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Jeb Bush reclaims lead over Marco Rubio in prediction markets

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Jeb Bush has reclaimed the lead for highest probability of winning the GOP presidential nomination, according to CNN and Pivit, the live political prediction game. As of Friday, the former governor is back in front with 29 percent odds, pulling ahead of fellow Floridian Marco Rubio, who is slightly behind with 27 percent. Real-estate tycoon Donald Trump – the Republican front-runner in many polls – is third at 10 percent. CNN’s digital group has been tapping the wisdom of crowds…

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Marco Rubio to discuss the sharing economy in NYC today

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Marco Rubio’s second book, American Dream: Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone, will be published in paperback this Tuesday. To mark the occasion, the rising GOP presidential candidate will give a speech at Civic Hall in New York City, and will then engage in a short Q&A with members of the New York tech community. The appearance is being promoted as, “The Sharing economy and public policy: A discussion with U.S. Senator Marco Rubio.” On the campaign trail, Rubio has frequently invoked Uber and Airbnb as models of…

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Mitch Perry Report for 9.29.15 — Planned Parenthood answers back

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The House of Representatives is poised to vote sometime in the next 36 hours on a bill to continue the funding the government — all the way into the second week of December, when apparently we’ll go through another round of high-stakes concerns that there might be a government shutdown. CNN reports that there a group of more than 30 House conservatives who have told now outgoing Speaker John Boehner they would not vote for any spending bill that didn’t bar all…

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CNN: Joe Biden can be a game-day decision for debate

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CNN says it will allow Vice President Joe Biden to participate in the first Democratic presidential primary debate even if he decides that day to be a candidate. The network released its criteria for the Oct. 13 debate on Monday. Since Biden has achieved an average of one percent support in three polls — even though he isn’t a declared candidate — CNN said he needs only to file the necessary paperwork or say he will that day to be…

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Marco Rubio proposes tax credit to businesses that offer paid family leave

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Speaking at the Values Summit in Washington, D.C.. on Friday, Marco Rubio unveiled a proposal to encourage paid family leave in the United States that he said won’t grow the size of government. The Florida senator said, if elected, he would offer a “limited” 25 percent non-refundable tax credit to any business that offers between four and 12 weeks of paid leave. “This won’t solve every scheduling conflict between work and family life. No policy can,” Rubio was scheduled to tell the audience…

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Jeb Bush whacked in new ad for saying his brother kept America safe

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It was an odd moment during last week’s GOP presidential debate: In a clash between front-running Donald Trump and Jeb Bush, Bush defended his brother George W. Bush’s time in office, saying that he “kept us safe.” It seemed like an obvious rejoinder for Trump to follow up, but he didn’t, nor did any of the other nine candidates on the stage at the Reagan library. But many Democrats around the country saw the exchange and had to wonder about who…

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Hillary Clinton increases lead nationally in new CNN Democratic poll

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Has Hillary Clinton stemmed any erosion of support for her due to the ongoing saga regarding her emails? Though she trails Vermont independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders in state polls in Iowa and New Hampshire, she has never trailed in a national poll of Democratic presidential candidates this year, and a new CNN/ORC poll released Monday shows her gaining on Sanders. Clinton is at 42 percent support, compared to 24 percent for Sanders. Vice President Joe Biden is a close third at…

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