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Tim Tebow will now have time to celebrate International Dance Day
Feliz Día Internacional de la Danza! Welcome to your post-weekend trends report for April 29, 2013. As the international Twitter scene lights up with colorful pictures of people dancing all over the world, the East Coast is more focused on the release...
Tags: Stanley Cup Playoffs, Tim Tebow, NFL Network (tv network), Media Industry, Sports Illustrated
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Female vs. male senators
As the son of a woman, the husband of a woman and the father of daughters and granddaughters, I celebrate the record number of females who are now United States senators. However, I do see some differences in the way these and other women are treated,...
Tags: Michele Bachmann, Republican Party, Jim DeMint, Tim Scott, Diane Sawyer
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Bob Dole and the GOP's disability
Much ink has been spilled in recent weeks criticizing the Republican Party and its failed presidential candidate for a lack of compassion and obvious antipathy toward "47 percent" of the electorate (if not a bit more), so it was reassuring to see two of...
Tags: Polio, Bob Dole, Republican Party, Treaties, U.S. Department of State
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Judicial filibuster: Not so 'extraordinary' after all
Remember the "Gang of 14"? That was the bipartisan group of senators who six years ago agreed not to filibuster judicial nominees except under "extraordinary circumstances."
Well, looks like some people have decided to redefine "extraordinary" to...Tags: Interior Policy, Chuck Schumer, Gun Control, White House, Republican Party
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Penny Pritzker sails through nomination hearing for Commerce secretary
— There are many reasons why Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker seems bound for the top job at the Commerce Department, after dodging potential conflict during a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday. Pritzker, 54, a Democratic mega-donor who...
Tags: Maria Cantwell, Work Relations, U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Chuck Grassley, Penny Pritzker
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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: Chuck Schumer, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Rentals, Rental Service, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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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: Chuck Schumer, Car Safety Tips and Advice, The Huffington Post, Rentals, Starbucks Corp.
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Murkowski to Lead GOP Outreach to Native Americans
Channel 2 NewsAlaska's senior U.S. senator has been picked to lead the National Republican Senatorial Committee's "Native American Program." Sen. Lisa Murkowski, in a release, said she was proud to take on leadership of the new initiative. It is aimed at improving...Tags: Republican Party, Joe Miller, Primaries, Elections
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NRA Celebrates Gun Control Defeat as Tension Builds for Senators (Houston)
BloombergHOUSTON — Weeks after the Senate defeated a proposed expansion of background checks on gun purchases, the annual conference of the National Rifle Association here has a celebratory atmosphere. "I was so proud of the American public, and the NRA,...Tags: Interior Policy, Mark Pryor, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Republican Party, National Rifle Association of America
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States try to tackle 'secret money' in politics
WASHINGTON — Early last month, state lawyers and election officials around the country dialed into a conference call to talk about how to deal with the flood of secret money that played an unprecedented role in the 2012 election. The discussion,...
Tags: Republican Party, Political Fundraising, Carl Levin, Martin O'Malley, Government
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Sarah Palin for Senate? Some tea party activists want her to run
SEATTLE — Sarah Palin’s last elective position in Alaska ended early when in 2009 she abandoned the governorship midway through her first term. But tea party activists appear eager for a comeback, urging supporters to contribute money toward...Tags: Interior Policy, Gun Control, Sarah Palin, Republican Party, Sean Parnell
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Wyden calls for new federal agency for nuclear waste
Tri-City HeraldA discussion draft of legislation to address the storage and disposal of used nuclear fuel and waste -- including Hanford waste -- has been released by U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., working with three other Democratic and Republican senators. It would...Tags: U.S. Army, Doc Hastings, Lamar Alexander, Nuclear Power, Washington, DC
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