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State law gives Palin no choice but pro-choice

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had to make a tough choice in filling a vacant slot on her state's Supreme Court: Appoint a woman who once served on the board of Planned Parenthood, or risk giving an environmentalist lawyer, also pro-choice on abortion, the ...

From AMANDA CARPENTER, Renew America,  14 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Sarah Palin,  Eric Smith,  Planned Parenthood,  AFC,  Frank Murkowski

Amanda Carpenter: MN Court's Friday 13th Decision Might Haunt

The 3-judge panel overseeing the ongoing recount between Norm Coleman and Al Franken for Minnesota’s Senate seat made a ruling last week they may regret. The court ruled on Friday the 13th that 13 of the 17 determined categories of rejected absentee ...

From AMANDA CARPENTER, Town Hall,  18 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Norm Coleman,  Al Franken

Amanda Carpenter: Coleman Reflects on Recount

As Congress prepares to pass a $787 billion economic stimulus package, taxpayers in Minnesota are still short a U.S. Senator as the recount between GOP Sen. Norm Coleman and opponent Al Franken continues. “It’s frustrating because you would hope as I ...

From AMANDA CARPENTER, Town Hall,  13 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Norm Coleman,  Al Franken,  U.S. Republican Party

Amanda Carpenter: Pence's Dueling Indiana Town Hall

The same day President Obama appeared in Elkhart, Indiana to ramp up public support for his stimulus bill, nearly 300 people showed up at Indiana Rep. Mike Pence’s (R.) town hall to vent their opposition to the legislation. Pence said normally 30-40 ...

From AMANDA CARPENTER, Town Hall,  10 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Mike Pence

Amanda Carpenter: The Card Check "Compromise"

Using words like “bipartisanship” and “compromise” President Obama may attempt a clever move to get controversial legislation passed to increase Big Labor’s control over the U.S. workforce. It’s no secret the Orwellian-titled Employee Free Choice Act ...

From AMANDA CARPENTER, Town Hall,  28 Jan 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Jim DeMint,  U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama

Amanda Carpenter: Palin Preaches Fiscal Restraint for Alaska

An upbeat Sarah Palin congratulated her state for tightening its belt during their past years of prosperity and asked them to sacrifice a little more in the year ahead in her annual State of the State address Thursday evening. “At a time when other ...

From AMANDA CARPENTER, Town Hall,  23 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Sarah Palin,  U.S. Republican Party

Amanda Carpenter: Exclusive: Steele Releases GOP Tech Plan

If President Obama’s election taught the GOP anything it’s this: Republicans must compete with Democrats in the online arena of social networking, fundraising and communication. Improving the GOP’s technology capabilities has been a hot topic in the ...

From AMANDA CARPENTER, Town Hall,  21 Jan 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Michael Steele,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama,  Republican National Committee

Amanda Carpenter: Mayor Daley Seizes Land for Unfunded Project

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley has kicked hundreds of families out of their homes and relocated a cemetery full of buried bodies to build a whopping $15 billion airport expansion Chicago residents oppose, airlines don’t want and he doesn’t have the money ...

From AMANDA CARPENTER, Town Hall,  14 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Richard J. Daley,  Barack Obama,  Rod R. Blagojevich,  Northwest Airlines,  Continental Airlines, Inc.

Amanda Carpenter: Fox Business Sues the Federal Reserve

Officials from Fox Business are suing the Federal Reserve, complaining about the Fed’s failure to comply with the network’s Freedom of Information Requests. The network filed a FOIA request on November 10, 2008 to find out what financial institutions ...

From AMANDA CARPENTER, Town Hall,  12 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Federal Reserve

Amanda Carpenter: Pawlenty, Ritchie Nix Franken for Now

GOP Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Democratic Secretary of State Mark Ritchie rebuffed Al Franken’s demands for an election certificate, citing state law against acting on the request. Franken’s legal team asked Minnesota officials to sign papers to ...

From AMANDA CARPENTER, Town Hall,  12 Jan 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  U.S. Republican Party,  Al Franken,  Norm Coleman,  Tim Pawlenty

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