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Evangelicals insist abortion is top U.S. election issue

Delegates to a big conference of evangelical conservatives in Washington this weekend urged Republican lawmakers to push for new restrictions on abortion.

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Abortion group targeting just a few voters

A major U.S. abortion-rights organization is appealing to a select group of 300,000 women in 25 swing counties to vote for President Barack Obama in November.

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Dem challenger ousts Musgrave in Colo.

Democratic challenger Betsy Markey has unseated Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, R-Colo., adding to the growing Democratic majority in Congress, returns indicated.

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Group urges GOP not to 'cut and run'

The conservative Family Research Council's political arm Thursday criticized Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., for stopping ad spending for two Republican candidates.

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Jury agrees doggie doo can be free speech

A jury in Colorado says a Democratic activist committed no crime when she left a campaign flyer filled with dog poop at a Republican candidate's office.

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Iraq funding bill has plenty of local fund

Democrats in the U.S. Congress hope adding some big domestic spending will push through an Iraq funding bill that would bring the troops home by Aug. 31, 2008.

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Wikipedia locks out congress staff

Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, blocked congressional Web addresses from making changes after finding that staffers were engaged in online spin.

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Attack ads linked to Colo. Dems

The former chairman of Colorado's Democratic Party has been linked to a series of attack ads against GOP Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave. Some analysts call the ads the nastiest in the nation.

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Boycott to demonstrate gay economic power

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Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution or the constitution of any State, nor state or federal law, shall be construed to require that marital status or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups
Bush stays mum on marriage amendment Feb 11, 2004

Marilyn Neoma Musgrave (born January 27, 1949), American politician, is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives who served from 2003 to 2009, representing the 4th District of Colorado.

Musgrave served on the Agriculture and Small Business Committees. In the 110th Congress, she served as Ranking Minority member of the Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture subcommittee. She also served as the Region Two representative for the Republican Steering Committee. She was the first Republican woman elected to Congress from Colorado.

In the General Election on November 4, 2008, Democratic challenger Betsy Markey soundly defeated Musgrave in her bid to win a fourth term by a 56 to 44 percent margin.

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