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GOP ramps up criticism of Perez
WASHINGTON -- Congressional Republicans, including Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, stepped up their criticism of Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez on Tuesday, amplifying their concerns a day before the former state official faces a Senate committee vote on his...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Takoma Park (Montgomery, Maryland), Andrew P Harris, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama
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Labor nominee Perez faces sharp questions from GOP senators
Thomas E. Perez, the former Maryland labor secretary nominated to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, faced pointed questions at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday about whether politics influenced his decisions as the top civil rights attorney in...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Montgomery County (Maryland), Labor Markets, Civil Rights, Health and Safety at Work
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The flimsy case against Thomas Perez
Just as they did when Thomas E. Perez was nominated to head the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, Republicans are seeking to hold up his confirmation to head the U.S. Department of Labor, using any excuse they can think up, no matter how flimsy....
Tags: Labor Legislation, Montgomery County (Maryland), Immigration, Civil Rights, Discrimination
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Obama picks Perez to lead U.S. Labor Department
Senate Republicans criticized the nomination Monday of former state labor secretary Thomas E. Perez to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, signaling the longtime civil rights lawyer will face a contentious confirmation over his approach to the law and...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Martin O'Malley, Montgomery County (Maryland), Labor Markets, Immigration
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'The Big Uneasy' taps into outrage over flooding of New Orleans
Harry Shearer says his "head exploded" 20 months ago. That's when he heard President Barack Obama, during a town hall meeting in New Orleans, refer to the flooding of the city after Hurricane Katrina as "a natural disaster."
The comedian, actor, radio...Tags: Earthquakes, Documentary (genre), Hurricanes, Tsunamis, University of California, Berkeley
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Men behaving badly: Same sad story, once again
Let's roll out the list. It includes, in no particular order of sluttishness: Kwame Kilpatrick; Jesse Jackson; James McGreevey; Ted Haggard; Gary Condit; Mark Sanford; John Edwards; Bill Clinton; Newt Gingrich; Rudy Giuliani; Eliot Spitzer; Antonio...Tags: Democracy, Sarah Palin, Anthony D. Weiner, Bill Clinton, Eliot Spitzer
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Why does Anthony Weiner have to resign when other sleazy politicians stay?
What New York Rep. Anthony Weiner did was disgusting and weird, and his direct lies and attempts to cover it up were inexcusable. But his resignation Thursday after pressure from fellow Democrats (including, somewhat indirectly, President Barack Obama)...Tags: Drue Vitter, Anthony D. Weiner, Bill Clinton, Craigslist, Inc., Christopher J. Lee
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Bipartisan Senate bill would give EPA power to ban dangerous chemicals
In a rare display of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill, a group of key senators unveiled legislation Wednesday that would require chemical companies to provide more health and safety information about their products and give regulators more power to force...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Frank Lautenberg, Dick Durbin, Medical Procedures and Tests, Chemical Industry
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Banks still want bailouts
The Philadelphia InquirerThe following editorial appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Tuesday, May 21: The nation's biggest banks are waging an outrageous fight against a bipartisan Senate bill seeking to protect taxpayers from bailing them out. Renewed interest in...Tags: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Eric Holder, Finance, Sherrod Brown
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Column: How much does Jamie Dimon matter?
Reuters(Reuters) - So today is the day. After weeks of near-constant coverage of the big decision â will JPMorgan Chase shareholders keep Jamie Dimon as chairman and CEO or relegate him to just CEO? â the verdict came at JPMorgan's annual meeting in Tampa,...Tags: Banking, Finance, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Sherrod Brown, Rupert Murdoch
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U.S. Republicans see IRS scandal parallel in EPA info requests
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers on Friday began an investigation into whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency greatly favored left-leaning environmentalists over conservative groups when granting fee waivers for requests to...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Freedom of Information Act, Freedom of Information Laws, Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service
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GOP senators on committee target three labor nominees from Buffalo
The Buffalo NewsThree men from Buffalo, one absent and two present, were the targets of grilling from Republicans on a Senate committee Thursday over matters that sometimes seemed personal but in the end are profound for every working person in America. The absent...Tags: Labor Legislation, Civil Rights, Republican Party, Justice System, Lamar Alexander
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