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US News - News October 15, 2011 See US News Weather Bachmann pledges border fence with Mexico (KSFY) In Perry, IA, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann has signed a pledge vowing to push for construction of a fence along the entire border with Mexico by the end of 2013. Santorum Raises $700,000, But Spends More (KCCI-TV Des Moines) Rick Santorum's presidential campaign reported financial numbers late Friday that reflected the former Pennsylvania senator's organization spending more money than it took in. Conn., Ill. congressmen promote bipartisanship (The Kansas City Star) They come from opposite political parties and disagree on some issues, but two members of the U.S. House of Representatives are hoping to show that bipartisanship and civility is still alive in Congress. Romney's rise challenges tea party's clout in GOP (Deseret News) Mitt Romney's early success in the Republican presidential race is challenging the tea party's clout. Huntsman definite in the face of long odds (Boston) "I don't care whether you're Republican, whether you're independent, whether you're Democrat, I want to get your vote. Obama Pushes For Jobs Bill (OfficialWire) President Barack Obama says he's going to travel the country telling lawmakers to do their jobs and vote in favor of his economic proposals, and he says congressional Republicans should stop picking partisan fights and act. Cain's 'impossible dream' resonates with voters (The Capital-Journal) Herman Cain is firing up the crowd at a tea party rally in this West Tennessee town when the generator powering his sound system shudders to a halt. White House surrenders long-term care fight and removes CLASS from Obamacare (TwinCities) The Obama administration will not implement a new program to provide Americans with long-term care insurance, abandoning a controversial part of the health care overhaul the president signed into law last year. Why Nevada's Latino Vote Could Impact 2012 Election (KFOXTV) The billboards and shops advertising in Spanish anything from Mexican, Venezuelan or Salvadoran food to a relaxing massage are just as prevalent as the iconic neon signs in Las Vegas. Tea Party founder backs Occupy Wall Street (rt) It has taken weeks, but the mainstream media has finally focused their cameras - at least some of them - on the Occupy Wall Street movement. Today, similar sentiments are being echoed by the Occupy Wall Street movement. Is it right to make comparisons between the two groups? Denninger says that, yes, to some degree the comparisons are indeed accurate. Good Housekeeping: "In Friendship We Trust" (offthesidelines) On a Saturday afternoon last January, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz was pulling out of her Florida driveway, taking her 7-year-old daughter, Shelby, on an hour-long drive to a soccer tournament. Feinstein estimates embezzlement loss at $4.7 million (News10) California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein's most recent campaign finance report says she is missing nearly $4.7 million because of unauthorized disbursements by her former campaign treasurer, Kinde Durkee. Many suggestions but little time for debt panel (Log Cabin Democrat) Conservative senators are urging the debt-cutting supercommittee to raise the eligibility age for Medicare and require many retirees to pay more. CLASS Dismissed: Obama Administration Pulls Plug On Long-Term Care Program (kaiserhealthnews) Federal officials on Friday effectively shut down part of the health care law that would have helped consumers cover some long-term-care costs, saying they could not find a way to make it work financially. The battle over the Constitution (newyorker) It is written in an elegant, clerical hand, on four sheets of parchment, each two feet wide and a bit more than two feet high, about the size of an eighteenth-century newspaper but finer, and made not from the pulp of plants but from the hide of an animal. More US News News...

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