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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: Elections, Republican Party, Chuck Schumer, Justice System, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Child's play over the budget
WASHINGTON -- The budget feud on Capitol Hill is looking like those Vietnam War peace talks when negotiators bickered over the shape of the table. House Republicans, after howling for years about Senate Democrats' failure to pass a budget, are...
Tags: Patty Murray, Washington, DC, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Government Health Care, Barack Obama
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Are you (fill in the blank) enough?
WASHINGTON -- Enough with this "enough" business. Latest to the question of whether a person is sufficiently identifiable as belonging to a particular demographic is Ted Cruz -- the conservative Texas senator who happens to be of Hispanic descent. But...
Tags: Jesse Jackson, Republican Party, Demographics, Immigration, Minority Groups
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Malloy Pays Price For D.C. Hobnob
The Hartford CourantLast weekend, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy tried to give Connecticut the slip to attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner. The dinner is an annual affair at which Washington-based media, politicians and celebrities get all tuxed up and bejeweled and...Tags: Elections, People (magazine), Dannel P. Malloy , Barack Obama, Tea Party Movement
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Senators briefed on the latest from the International Space Station
WASHINGTON -- Sens. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) took a break from earthly political matters Tuesday to talk to NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, one of two Americans aboard the International Space Station. Marshburn, who has been at the...
Tags: Heads of State, Bill Nelson, Space Programs, Science, Vaccines
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Liberal anger only makes Ted Cruz stronger
Rude, entitled, arrogant and off-putting: That's how the conventionally wise in Washington are characterizing Ted Cruz, the conservative new senator from Texas. It's a better description of the critics themselves, who are inadvertently helping Cruz...
Tags: Elections, The Wall Street Journal, American Enterprise Institute, The Washington Post, Periodicals
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Letters: Narrowing the NRA
Re "Both sides of debate at NRA convention," May 4 When the National Rifle Assn. backed improved background checks on gun buyers in the 1990s, the organization truly was nonpartisan. Time and money have changed that. Witness the lineup of speakers...
Tags: Elections, Sarah Palin, Republican Party, John McCain, Mark Kirk
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A third George Bush steps up to the political plate in Texas
WACO, Texas — On a recent afternoon, as McLennan County Republicans polished off their barbecue, the head of the local GOP worked his way through the group's luncheon agenda. A plaque was presented. A local judge spotlighted. The fertilizer plant...
Tags: Republican Party, Justice System, Judges, University of Texas at Austin, Executive Branch
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Stand with Rand?
On March 7, after nearly 13 hours, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) ended his historic filibuster against the nomination of John Brennan as CIA director. The filibuster didn't stop there though, Paul also went on to criticize President Obama's and Attorney...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Republican Party, John McCain, Barack Obama, Marco Rubio
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Our elected officials are supposed to follow the desires of their electors. Why is it when more than 80 percent of the people want stricter gun control, Republicans refuse to enact it? Be safe. Buy multiple guns for protection. Build a moat around...Tags: U.S. Congress, Parties and Movements, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, Barack Obama
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Sen. Ted Cruz, the next Barack Obama?
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a "tea party" favorite, may be new to elected office, but that might not stop him from running for president before his first term in the Senate is over. And the only people who could legitimately question whether he's...Tags: Elections, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Tea Party Movement
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Dems, GOP press Obama administration on drone use
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats and Republicans on Tuesday challenged the Obama administration to spell out its justification for using drones for targeted killings amid growing concerns about unchecked powers of the presidency and Americans'...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, Al Franken, Barack Obama, John O. Brennan
May 9, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 8, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
May 8, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
May 5, 2013
|Column| Hartford Courant
May 7, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 7, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
May 7, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 25, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 25, 2013
|Story| Daily American
May 4, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
May 1, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 24, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
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