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Continuing to support the proposition that the political system is not about to be overrun by self-funding candidates is this... View Article
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid promised a vote on a bill to end the practice of secret holds in the... View Article
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Rep. Charlie Rangel is awaiting an ethics trial in Congress, but today he faces the voters of his Harlem district... View Article
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