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GOP's Patrick Elected Texas Lieutenant Governor
2014-11-05 05:09:00| Electronics - Topix.net
AUSTIN - Tea party-backed state Sen. Dan Patrick has been elected Texas lieutenant governor and will oversee the state Senate. Patrick finished first in a bitter four-way Republican primary before crushing 11-year incumbent David Dewhurst in a runoff.
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Inside the GOP's secret school
2014-10-16 00:30:26| Footwear - Topix.net
Silicon Valley is legendary for its on-the-job perks. Now, a couple of tech titans are dishing up a new one: paying for female employees to freeze their eggs! Facebook and apple may be the first two major corporations to say they'll shell out money for egg freezing.
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Go figure: Indictment may not sink GOP's Grimm
2014-10-03 07:53:52| Food - Topix.net
Rep. Michael Grimm speaks at a press briefing after his first-time debate with his Democratic challenger Domenic M. Recchia Jr., on Wednesday Oct. 1, 2014, at the Fort Hamilton Senior Citizen Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Recchia called Grimm a liar and raised the issue of Grimm's federal indictment on 20 counts for allegedly evading taxes by hiding more than $1 million in sales and wages while running a small Manhattan restaurant. Grimm dismissed the criticism as political mudslinging.
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EPA publishes emissions rule to GOP's dismay
2014-01-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The Environmental Protection Agency published its rule limiting carbon emissions from new power plants on Wednesday to the dismay of coal advocates and the GOP. The proposed rule, published nearly four months after EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy announced it, is a core element of President Obama's climate change agenda. Included in the new performance standards, the EPA pushes for new coal-fired power plants to be built with carbon capture technology, which Republicans argue is impossible...
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Attorney general candidate Mark Obenshain carries bulk of GOP's hopes in Virginia races
2013-10-27 02:49:37| Paper - Topix.net
With their candidate for governor down in the polls and their nominee for lieutenant governor widely considered a long shot , Virginia Republicans see Mark D. Obenshain as their best hope for blocking a Democratic sweep of statewide offices.
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