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1 In 4 US Households Is Financially Supporting An Adult Resident
Sunday, September 3, 2017 - 12:04pm | 462A recent survey from Raymond James found that a surprising number of American households are supporting more than just children. In July, Raymond James conducted a survey of 1,000 American adults between the ages of 45 and 64 and found that more than one out of four American households is...
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6 Months In, Trump Has Filled Only 27 Out Of More Than 200 Envoy Posts, Mostly With Cronies
Saturday, July 22, 2017 - 4:27pm | 836President Donald Trump fired some 200 top envoys upon his inauguration and has only filled 27 posts so far, mostly with political cronies who contributed to his campaign. Trump’s appointment of Jon Huntsman, former governor of Utah and a former ambassador to China and to Singapore, fits...
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Obama Wins; No Change in House and Senate
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 - 8:32am | 228President Barack Obama was re-elected on Tuesday in convincing fashion, although the margins of victory showed no mandate in the United States of America. The President carried almost every swing state, although the popular election was much closer than in 2008. The only states that President...
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Top-10 Most Followed Congresspeople on Twitter
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 10:22am | 60A digital public affairs study published today by Burson-Marsteller ranks the most followed congresspeople on Twitter: 1 John McCain (R) 2 John Boehner (R) 3 Jim DeMint (R) 4 Claire McCaskill (D) 5 Scott Brown (R) 6 Eric Cantor (R) 7 Barbara Boxer (D) 8 Michele Bachmann (R) 9...
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Bloomberg's Peter Cook Reporting Scott Brown Will Not Vote For FinReg Bill
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 1:48pm | 122Bloomberg Television's Peter Cook is reporting that Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) says he will not vote for the financial overhaul bill because he is opposed to the bank levy added to the bill that would tax large banks and hedge funds in order to recover $19 billion in costs. Bloomberg Television is...
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Senate Approves Job Creation Bill
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 1:11pm | 129The Senate approved the $15 billion job bill with a 70 to 28 vote; a very strong bipartisan vote that only required a majority to pass. The bill is intended to create new jobs in a time of very high unemployment rates. Even Republican Senator Scott Brown (R., Mass.) approved of the bill. Both...
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Massachusetts Senate Seat Goes To Little Known Republican
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 8:11am | 194The NY Times reports that Scott Brown, a little-known Republican state senator, rode to an extraordinary upset Tuesday night when he was elected to fill the Senate seat that was long held by Edward M. Kennedy in the overwhelmingly Democratic state of Massachusetts. Brown defeated Martha Coakley by...
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The 'Scott Brown & No Healthcare Reform Bill' Trade
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 3:06pm | 208Humana Inc. (NYSE.HUM), Coventry Health Care (NYSE: CVH), Aetna (NYSE: AET), and a whole slew of other health care plan providers and HMOs are up today on hopes - perhaps assumptions - that Massachusetts will seat a Republican senator rather than a Democratic one in the special election underway to...