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Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:50:46 EST http://www.thebostonchannel.com/politics/21171665/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21264292 Sat, 6 Nov 2010 10:15:39 EDT http://www.thebostonchannel.com/commitment-2012-mass/html/index.html urn:ibsys:content:30141565 Click here for all of NewsCenter 5's in-depth coverage of the 2012 Presidential Primaries. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:33:53 EST http://www.thebostonchannel.com/politics/30449176/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:30449176 President Obama released a budget Monday that moves the country a tiny bit closer to sound fiscal ground. ...    Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:10:21 EST http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/30434090/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:30434090 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney ended what had been the worst week of his campaign with a quick one-two Saturday -- winning the Maine caucuses hours after placing first in a closely watched straw poll of conservative leaders and ...    Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:49:13 EST http://www.thebostonchannel.com/politics/30440605/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:30440605 Massachusetts voters hoping to cast ballots in the March 6 presidential primary are being urged to make sure they're registered. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:21:29 EST http://www.thebostonchannel.com/politics/30419329/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:30419329 U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz said Thursday public corruption cases are among her highest priorities. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 18:00:32 EST http://www.thebostonchannel.com/politics/30410575/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:30410575 Beacon Hill was an emotional pressure cooker Wednesday with news that imprisoned former House Speaker Sal DiMasi was headed back to Massachusetts to possibly testify before a Worcester grand jury. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:48:48 EST http://www.thebostonchannel.com/politics/30408121/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:30408121 Republican Sen. Charles Grassley is calling for an investigation into why several managers have been allowed to live nearly rent free in Chelsea Public Housing even as the agency has low-income residents waiting up to a year for subsidized apartments. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 13:39:06 EST http://www.thebostonchannel.com/politics/30452765/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:30452765 President Barack Obama continues his push Tuesday to get Congress to extend a payroll tax cut, a day after House Republican leaders agreed to remove an obstacle in the passage of the tax cut extension. ...    Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:08:33 EST http://www.thebostonchannel.com/politics/30452594/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:30452594 A group of protesters disrupted a Rick Santorum campaign rally in Tacoma, Washington, on Monday, prompting the presidential hopeful to brand it as a "radical element" that represents "true intolerance." ...    Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:08:01 EST http://www.thebostonchannel.com/politics/30451791/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:30451791 Mitt Romney sought to answer lingering questions about his presidential bid and cast himself as the ideal GOP standard-bearer at an appearance before several thousand supporters outside Phoenix on Monday. ...    Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:06:22 EST http://www.thebostonchannel.com/politics/30449153/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:30449153 President Barack Obama wants to raise the Department of Transportation budget by 2% next year. ...    Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:00:14 EST http://www.thebostonchannel.com/politics/30450882/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:30450882 Signaling a shift to the next major GOP battleground, the super PAC supporting Mitt Romney bought an additional $640,000 in television ad time in Michigan. ...    Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:59:49 EST http://www.thebostonchannel.com/politics/30449288/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:30449288 In a sharp turnaround, House Republican leaders Monday dropped a key demand that the cost of extending the payroll tax cut be offset by spending cuts elsewhere in the budget. ...    Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:04:08 EST http://www.thebostonchannel.com/politics/30447828/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:30447828 The race for the Republican presidential nomination appears to be all tied up between former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, according to two new national surveys. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:36:28 EST http://www.thebostonchannel.com/politics/30448834/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:30448834 NASA's proposed budget for 2013 is sort of a good news, bad news proposition.    Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:48:30 EST http://www.thebostonchannel.com/politics/30444864/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:30444864 The influential conservative magazine National Review called Monday for Newt Gingrich to leave the Republican primary contest. ...    Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:09:12 EST http://www.thebostonchannel.com/money/30446017/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:30446017 President Obama unveiled a $3.8 trillion budget request Monday that hikes taxes on the rich, spends new money on infrastructure and education, but does little to reform the entitlement programs that pose the biggest long-term threat to the federal ...    Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:03:23 EST