Dems appeal for Americans to help the hungry
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Growing numbers of Americans were hungry this Thanksgiving, and the nation should do more to help them enjoy its bounty, the Democrats said Saturday in their weekly radio address.
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With eight days left in the campaign, Democrats and Republicans are mounting a desperate drive to persuade their voters to go to the polls in a Presidential election increasingly overshadowed
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Democrats today tried to draw attention to Republican candidate for governor Mitch Daniels&#39; 1970 drug arrest, holding a news conference to demand more details about the case.
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While Democrats try to restrict how President Bush can spend the $100 billion he wants for Iraq, they also hope to load his measure up with $10 billion in add-ons &#151; from aid for avocado growers to help for children lacking health insurance.
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The Dave Matthews Band is urging fans to push Congress to do more to ensure that U.S. troops coming home traumatized by combat get the help they need.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards used his Sunday birthday fundraiser &#151; an event light on cash but heavy on voters &#151; to urge his shallow-pocket supporters to donate their time to help mobilize his campaign.
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Democratic presidential  hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama ramped up their calls  on Thursday for emergency action to stimulate the struggling  U.S. economy, saying people are beginning to feel the effects  of a downturn.
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A plan to send $500-$1,000 rebates to all but the richest taxpayers advanced in the Senate Wednesday after Republicans and Democrats teamed to add aid for disabled veterans, the elderly and the unemployed to a House-passed economic recovery bill.
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The poor are the people most likely to spend a tax rebate, if they are handed one in an economic revival plan. Whether that happens depends on who prevails Â the White House or the Democrats who run Congress.
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President Bush summoned support from Democrats whose &quot;dreams and goals are not found in the far left wing&quot; of their own party on Wednesday in a late-campaign appeal for crossover votes.
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President Bush and two former U.S.  presidents, George Bush and Bill Clinton, made a joint appeal  on Monday for "every American" to contribute money to help  victims of the South Asia tsunami.
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The inability of John Edwards to gain  traction in his bid for the U.S. Democratic presidential  nomination indicates that fighting poverty in America has  limited appeal for voters.
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Democrats plan to press for a minimum wage increase and "tough, smart" national security in their final push to wrest power from the Republicans in the November elections.
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When a new Congress convenes next week, lawmakers will call on the Bush administration to do all it can to help victims of the tsunamis in Asia and Africa. Questions of how much aid will be needed &#151; and how to pay for it &#151; will come later.
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President Bush brought together  former presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton on Monday to  launch an appeal for Americans to make a donation to help  victims of the South Asia quake and tsunamis.
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The Bush administration is fighting congressional efforts to slash the amount of emergency food aid the United States provides around the world, saying the cuts could hurt as many as 8 million people in dire need.
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The Bush administration is more than $400 million short in its plan to send emergency food aid to developing countries, leaving 9 million people at risk of going hungry, a coalition of aid groups said on Friday.