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Christie’s Negotiation Method

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Violence Against Women Act

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Holding the Reins

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Tax Evasion Lesson No. 1: Become a Russian Citizen

French actor Gerard Depardieu has resorted to becoming Russian in order to avoid paying taxes in France, with a little help from Vladimir Putin of course; Jane Harman is being considered for CIA director, despite her past involvement in an Israeli intelligence influence operation; meanwhile, the Obama administration has been compiling a database that helps it determine how to treat a suspected terrorist. These discoveries and more after the jump.

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Sandy Aid Delayed

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Fiscal Deal Passes as House GOP Clown Car Crashes, Again

The House of Representatives has increasingly been dominated over the past two decades by a coterie of tantrum-prone extremists who lack the probity and steadiness required for democratic self-government.

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Christie and Trump Rip Republicans, Major Drama Within the GOP, and More

A look at the day’s political happenings, including an update on Hillary Clinton’s health and a House Republican who says you shouldn’t send any more donations to his fellow GOP congressmen.

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Not My Fault

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Rape, Pedophilia and Guns

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GOP New Year

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New Year Fiscal Cliff

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Boehner the Squeaker

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Golden Parachute

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Republican Infighting

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Happy New Fiscal Cliff

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Fiscal Clown Car

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Cliffhanger: Why Republicans Don’t Care What the Nation Thinks

Are House Republicans—now summoned back to Washington by Speaker John Boehner—about to succumb to public pressure and save the nation from the fiscal cliff?

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GOP-uernica

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GOP Senator Who Says He Doesn’t Drink Is Charged With DUI

Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, a Mormon who in the past has been outspoken about his abstinence from alcohol, was arrested early Sunday morning in Alexandria, Va., and charged with driving under the influence.

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How Dark Money Helped Republicans Hold the House

In the November election, a million more Americans voted for Democrats seeking election to the U.S. House of Representatives than Republicans. But that popular vote advantage did not result in control of the chamber.

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Ghost of the Cliff

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GOP and Unions

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Not So Wise Men

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Cliff on the Shelf

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Right to Work

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Republicans Trying to Change

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The Botox Solution

Do any of the GOP’s proposals exhibit a willingness to make the kind of changes it will need to attract members of the growing groups that it has spent years antagonizing, such as Hispanics, Asian Americans, unmarried women, secular whites, and others? You’ve heard the expression “putting lipstick on a pig,” haven’t you?

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Negotiations

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Santa Is Not Real

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Going Up

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Cliff Notes

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The Peril of a Sentient GOP

The biggest problem the Republican Party faces is not uninspiring candidates or unsound tactics. It is unpopular ideas.

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Dunk Him

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Gov. Rick Snyder

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Political Struggle

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Manufactured Crisis

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List of Demands

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Rewriting the Law of Gravity

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Boehner and McConnell

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Ann Coulter’s Shocking Concession, Stephen Colbert’s Next Electoral Move, and More

A look at the day’s political happenings, including why Sen. Rand Paul is criticizing Republican leaders and a major GOP donor visits Washington.

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Tea Party Favorite Jim DeMint to Quit Senate

The conservative South Carolina senator announced Thursday that he would step down next month to run a conservative think tank.

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