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Legislators call on Redskins to drop 'R-word'
ReutersMembers of Congress are turning up the heat on Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder in an attempt to get him change the team's nickname. Snyder, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, the other 31 team owners and FexEx president and CEO Frederick Smith,...Tags: Raul Grijalva, Mike Honda, Roger Goodell, Racism, Tom Cole
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Talk of D.C. commuter tax finds opposition in Maryland
Talk in Congress of letting the District of Columbia tax commuters is getting a cool reception in Maryland. Officials in Washington say such a measure could raise $1.2 billion in new revenue — enough to fund nearly an eighth of the district's $9.65...
Tags: Darrell E Issa, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Tax Credits, New York City, Maryland Area Regional Commuter Train Service
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DC Hot Spots - Will on the Hill
10th Anniversary "Will on the Hill" Benefit with Eleanor Holmes Norton (D -DC), West Wing actor Richard Schiff, Veanne Cox - Tony Award Nominee, Major Garrett - Congressional Correspondent for National Journal, Representative Donna Edwards (D-MD),...
Tags: Tony Awards, Jim McDermott, Michael Grimm, Richard Schiff, Donna F. Edwards
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Issa's House hearings on contraception: Where were the women?
Opinion L.A.Let me look at that calendar -- what year is it again? 2012? Because, if you ask the Democrats, on Capitol Hill this week it was really looking like 1991. That was the year that an all-white, all-male Senate committee...... -
Washington, D.C. memorial for WWI veterans sets off debate
Nation NowAs Washington prepares to reopen a spruced up District of Columbia War Memorial, a fight intensifies over whether the often overlooked memorial should be turned into a national World War I memorial.... -
Washington memorial for WWI veterans sets off debate
WASHINGTON _ The District of Columbia War Memorial, often overlooked by tourists, is drawing attention these days as a disagreement escalates over whether it should be turned into a national memorial. After years of neglect, the memorial honoring...Tags: Laws, Veterans Affairs, Defense, Ted Poe, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Social nets wrap: Bush, Whitman, Brown and others celebrate Independence Day weekend
Top of the TicketPoliticians including John McCain, Arnold Schwarzegger and George Bush bid their social networking followers a happy Independence Day weekend.... -
Sunday shows: George W. Bush and Bill Clinton just about everywhere, talking Haiti, of course
Top of the TicketAlso USAID Director Rajiv Shah, Sen. Mitch McConnell and U.S. Gen. Ken Keen, also on Haiti.... -
Weekend Talk Shows: Haiti is this weekend's major topic of discussion
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of Jan 10 - 16, in PDF format Click here to download TV listings for the week of Jan 17 - 23, in PDF format This week's TV Movies TODAY Good...... -
House censures Wilson: Party lines
The Swampby Richard Simon The Democratic-controlled House today voted to admonish Republican Rep. Joe Wilson for heckling President Barack Obama during his health-care address to Congress last week, heightening partisan tensions in the Capitol. Although the...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Medical Services, Laws, Migration, Democratic Party
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No Lie: House Votes To Admonish Rep. Wilson Over Outburst
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Democratic-controlled House today voted to admonish Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) for heckling President Obama during his healthcare address to Congress last week, heightening partisan tensions in the Capitol. Although the lawmaker apologized to the White...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Laws, Migration, Health Care Reform (2009), Democratic Party
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D.C. Voting rights: Capital has a dream
The Swampby Mark Silva The great, and disenfranchised, capital of the United States of America is looking at a long-sought dream today: The right to vote. For a member of Congress, that is. They just cannot have tough control - everything,......Tags: United States, National Government, Government, Barack Obama, Local Elections
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