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Why GOP is fighting Obama on the sequester

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - The drama around the $85 billion in federal government cuts due to start on March 1, known as the sequester, centers around one fundamental question: how much has President Obama's victory in November changed the nation's political dynamics on fiscal issues?...
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President Barack Obama addresses the National Governors Association in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama urges Congress to compromise on cuts

Julie Pace and Philip Elliott, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Facing an end of the week deadline, President Barack Obama said Monday that Congress can avert sweeping across-the-board cuts...
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Former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Jackson and his wife were to appear in federal court to answer criminal charges that they engaged in an alleged scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Chicago district disappointed in Jesse Jackson Jr.

Sophia Tareen, Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) - Residents in this swath of sprawling Chicago neighborhoods and suburbs have brimmed with loyalty to Jesse Jackson Jr. over the past 17 years, giving him an enthusiastic majority each election...
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U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, Kennedy, left, meets with U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.(AP Photo/Office of Patrick J. Kennedy)

Jackson Jr.'s downfall tied to objects

Sara Burnett, Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) - For all the talk of Jesse Jackson Jr. aspiring to be a U.S. senator or mayor of the nation's third-largest city, his career wasn't ended by attempts to amass political power...
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In this Dec. 15, 2012 file photo, Illinois state Sen. Toi Hutchinson speaks during a candidate presentation at the 2nd Congressional District slating meeting in South Holland, Ill. Hutchinson is one of more than a dozen candidates running in a special primary election Feb. 26 to replace former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. who resigned in November 2012. Like much of the national conversation these days, the race to replace Jackson in Congress has been dominated by one topic: guns. Nearly half of 2nd District voters live on the South Side of Chicago, where some of the nation’s worst gun violence has been heavily concentrated. (AP Photo/John Smierciak, File)

Toi Hutchinson exits race for Jackson's US House seat

Jason Keyser, Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) - A well-known Illinois state senator dropped her bid Sunday for the U.S. House seat vacated by Jesse Jackson Jr., narrowing the field and consolidating key support behind another Democrat in a race where gun control has emerged as a central issue...
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Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) (R), talks to the news media as his wife Sandi Jackson (L) and his sister Jacqueline Lavinia Jackson embrace after a news conference at the U.S. Capitol December 10, 2008 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Jesse Jackson Jr., wife charged in federal cases

Pete Yost, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has been charged with spending $750,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses. His wife was charged with filing false income tax forms...
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Left: Cleopatra and Nathaniel A. Pendleton Right: Sen. Mark Kirk (Courtesy: Sen. Mark Kirk's website)

GOP senator wants to name new gun bill after Hadiya Pendleton

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - Illinois senator Mark Kirk (R) plans to name a new gun bill after slain Chicago teen, Hadiya Pendleton...
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President Barack Obama is greeted before giving his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill on February 12, 2013 in Washington, D.C. Facing a divided Congress, Obama is expected to focus his speech on new initiatives designed to stimulate the U.S. economy. (Photo by Charles Dharapak-Pool/Getty Images)

State of the Union takeaways for black America

theGrio
SLIDESHOW - President Obama hit the road Wednesday to stump for the ideas he outlined in his first State of the Union address of his second term the night before...
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President Barack Obama is greeted after giving his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama travels to NC to rally support for jobs plan

Josh Lederman, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is kicking off three days of travel to rally support for the job-creation and economic proposals he unveiled in his State of the Union address...
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resident Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech before a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol February 12, 2013 in Washington, DC. Facing a divided Congress, Obama concentrated his speech on new initiatives designed to stimulate the U.S. economy and said, 'It’s not a bigger government we need, but a smarter government that sets priorities and invests in broad-based growth'. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Full Text: Obama's State of the Union address

Julie Pace, Associated Press
VIDEO - President Barack Obama‘s 2013 State of the Union address, as prepared for delivery on Feb. 12, 2013...
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