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Help navigating the new law. theyre also trying to keep the government from funding the implementation so they cant do a good job putting the law into place. in this new letter, republican senators say if obama care is not defunded, they will shut down the entire federal government. a dozen republican senators, a dozen, signed that letter today. all over the country, republican governors have refused the federal governments offer to pick up the bill for expanding their medicaid program. no, no, ...

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Much. president obama back to the white house today after a trip to the big apple. he went to new york city for a fund-raiser at a midtown hotel, closed to the media. 60 donors attended, contributing $40,000 each for a total of more than $20 million for the 2012 election. his campaign is being outspent by republicans, mostly on negative advertising. for the first time, democratic party will include support for gay marriage in its official platform. delegates at the democratic party conventio...

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>> and, in fact, they would be federal issues, taking issue with the reporters questions. i mean, part of the issue with mitt romney on gay rights issues is that he wants an amendment to the federal united states constitution to make the u.s. constitution anti-gay marriage. to take away marriage rights with, even in states that have decided to recognize those rights. so if you can get married right now in iowa or vermont because iowa and vermont decided at the state level that you can do that, e...

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But he said, as a state issue, if a state wanted to ban contraception, he would not have any problem with that. he is a -- he has been a federal legislator in the senate, and hes running for president and as president, he would have no interference with a state trying to do that. >> lawrence, i think that gets back to people hear what they want to hear, and you check what he actually said. as i understand his position, and in fact, i just kind of verified that today, he said he would vote agains...