A renewed push on initiatives looms
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Supported by a larger Republican majority in Congress, President Bush is likely to forge ahead in his second term with efforts to cut taxes on investment, allow
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Campaigns are reconsidering strategies as they gird for the prospect of a 20-state national primary day on Feb. 5.
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Sometimes in Washington it takes a while for issues to ripen. Sometimes decades.
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Exploiting a deep well of voter revulsion over partisan gridlock in Washington, Sen. Barack Obama is promising to do something that has not been done in modern U.S. politics: unite a coalition of Democrats, Republicans and independents behind an agenda of sweeping change.
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The deterioratng Iraq situation is pushing both to look beyond their cabinets for solutions.
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A five-year, $15 billion effort to combat AIDS in Africa and other areas may become a political battleground as it comes up for renewal
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BOSTON -- There is a lot of talk about overhauling health care in the United States, but Massachusetts is actually trying to do it -- again.
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In the course of three short months, the political system has come full circle: a presidential campaign, an inauguration, a State of the Union address and now this &#151; another presidential race.
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In the course of three short months, the political system has come full circle: a presidential campaign, an inauguration, a State of the Union address and now this &#151; another presidential race. A dozen or so ambitious Republicans and Democrats already are warming up for 2008.
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A fresh round of mass demonstrations over proposed cuts in welfare spending is set to take place.
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WASHINGTON -- Some influential members of Congress are renewing their pledge to help speed generic versions of the world's most expensive drugs to market.
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A look at some of the initiatives that President Bush is likely to push in his second term, and the unanswered questions that go with them.
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House and Senate leaders were pushing for some legislative achievements before heading home to campaign.
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Plan to channel funds from reconstruction to security signals focus on shorter-term goal of holding elections.
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By Elizabeth Gudrais; Journal State House Bureau  In his second term, the governor will look to build on first- term initiatives, says his spokesman.
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The government intends to press ahead with changes to the way any future Stormont Assembly is run.
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CHRIS CLARK: There&#39;s no end in sight to the soaring tally of health funding promises in the election campaign. In the latest, Mark Latham has come up with a $1 billion dollar parcel for hospitals, and the signs are there&#39;s more to come.