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Warren and Cruz: principled or polarizing?
Who is the face of American liberalism? Who is the face of American conservatism? In Washington politics and on social media these days, the king and queen of "base" politics are two freshman U.S senators — Texas' Ted Cruz for conservatives and...Tags: Violence Against Women Act, Conservative Political Action Conference, Media Industry, Juan Williams, Occupy Wall Street
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Progress on immigration
Just when Washington looked like it was completely preoccupied with the scandals, real and imaginary, swirling around the White House, a group of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate managed the unexpected (and, these days, extraordinary): They...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Justice System, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Mitch McConnell, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Why annihilate the GOP?
Still reeling from the Republican defeat in the 2012 presidential election, House Speaker John Boehner warned in a Ripon Society speech the other day that the re-elected Obama administration is now out to kill off their party. The embattled speaker...
Tags: John Boehner, U.S. House of Representatives, Wayne LaPierre, Immigration, Mitt Romney
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Obama settles for half measures on gun control
For all the clamor from the White House and many in Congress to address the American scourge of gun violence, signs continue to point to a half-measure solution at best. President Barack Obama's State of the Union plea to the nation's lawmakers that the...
Tags: Justice System, Personal Weapon Control, Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Patrick Leahy
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Dr. Ben Carson announces his retirement, hints at political future
– Johns Hopkins Hospital's Dr. Ben Carson tested the political waters Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference, where many said he would be a popular Republican contender for the White House. Carson's speech was met with several...
Tags: Social Sciences, National Government, Conservative Political Action Conference, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Culture
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Laying odds on immigration bill's future
The immigration debate that began this week in the Senate looms as the most consequential in years - for the country's growing Hispanic population and both major political parties. The bill's fate could have more effect on future presidential and...Tags: U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Polls, Justice System, Mitt Romney, John Cornyn
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Senate panel bolsters effort to deal with military sex assault
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Armed Services Committee endorsed several steps to improve prosecution of military sexual assault on Wednesday during a rare open debate of its annual defense policy bill, but it killed a controversial proposal opposed by...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, George H.W. Bush, Defense, Armed Forces, Sexual Assault
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Can Marco Rubio seduce his fellow Republicans on immigration reform?
The attempted seduction of Sen. John Cornyn by immigration reformers is akin to my effort to get Neil Patrick Harris, the best emcee ever of any awards show, to sing at my next birthday. No matter how much I offer him, he'll turn me down. That's the...Tags: Jeff Sessions, Immigration, Justice System, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, John Cornyn
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NSA debate pits far left, right against the middle
WASHINGTON (AP) — Revelations of massive government collections of Americans' phone and email records have reinvigorated an odd-couple political alliance of the far left and right. A number of Democratic civil liberties activists, along with...
Tags: MSNBC (tv network), National Government, Terrorism, ABC (tv network), Fort Hood Shootings (2009)
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ATF nominee runs into Senate opposition
WASHINGTON —The acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, who took over the agency in its meltdown with the Fast and Furious gun-tracking scandal, ran into opposition Tuesday when he appeared before the Senate...Tags: Justice System, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Conservation, National Rifle Association of America, Operation Fast and Furious
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Senate Republicans grill Jones, nominee for ATF post
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)Minnesota U.S. Attorney B. Todd Jones, President Barack Obama's pick to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, came under scorching criticism Tuesday from Republican senators questioning his management style and his record on gun...Tags: Justice System, Personal Weapon Control, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, National Rifle Association of America, Operation Fast and Furious
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Senate panel approves Foxx as US transportation secretary
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON A Senate panel on Monday unanimously confirmed Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx to be the next U.S. transportation secretary, a final step toward what is expected to be an easy confirmation by the full Senate. Foxx had a smooth confirmation...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Anthony Foxx, John D. Rockefeller IV, Kay Hagan, Parties and Movements
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