Jill Skeem

Jill says: Finally, people will be able to marry the one they love and receive the same benefits heterosexuals receive.

"Much of the legal landscape has changed in the 15 years since Congress passed" the Defense of Marriage Act, Holder said in a statement. He noted that the Supre

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This will eventually be decided by the Supreme Court. But until then, another lawsuit has been dismissed.

The lawsuit argued that Congress does not have the power under the Constitution to require health care purch

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This could be the end of  Gadhafi's 42 year-long regime. It seems like it is just a matter of time.

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Patti Anne Lodge, Chair of the Senate Heath and Welfare Committee discussing people who feel "wrongfully entitled" to services with disabilities    speaking in fur coat. Pretty distasteful  don't you think, Patti? (Credit: Nicole LeFavour.)

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So we need to spend money on weapon systems we don't need?

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This is the second year in a row Ron Paul has won CPAC's straw poll, but will he be the Republican Candidate in 2012?

"I think this poll is really a popularity poll and it probably isn't directly a good measure of fitness for the presidency," Steven Smith, a political science professor at Washington University in St. Louis, told Minnesota Public Radio. "But it's a place where conservatives seek to send a message to the party." 

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Jill says: There have been many good revenue-generating ideas that have been tabled or voted down by the Legislature, but now they are considering taking the sales tax that goes to cities and counties?  How will they pay for their services?

“The state’s budget is a concern to everyone,” Jerome City Administrator Ben Marchant said. “But if it further puts a strain on local governments to make up for cuts they have in their programs, and they try to push

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When I first read this article, I had to shake my head.... a few times! This does not make any sense at all! "Tens of thousands of the nation's war widows find it perplexing and downright disrespectful to their late military husbands: In order to fully collect on insurance their husbands bought for them when alive, they must marry another man."

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Jill says:  I was very disappointed the Patriot Act was enacted in the first place and I am glad this has been defeated...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/08/house-rejects-extensions-patriot-act_n_820554.html

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