Monday, September 30, 2013

GOP USA MIDDAY REPORT 09/30/2013

Holder claims Voter ID for everyone somehow discriminates against blacks
image The Justice Department will sue the state of North Carolina for alleged racial discrimination over tough new voting rules, the latest effort by the Obama administration to fight back against a Supreme Court decision that struck down the most powerful part of the landmark Voting Rights Act and freed southern states from strict federal oversight of their elections.

Not a time for compromise
image Among the pearls of wisdom conveyed in Ecclesiastes is that everything has its time: “A time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot ... a time for war and a time for peace.”

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What Obamacare looks like in one state
image As the nation anticipates the rollout of new health care marketplaces under the Affordable Care Act, one local insurance agent spends his days fielding phone calls from worried clients. "Everything's going to change," said Jorge Hinojos, who has been an agent with Priority Insurance in Odessa for eight years.

Senate takes weekend off in face of government shutdown
image The House and Senate spent the past few days involved in the legislative equivalent of hot potato, trying to be the ones not holding up a stopgap spending bill when government funding expires at midnight Monday.

Tea Party hoping to spring more surprises in Texas
image Even before Ted Cruz captured the nation's attention over the healthcare law -- with more than 20 hours of talk that included a reading of Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham -- the freshman U.S. senator was affecting Texas politics.

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