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But the Democrats were out over the weekend with new talking points, saying that Republicans are in the pocket of big oil, that they want tax breaks for the companies, like Exxon, making record profits.

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One good sign: Up at the camp this weekend, everyone was talking about dumping their stocks.

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His ventilator was removed over the weekend, and he began talking afterward, hospital spokesman Dewey Mitchell said.

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In August Manning hosted his old ally, Senator Kerry, at Manning's weekend boathouse on Nantucket, talking up his new wind fund and the need for permanent tax credits.

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This will be among our talking points on this weekend's Sunday Politics West Midlands, when I will be joined by Labour MP for Walsall South, Valerie Vaz, a member of the Health Select Committee.

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This will be among our main talking points on this weekend's Sunday Politics Midlands, when I will be joined by the Conservative MP for West Worcestershire, Harriett Baldwin and the Labour MP for Wolverhampton South East, Pat McFadden.

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This will be one of our big talking points on this weekend's Sunday Politics Midlands, when I will be joined by Caroline Spelman, the former Environment Secretary, the Conservative MP for Meriden and by Michael Cashman CBE, the Labour MEP for the West Midlands.

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And as I said over the weekend, this is a -- the President is involved in talking to both the House and the Senate because this is a two-step process.

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And on the other side, a large majority see McCain as going on the attack rather than talking about issues, and I think somewhat over the weekend, he dialed back on that.

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Because I think what you saw over the weekend is that you heard the two Republican leaders -- Mitch McConnell and John Boehner -- start talking about how we need to work through a continuing resolution.

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He might have been talking about today's crisis in Somalia, and the international players meeting in Addis Ababa this weekend.

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