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On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) stated that she doesn’t want to get into politics about the fires in California, but “services cost money and we should be willing to get the richest people in this country, the richest 1% that is protected, make sure they pay their fair taxes so that we can have the money to provide the services. With that money and with those resources, the people who have been selected or elected to do the job should do the job.” Waters began by saying, “I’m not into the blame game. I’m not...

Democrats have accused Republicans of playing politics over the 2012 Benghazi attacks. Sen. Lindsey Graham says that isn’t true, but anyone who does use the tragedy for political gain will get burned. “So if we’re playing politics with Benghazi, then we’ll get burned,” the South Carolina senator said Sunday on “Face the Nation.” “If our Democratic friends are shielding the administration and trying to protect them, and if the administration tried to protect themselves—the re-election—because they couldn’t stand the truth about Benghazi, then they’ll get burned,” Graham said. …

By JOHN HANNA, Associated Press Writer MANHATTAN, Kan. - Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle on Monday decried what he called the "startling meanness" of American politics. "Demonizing those with whom we disagree politically does not serve the interests of democracy. It does not resolve differences," the South Dakota Democrat said to about 500 people at Kansas State University. "Today, enormous new challenges confront each and every one of us," he said. "We will not meet those challenges or seize those opportunities if we indulge in the brutal politics of division, if we attempt to silence those who have other ideas."...

<p>Washington -- Two prominent members of the Congressional Black Caucus have voiced support for a nationwide military draft, saying that children of the rich should serve alongside less privileged Americans in the war on terrorism.</p> <p>Reps. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., and John Conyers, D-Mich., both armed services veterans, said this week they would ask the House to consider legislation to reinstitute the draft, perhaps as early as next week, at the start of the 108th Congress. The United States hasn't drafted troops since 1973.</p>