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Nebraska votes to offer prenatal care to illegal immigrants

April 19, 2012
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OMAHA, Neb (Reuters) – The Nebraska legislature voted on Wednesday to provide prenatal care to illegal immigrants under a government program for the poor, overriding Governor Dave Heineman‘s veto of the proposal.
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Obama defends typically GOP states in race to 270

April 14, 2012
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President Barack Obama begins his re-election campaign defending traditionally Republican territory that he carried when he won the White House four years ago. Republican Mitt Romney is looking to reclaim any combination of these GOP strongholds now in flux.
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US Sen. Brown, wife in auto accident, nobody hurt

April 14, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The spokeswoman for U.S. Sen. Scott Brown says the Massachusetts Republican, his wife and Senate aide were involved in a two-car accident, but nobody was injured.
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APNewsBreak: Mellencamp unhappy with Gov. Walker

April 12, 2012
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Liberal rocker John Mellencamp wants Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to know he supports collective bargaining and union rights and says Walker should be aware of that before using his song “Small Town” on the campaign trail.
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Biden to attack "Romney Rule" on taxes for rich

April 12, 2012
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will take direct aim at probable Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Thursday, accusing him of promoting what amounts to a “Romney Rule” of tax protection for the rich.
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This Is the Way the Newt Campaign Ends

April 9, 2012
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For a moment, Newt Gingrich could picture an amazing improbable victory for himself. But even Newt thinks that is not to be. Gingrich is but a shadow of the anti-Mitt Romney warrior he was only months ago. A couple weeks ago he said he was going all the way to the Republican National Convention in Tampa; on...
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Gingrich Concedes He Is Unlikely to Win, but Will Stay in the Race

April 9, 2012
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GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich admitted that fellow candidate Mitt Romney is “far and away the most likely” to win the Republican nomination for president during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday.” He also vowed to support him against President Barack Obama if that turns out to be the case, but was quick to...
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Romney turns from primaries, toward Obama

April 4, 2012
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Mitt Romney is turning away from his primary opponents and toward Democratic President Barack Obama after sweeping three more Republican contests.
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GOP’s McCain to Santorum: Time for ‘graceful exit’

April 4, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John McCain says Rick Santorum should recognize “it’s time for a graceful exit” from the Republican presidential campaign in the wake of Mitt Romney‘s sweep of primaries in Wisconsin, Maryland and the District of Columbia.
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Romney makes inroads with the right in Wis., Md

April 4, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney won the Maryland Republican presidential primary broadly and deeply, besting chief rival Rick Santorum among conservatives as well as moderates and emerging as the runaway favorite of those who care most about beating President Barack Obama and fixing the economy. The trend was similar if less convincing in Wisconsin,...
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