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    Obama Campaign Promises to Lay Off Romney's Taxes...If He Releases Them

    Aug 17, 2012 01:02 PM EDT

    ... this issue." Medicare is the subject of a new television ad from Team Obama, as well. Watch it here or below. ALL TIED UP IN WISCONSIN A CNN poll out Thursday found that the presidential race has shifted in Wisconsin, a state that may be looking more Republican even though ...

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    Beekeepers Feel the Sting of Climate Change

    Aug 15, 2012 10:12 PM EDT

    // "Better stay back. They're getting mad!" Jeremy Jelinek hollers over the angry buzzing of his beehives. Jelinek, a Michigan beekeeper, has been stung more times than he can count. On this day, he is shipping his bees to Wisconsin where they will pollinate late blooming crops. The disruption ...

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    With GOP Ticket Settled, Race to Define Ryan Is Underway

    Aug 13, 2012 01:12 PM EDT

    ... repudiate the Priorities ad: "Yes they should, no they won't." Watch that conversation here or below. // (Here's Marcus' weekend take on Ryan.) WATCHING WISCONSIN The Senate primary in Wisconsin already was getting a lot of attention. But with a popular state Republican now on the presidential ticket, you ...

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    News Wrap: DOJ Will Not Prosecute Goldman Sachs in Financial Fraud Probe

    Aug 10, 2012 04:00 AM EDT

    ... fraud charges. The Wall Street firm was accused of misleading buyers of its mortgage-related securities. For the record, Goldman Sachs is a sponsor of PBS online. On Wall Street today, the Dow Jones industrial average gained more than 42 points to close just under 13,208. The Nasdaq rose ...

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    In Wake of Health Reform Decision, Medicaid Expansion in the Crosshairs

    Jul 02, 2012 04:08 PM EDT

    ... NewsHour polled a few other states on this issue to see where they stand and here is what we found: Alabama: too early to tell. Wisconsin: Republican Gov. Scott Walker said recently "Wisconsin will not take any action to implement Obamacare." Virginia: Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli called the Medicaid expansion ...

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    President's Decision on Immigration Shapes Campaign Weekend

    Jun 18, 2012 12:51 PM EDT

    Mitt Romney campaigns in Ohio. Photo by Gwen Ifill/PBS NewsHour. President Obama's move to loosen deportation rules for nearly 1 million young, undocumented immigrants has brought immigration back to the political stage, as both sides continue to battle for the hearts and minds of the growing Hispanic population ...

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    What Obama's Immigration Move Means for Undocumented Youth, Politics

    Jun 15, 2012 10:03 PM EDT

    ... All right, Cecilia Munoz, thanks very much. CECILIA MUNOZ: Thank you. JEFFREY BROWN: And for a different take, Republican Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner joins us from Wisconsin. He is a past chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and an opponent of the DREAM Act. Well, welcome, Congressman. Cecilia Munoz and the ...

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    Democrats: Barber's Win in Arizona Puts GOP 'on Notice'

    Jun 13, 2012 12:51 PM EDT

    Ron Barber, left, talks with Trident Grill owner Nelson Miller while campaigning in Tucson last month. Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call. Democrats have a new hero in Congressman-elect Ron Barber. The onetime aide to former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords won Tuesday's special contest to serve out the remainder of her term and gives the insurgent...

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    Ifill | Election 2012: All the Bright and Shiny Objects

    Jun 08, 2012 04:28 PM EDT

    I have become an excellent tea-leaf reader this spring. As I watch college graduates cross the stage on commencement day -- teetering in new heels, arms outstretched to grasp their hard-earned diplomas -- I study the terror in their eyes. And as I watch two party nominees stride onto their stages -- theme songs blaring,...

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    2012: The Year Demographics Catches up With Politics

    May 25, 2012 08:09 PM EDT

    Christine Mastin, an immigration attorney whose Spanish-speaking grandmother emigrated from Chile to the United States, realizes that most of the Hispanics she knows are surprised she is a Republican. Barack Obama won two-thirds of the Latino vote in 2008, and no Republican has come close to winning a majority in 40 years. But she is...