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Republicans stay in control of the Wisconsin Senate after surviving several recall challenge:

Luther Olsen wins with 54 percent of the vote to Clark with 46 percent,Robert Cowles captured 58 percent of the vote to 42 percent for Democrat Nancy Nusbaum , Alberta Darling  retained her seat over Democratic state Rep. Sandy Pasch, Sheila Harsdorf 58 percent of the to 42 percent for Democrat Shelly Moore, an Ellsworth public school teacher, Dan Kapanke loss to Shilling  55% to 45% and  Randy Hopper-R loss to King-D with 51-49 percent.

The Stanard and Poor's downgrade is Not a math error,it is political error cuse by outdated economy and politcal idealogy.

Politics Sunday is a hard look at news from the past week and the upcoming week in the political world with commentary and insights into polling tends. Política El domingo es duro noticias mirar la semana pasada y la próxima semana en el mundo político con comentario y visión de mesas de votación tiende

Forty-five thousand unionized Verizon Communications Inc. workers from  after negotiations with the  Communications Workers of America said negotiations in Philadelphia and New York stalled Saturday night after Verizon continued to demand more than 100 concessions from workers regarding health care, pensions and work rules.

Moorhead-based American Crystal, a farmer-owned co-op and the largest U.S. beet sugar producer has lockout of 1,300 union employees at five plants and two other facilities in

Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa"The misguided lockout of American Crystal Sugar workers by Crystal Sugar management is taking a tremendous toll on working men, women and their families in the valley. The sugar beet industry is, of course, an integral part of the regional economy". Mark Schneider

“We want to get back to work and back to the negotiating table,” said John Riskey, president of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 167G.

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Standard & Poor's removed for  the triple-A rating the U.S. has held for 70 years, saying the budget deal recently brokered in Washington didn't do enough to address the gloomy long-term picture for America's finances. It downgraded U.S. debt to AA+, a score that ranks below Liechtenstein and more than a dozen other countries, and on par with Belgium and New Zealand.

U.S. stocks were down 4.8 percent,, and there were similar drops in foreign stocks, oil prices and the debt of financially troubled nations such as Spain and Italy.

The GOP is holding hostage  the FFA  reauthorization bill  causing the furlough of  4,000 FAA employees and the halting of hundreds of airport construction projects.

President Obama  signed the the compromise debt plan worked out between Congressional leaders and the White House.  The Senate approved the plan  74-26.

Democrats voting against the bill: Gillibrand (NY),  Harkin (IA), Lautenberg (NJ), Menendez (NJ), Merkley (OR), and Nelson (NE).  

Republicans voting against the bill:  Ayotte (NH), Chambliss (GA), Coats (IN), Coburn (OK), DeMint (SC), Graham (SC), Grassley (IA), Hatch (UT), Heller (NV), Inhofe (OK), Johnson (WI), Lee (UT), Moran (KS), Paul (KY), Rubio (FL), Sessions (AL), Shelby (AL), Toomey (FL), and Vitter (LA)

"If the Republicans would have had to hold the President hostage, I wish they would have held him hostage on the things my constituents wake up every morning thinking -- how can I get a job, how can I get back my dignity?"Rep. Charles Rangel

Nancy Pelosi  voted for the deal, even though she considered it a 'Satan sandwich with a side of Satan fries" simply because there were no other viable options.

“It is an attack on the principle of government of the people. All this in the name of fiscal accountability.” Dennis Kucinich

Politics Sunday is a hard look at news from the past week and the upcoming week in the political world with commentary and insights into polling tends. Política El domingo es duro noticias mirar la semana pasada y la próxima semana en el mundo político con comentario y visión de mesas de votación tiende