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Analysis: As scandals mount, White House springs into damage control
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - With no sign of an end to three mushrooming scandals, the White House acknowledged the rising political dangers on Wednesday by launching a concerted effort at damage control. In a whirlwind few hours, the administration moved...Tags: U.S. Congress, Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate, Elections, Susan Rice
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Nassau seeks $500M for Bay Park sewage pipe
NewsdayNassau County Executive Edward Mangano is seeking more than $500 million of the state's $30 billion superstorm Sandy aid package to build an outfall pipe to transport treated sewage from Bay Park Wastewater Treatment Plant to the Atlantic Ocean. Mangano...Tags: Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Bodies of Water, Long Island, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Oceans
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Letter tries to ease Peace Bridge fallout
The Buffalo NewsA group of state lawmakers Tuesday offered an olive branch to Canadian Peace Bridge officials, urging them to keep on track a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to begin a historic pilot project that allows U.S. customs agents onto Canadian soil to...Tags: Ottawa (Canada), Parties and Movements, Justice System, Government, National Government
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Senators tighten student visa rules in immigration bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee amended the sweeping immigration bill Tuesday to tighten student visa rules in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings. The committee, which is trying to get through the 844-page bill by the end of the week, also...
Tags: Steve King, Immigration, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Republican Party, Students
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Legislation Would Ground Recalled Rental Cars
KickingTiresA bipartisan group of U.S. senators last week introduced a bill that would prohibit rental-car companies from renting or selling vehicles with an open manufacturer's recall. The legislation, the Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2013,...Tags: U.S. Congress, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Product Recalls, Barbara Boxer, Claire McCaskill
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Donations, lobbying by high-speed traders on the rise -report
ReutersBy Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - High-frequency trading firms increased their campaign contributions to federal lawmakers by 673 percent from the 2008 to the 2012 election cycle, according to a report that sheds light on their political...Tags: U.S. Congress, Mark Kirk, Elections, Finance, CME Group Inc.
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Online sales tax bill seen stalling in Republican-led U.S. House
Reuters* Senate approval of measure expected on Monday * Broad tax overhaul effort moving separately WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate was expected to vote on Monday to give states the power to enforce their sales tax laws on online purchases,...Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, Investments, Justice System, Democratic Party
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New efforts to curb cellphone theft
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disturbed by the nationwide epidemic of cellphone robberies and thefts, law enforcement officials across the country are looking to the wireless industry to help find a cure. In San Francisco, where half the robberies were...
Tags: Google Inc., Federal Communications Commission, Computer Hardware, Justice System, New York City
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Cuomo: No White House run, regardless of what Clinton decides
The Buffalo NewsGov. Andrew M. Cuomo says Hillary Rodham Clinton's decision whether to run for president in 2016 is having no impact on him because he is not contemplating a White House bid. The governor, whose poll numbers are not what they once were among New...Tags: Regional Authority, Parties and Movements, Deval Patrick, University of New Hampshire, Elections
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Counting on new workers as immigration debate brews
The Buffalo NewsIn the hallways of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and on the farms of Niagara County, Washington's brewing debate about immigration reform isn't about "amnesty," or about the fear that someone from far away will come to America to do us harm. It's...Tags: U.S. Congress, Chuck Grassley, Immigration, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Tamerlan Tsarnaev
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Coast Lines: May 10, 2013: Arts festival set for Saturday
The Santa Cruz SentinelArts festival set for Saturday The UC Santa Cruz Good Neighbor Initiative Program will present a free Community Arts Festival from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at Abbott Square -- outside the Museum of Art & History. The student-run festival will feature...Tags: U.S. Congress, Claire McCaskill, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Immigration, Rental Service
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Many amendments, few changes to immigration overhaul
WASHINGTON -- Senators on Thursday began the arduous task of going through some 300 proposed amendments to the delicately constructed bipartisan immigration bill. By lunch, they had disposed of 17. With a packed audience of many pro-immigration...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Jeff Flake, Parties and Movements, Lindsey O. Graham, Justice System
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May 6, 2013
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May 10, 2013
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