elections  /  No Comments

GOPDems

By Sean Whaley | Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY – While Mitt Romney and Barack Obama were campaigning elsewhere Tuesday, Nevada Democrats and Republicans took up the battle for the presidency on their behalf.

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Gov vs. airport authority: McDonnell tangles with MWAA over Dulles Metro

By   /  May 15, 2012  /  Featured, Federal Government, News, State Government, Virginia  /  No Comments

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell

By Carten Cordell | Virginia Statehouse News

ALEXANDRIA — About the only thing Virginia and the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority agree on when it comes to extending the Silver Line metro to Washington Dulles International Airport is both want it built.

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NV’s Heck joins Heller in opposing national online sales tax bill

By   /  May 14, 2012  /  Federal Government, Nevada, News  /  No Comments

U.S. Rep. Joe Heck

By Sean Whaley | Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY – U.S. Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., said today he agrees with his congressional colleague in opposing federal legislation requiring online merchants to levy sales taxes on purchases.

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