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ROBIN BRAVENDER | 4/15/12 11:06 PM EDT
Adelson gives to Boehner-backed super PAC.
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ALEX ISENSTADT | 4/16/12 4:26 PM EDT
The results of the first fundraising quarter of 2012 reveals a lot about the upcoming election season.
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Cornyn: Buffett Rule is 'Trojan horse'
DARIUS DIXON | 4/16/12 12:05 PM EDT
The lawmaker calls the rule a "gimmick" and says we need "real tax reform."
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Republicans to slash food stamps
DAVID ROGERS | 4/16/12 12:04 PM EDT
Food stamps moved front-and-center in the budget wars Monday morning.
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GOP Rep.: Tax cut should be offset
JAKE SHERMAN | 4/16/12 10:08 AM EDT
It's an indication that Republicans will run into problems on their 20 percent business tax cut.
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Issa: Possibly 'billions' in GSA waste
TIM MAK | 4/16/12 8:24 AM EDT
He says it's "setting a bad example for the rest of the federal workforce.”
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Goldman Prize co-founder is born, April 16, 1920
By: ANDREW GLASS | 4/16/12 4:22 AM EDT
On this day in 1920, Richard Goldman, a philanthropist, who with his wife, Rhoda, co-founded the Goldman Environmental Prize — given to grass-roots environmental activists in conjunction with Earth Day — was born in San Francisco.
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