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Twelve steaks and an arugula salad: Obama takes the GOP to dinner
President Barack Obama had a dinner date last week with a dozen of his worst enemies, thus proving that the governmental stalemate in Washington, D.C., is driving him to unusual acts of political creativity -- or desperation. The president personally...
Tags: Washington, DC, John McCain, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Parties and Movements, Ron Johnson
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Republicans to Grover Norquist: We're just not that into you
Was the big loser of this month's election Grover Norquist? It's starting to look that way, as an increasing number of Republicans in the House and Senate are announcing that they could be willing to violate the pledges they signed at the behest of the...
Tags: White House, Fiscal Cliff, Government Health Care, Parties and Movements, Dick Durbin
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Congress accepts own irrelevancy on Libya
The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem.
Thankfully, Congress yesterday ended its collective denial and admitted it is completely irrelevant.
Senate leaders on Tuesday abandoned plans to force a vote on authorizing the U.S. war in...Tags: White House, Libyan Civil War (2011), NATO, Libya, Elections
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Get-tough GOP now says Justice went too far
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.In virtual lockstep on topics such as guns, God and limited government, Southern Republicans in the Senate differ on how to balance national security interests with First Amendment protections. Last week, lawmakers from Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and...Tags: White House, Jeff Sessions, Johnny Isakson, John McCain, Government
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Immigration reform to be subject of Latino Memphis round-table discussion
Commercial AppealWith his graduation from Kingsbury High School Saturday, Dante Bonilla became closer to his dream of being the first person in his family to attend college. The 18-year-old has received a full scholarship to Victory University in Memphis, where he plans...Tags: Students, Immigration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Lobbying, United States Census Bureau
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IRS report details Chattanooga Tea Party probe
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.The IRS subjected the Chattanooga Tea Party to "unnecessary" questioning and "significant processing delays" in the group's request for nonprofit status, according to an inspector general's report and documents obtained by the Chattanooga Times Free...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, White House, Tea Party Movement, Barack Obama, Freedom of the Press
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Obama administration to tighten pressure on Iran, aide says
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration said Wednesday that it would add more sanctions on Iran in an effort to dissuade Tehran from continuing its nuclear program, but stopped short of backing tough new penalties that lawmakers are considering....
Tags: John Kerry, Washington, DC, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Iran's Nuclear Program, Nuclear Policy
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Congress speaks with a loud, muddled voice on Syria
WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein made headlines recently by demanding a forceful U.S. response to Syria's use of chemical weapons against its population. Less noticed was that the California Democrat wasn't urging deeper military involvement...
Tags: White House, John Kerry, Harry Reid, Dianne Feinstein, Parties and Movements
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EDITORIAL: Internet sales tax payments bill would benefit Tennessee
Knoxville News SentinelThe U.S. Senate last week voted to restore balance to the nation's retail market and to sales tax collections nationwide with the passage of the Marketplace Fairness Act. Tennessee's Republican senators -- Lamar Alexander, one of the bill's key...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Marsha Blackburn, Chuck Fleischmann, Government, Business
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Freshman senator with senior pluck takes on the financial industry
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the newest member of the Senate Banking Committee, waited patiently for her first chance to question top financial regulators at a recent hearing on Capitol Hill. When her turn finally came after 90 minutes,...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Federal Reserve, Finance, Ben Bernanke, Financial and Business Services
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Obama's plan to avoid lame-duckery
For the last two months, President Barack Obama has been mired in Washington's inside game, caught up in backroom congressional politics as he tried unsuccessfully to pass a bill on gun control and nudge Republican senators toward compromise on the...Tags: White House, Immigration, Gun Control, Barack Obama, Interior Policy
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Ramsey urges Internet tax OK: Bill now stuck in U.S. House after Senate passage
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey joined with Gov. Bill Haslam Thursday to encourage congressional Republicans to support a bill allowing states to collect sales tax on Internet purchases. "I'll encourage everybody. This is not a new tax," said Ramsey, R-Blountville,...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Ron Ramsey, Marsha Blackburn, Amazon.com Inc., Government
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