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Election Central

Blue Advocacy's Election Central is an all-inclusive resource area for Political Action, Education and Involvement. We want to encourage the American public to participate in the electoral process, learn about the candidates, register to vote and cast your ballot on Election Day.

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Political Websites

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  • Health care deadlines: Dead on arrival?
    President Obama has set them -- and they've repeatedly been missed. But with Easter recess coming, Obama's latest deadline to pass health care reform legislation could be his last one.
  • House votes to impeach federal judge
    The House of Representatives voted unanimously Thursday to impeach a federal judge from Louisiana.
  • House GOP adopts yearlong earmark ban
    House Republicans agreed Thursday to adopt a ban on congressional earmarks in spending bills for next year, upping the ante with Democrats in the political battle over fiscal responsibility and pork barrel spending.
  • Ex-Obama adviser: Dems may get 'slaughtered'
    Steve Hildebrand, one of the top advisers who helped put President Obama in office, has a stark warning for his old friends at the White House and on Capitol Hill.
  • Dems try to finish health care reform
    Health care reform takes center stage Thursday as President Obama and top congressional Democrats work behind closed doors to nail down a final agreement.
  • Israeli construction plans irk Biden, Palestinians
    Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says it is difficult to have any negotiations with Israel unless it revokes plans to build new homes on disputed land in Jerusalem, Abbas' top negotiator said Thursday.
  • House Dems face tough go on health care reform
    House Democratic leaders hoping to pass a health care reform bill by the Easter congressional recess face increasingly difficult odds, as several of the party's rank-and-file have come out against the Senate's plan.
  • Tea Party candidate a fake?
    It's a grass-roots protest movement composed of the newly politicized and people distrustful of hierarchy. So how is it possible to be an illegitimate Tea Party member?
  • WWII Women fliers honored
    Some 65 years after their service, a group of former civilian women pilots whose unheralded work was key to helping the U.S. effort in World War II are honored with the Congressional Gold Medal.
  • State of the Union highlights
    Citing a "deficit of trust" in government, president urged Congress to erode influence of special interests and work together.
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