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Obama: No Need for More Budget Extensions

WASHINGTON -- Raising the pressure for a budget deal, President Barack Obama on Tuesday rejected a Republican stopgap proposal to extend government operations for a week while negotiators try to hammer out an agreement on spending cuts for the rest of the year. "We are now at the point where there is no excuse to extend...

New Push in Fight Against Sexual Violence on Campus

Months after she was raped in her dorm room during her freshman year at Kansas State University, Madeleine Lietz heard a rumor. The man who raped her, also a Kansas State University student, had finally been expelled -- not for sexual assault, but because he had simply failed his classes and flunked out. In an account...

Boehner Signals Compromise in Budget Talks

WASHINGTON -- Despite fresh pressure from tea party conservatives, House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday that Republicans "can't impose our will" on the White House and Senate Democrats on legislation to cut tens of billions of dollars in federal spending. At a news conference, Boehner, R-Ohio, denied Democratic...

White House Agrees to $6.5B More in Budget Cuts

WASHINGTON -- The White House called for $6.5 billion in immediate spending cuts Thursday as negotiations opened with tea party-backed Republicans in Congress seeking reductions nearly 10 times as large in their drive to reduce the size of federal government. "The conversation will continue," Vice President Joe Biden said...

Obama Lends Support to States' Alternative Health Care Plans

WASHINGTON -- In a concession over his divisive health care overhaul, President Barack Obama offered Monday to let unhappy states design alternative plans as long as they fulfill the goals of his landmark law. Addressing the nation's governors, Obama also challenged state chiefs who have sought to balance their budgets...

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Barton Kunstler, Ph.D.: To Resolve Homosexual Marriage Conflict, Ban Marriage Between Homo Sapiens

Now that Joe Biden has pulled President Obama up to the altar of gay marriage, the question of gay marriage once again divides our nation, demonstrating that however daunting the challenges we face, Americans are always willing to engage issues of timeless moral import.

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Joe Biden: Private Equity No More Of A Qualification For President Than Plumbing (VIDEO)

The presidential campaign debate over Republican Mitt Romney's tenure at a private equity firm is going down the drain.

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05/28/12 Memorial Day weekend 2012 in Washington, D.C. Source: Stars and Stripes - Washington DC Paying tribute to dead soldiers and their families, President Obama said Monday that the nation had reached a "milestone" of relative peace, noting the end of the Iraq war and plans to end America's role in the Afghan war.
05/28/12 Biden says end to wars gives US new flexibility Source: Cape Cod Times - Hyannis MA Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday that the United States can now focus on new global challenges after a long decade of war in an election-year commencement address to jubilant graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
05/28/12 Biden Source: Balloon Juice Here's Joe Biden addressing families brought together by the Tragedy Assistance Program Program for Survivors, a non-profit that helps families and friends of deceased military men and women.
05/28/12 Vice President Joe Biden reflects on losing wife,... Source: The Cass County Democrat Missourian - Harrisonville MO Speaking to the families of dead service members, Vice President Joe Biden delivered an emotional retelling of his own family tragedy, the death of his wife and daughter in a car crash 40 years ago, saying the experience helped him understand why people commit suicide.
05/28/12 VIDEOS Biden supports Obama Gay marriage stance... Source: The Post Chronicle - Denville NJ President "couldn't get any gayer" Romney says I do not favor same sex.

Background on Joe Biden

Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. (; born November 20, 1942) is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President Barack Obama.

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