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Key House Republican sees support for Rand Paul immigration plan
WASHINGTON – Conservatives in the House could support an immigration reform plan in line with one proposed by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a key House Republican said Wednesday. Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho), a major player in efforts to develop...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Justice System, Unions
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Congress weighs legislation that would update email privacy laws
SAN FRANCISCO -- Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced legislation Tuesday that would give stronger privacy protection to emails. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 would require the government to...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Security, Justice System, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Email
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Sens. Ted Cruz and Dianne Feinstein face off on gun control
Freshman Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a tea party darling, evidently is so proud of his exchange with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) during the Senate Judiciary Committee's session Thursday, he posted a video of it on YouTube. At issue was the...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Congress, Personal Weapon Control, Justice System, Gun Control
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Obama's advocacy group ramps up plan for national network
WASHINGTON -- Organizing for Action, the nonprofit advocacy group pushing President Obama’s legislative agenda, plans to hold state conferences as part of an effort to roll out chapters across the country in May, trying to knit together the...
Tags: State of the Union Address, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Personal Weapon Control
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Senate committee approves assault weapons ban
WASHINGTON — A federal ban on assault weapons cleared a Democratic-run Senate committee Thursday in a party-line vote after its chief sponsor, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) clashed with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) over the 2nd Amendment. “I&...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Laws, U.S. Senate, Gun Control, Elections
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Keep the drone debate alive
Arianna HuffingtonIt's become accepted wisdom that Washington has become pathologically polarized and partisan, with every new debate inevitably breaking down along party lines. That's why it was so remarkable last week when Rand Paul's old-fashioned talking filibuster...Tags: Barack Obama, New York University, Executive Branch, The Huffington Post, Central Intelligence Agency
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Cross Cuba off the blacklist
Washington has for three decades kept Cuba on a list of countries that sponsor terrorism, even though it has long since changed the behavior that earned it that distinction. By all accounts, Cuba remains on the list — alongside Iran, Sudan and Syria...
Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Department of State, Punishment, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Colombia
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Senate committee OKs bill expanding background checks for gun sales
WASHINGTON — A bill to expand background check requirements for gun sales cleared its first Senate hurdle Tuesday, even though a compromise measure that would attract sufficient bipartisan support in the full chamber remains elusive. The Senate...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Chuck Grassley, Personal Weapon Control, Laws, Theft
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Senators hush-hush as they craft immigration bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The eight senators meet in private several times a week, alternating between Sen. John McCain's and Sen. Charles Schumer's offices. They sit in arm chairs arranged in a circle and sip water or soft drinks as they debate temporary...
Tags: Barack Obama, Bob Menendez, Marco Rubio, Justice System, POLITICO LLC
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Senate Judiciary Committee approves gun trafficking bill
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill Thursday to combat gun trafficking, the first firearms measure since the Newtown, Conn., shooting to move to consideration by the full Senate. The proposal, steered by committee...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Personal Weapon Control, Chuck Grassley, Laws, Justice System
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President Obama unveils $500 million gun legislation package
WASHINGTON (AP) — Braced for a fight, President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled the most sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in two decades, pressing a reluctant Congress to pass universal background checks and bans on military-style...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, White House, Personal Weapon Control
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Bobby Jindal, Deval Patrick on ‘Meet the Press’; Jan Brewer on ‘Face the Nation’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelCNN's "State of the Union" talks to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. The program starts at 9 a.m. and noon. The program offers a panel with former Gov. Haley Barbour, R-Miss.; Jackie Calmes of The New York Times; Gwen Ifill of PBS'...
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