GOP rivals back tax, spending cuts in SC
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Republican rivals backed a blend of tax and spending cuts Thursday night to head off an election-year recession they generally agreed is not inevitable.
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By Leigh Dethman and Nicole Warburton Deseret Morning News  Salt Lake County leaders are fighting to keep $15 million in restaurant-tax revenue, which they would lose under a bill that cleared a Senate committee Wednesday.
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The Republican Party has lined up to beat back a conservative primary challenge to the most liberal Republican in the Senate, Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island.
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Democratic candidates for president tackled the economy as their debate got under way tonight in South Carolina. Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards debate five days before the Democratic primary in South Carolina, where almost half of the voters are African-Americans.
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A look at South Carolina, where Republicans hold their primary Saturday and Democrats hold their primary Jan. 26.
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By Christina Nuckols and Warren Fiske, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Dec. 16--RICHMOND -- Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's proposals for spending a $1 billion budget surplus received a lukewarm reaction Friday from top Republicans, who are girding for an election-year battle.
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Barack Obama easily  won South Carolina's bitterly contested Democratic presidential  primary with the aid of heavy black support on Tuesday, dealing  a setback to rival Hillary Clinton after a week of political  brawling.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Republicans, Democrats in South Carolina.
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee's plan to eliminate all income taxes and replace them with a flat consumption tax has the support of martial arts guru Chuck Norris but few economic analysts.
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John McCain blamed overspending by the federal government in part for the nation's economic troubles as South Carolina voters Friday received the sobering news that the state unemployment rate had hit 6.6 percent, the largest one-month increase in nearly 20 years.
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Voters across South Carolina faced several obstacles Saturday en route to casting ballots in the state's Republican primary. One county along the coast reported that some electronic voting machines malfunctioned and officials also worried about the affect of forecasts for snow in the northern part of the state.
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A brief display of political unity on the steps of South Carolinaâs capitol was a prelude to an evening debate in Myrtle Beach.
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South Carolina's largest newspaper on Saturday endorsed John McCain in the state's Republican primary.
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Republican White House hopeful John McCain's support for a bipartisan immigration bill has cost him the backing of a South Carolina county campaign chairman.
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Senior Giuliani campaign staffers forgo paychecks, a sign of possible money troubles ... Clinton offers economic plan to make it easier for people to pay mortgages, energy bills ... McCain draws crowds while campaigning along S.C. coastline ... Anemic crowd greets Romney as he returns to Michigan ... Huckabee criticizes Thompson, says he wasn't for Reagan way ... Edwards says SC primary race remains unpredictable ... Arizona Gov.
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Barack Obama won South  Carolina's bitterly contested Democratic presidential primary  with the aid of heavy black support on Saturday, dealing a  setback to rival Hillary Clinton after a week of political  brawling.
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Taking aim at a rallying John McCain, New Hampshire front-runner Mitt Romney said Saturday that his GOP presidential rival had failed "Reagan 101" by twice opposing President Bush's tax cuts.