For good or ill, the home of everyday low prices has become America's biggest political football.
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"Alex Maskey made it into a political football for his own ends, " he said.
Immigration from the south has long been a political football thrown around by both political parties.
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As for Mr. Obama and Mr. Romney, the estate tax remains a political football.
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And are you reluctant to turn it into a political football like it was a year ago?
With the fiscal cliff fight still raging, the next political football has also been tossed into play.
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The dollar would continue be a centrally managed political football, upon which the private sector cannot rely.
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"It was a political football that they punted back onto Congress's side of the field, " said Joseph J.
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The National Union of Teachers said qualifications were used as a "political football" by past and current governments.
But I get angry when people use the GM bailout as a political football and ignore the facts.
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Lesley Griffiths says it's too important to become a "political football" and should be "free from political point-scoring".
The NHS in Wales may be the responsibility of the Welsh government in Cardiff but it remains a political football at Westminster.
Ms Griffiths concluded by underlining that "this issue is too important and too emotionally charged to be used as a political football".
It also drew a complaint from Damilola's parents, whose solicitor said the boy's death should not be used as a political football.
Google "NHS" and "political football" and you won't be short of options.
Any court ruling supporting preemption could be overturned through legislation--although such a rapid reversal of policy could still turn the FDA into a political football.
The issue becomes a political football and cause for pointless debate.
It is regrettable that gun control has become a political football.
It should come as no surprise that both sides of the contentious U.S. presidential race are headed into overtime playing political football with the auto industry.
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Today the market was lifted on positive sentiment, due mainly to the release of the hotly debated, political football we normally call the unemployment rate number.
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"The immigration system, I think we all agree, is broken and it's been a political football for years and years...and it needs to be fixed, " Romney said.
The former ambassador to Israel, Martin Indyk of Brookings, told CNN that it was a shame the tragedy was being used as a political football and that it was not appropriate.
Why continue to be a political football, beholden to the U.S. Treasury when that debt can be repaid, in full, and the remaining risk borne by bondholders who opt-in for a note against the company?
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For doctors and hospitals, the shift of Medicare to private insurance would mean that they will be paid market rates for their services, and their compensation would no longer be a political football for demagogues.
Although the TPP has the potential to be either a boon or a bane for our economy depending on its outcome, it also has the ability to become a political football for Democrats and Republicans if not handled correctly.
"Secular items are never to be sung or played at a Catholic funeral, such as romantic ballads, pop or rock music, political songs, football club songs, " he adds.
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But he said there were no political divisions in the national football side.
It had to compete with the inaugural Political Book Awards and a football match or two, but MPs spent 30 minutes last night debating how members of the National Assembly for Wales are elected.
But political wrangling forced more teams into football's top tier than financially belonged, exacerbating the divisions that led the big schools to sue to gain their TV rights.
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