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Labor nominee Perez faces sharp questions from GOP senators
Thomas E. Perez, the former Maryland labor secretary nominated to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, faced pointed questions at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday about whether politics influenced his decisions as the top civil rights attorney in...
Tags: David Vitter, Barbara A. Mikulski, Civil Rights, Montgomery County (Maryland), Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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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: Barbara A. Mikulski, ABC (tv network), Civil Rights, NAACP, Diane Sawyer
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Liberal obsession with race is growing old
When will liberals stop living in the past? Specifically, when will they accept that they aren't all that stands between a wonderful, tolerant America and Jim Crow? I was in the room when, during the Democratic National Convention, civil rights hero...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Tea Party Movement, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, John Lewis
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Voter ID laws do not discriminate
Is there, or should there ever be, a point when a state is no longer penalized for its discriminatory past?
Not according to the Department of Justice, which recently rejected a South Carolina law that would have required voters to show a valid photo...Tags: Interior Policy, U.S. House of Representatives, New York University, Parties and Movements, Executive Branch
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Anthony Foxx coasts through hearing to take wheel at Transportation Department
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON Anthony Foxx avoided the controversy of other Capitol Hill hearings Wednesday, receiving a mostly warm reception from senators who considered his nomination to become transportation secretary. Foxx probably will get easy confirmation by the...Tags: Washington, DC, Internal Revenue Service, John D. Rockefeller IV, Barack Obama, Transportation
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GOP senators on committee target three labor nominees from Buffalo
The Buffalo NewsThree men from Buffalo, one absent and two present, were the targets of grilling from Republicans on a Senate committee Thursday over matters that sometimes seemed personal but in the end are profound for every working person in America. The absent...Tags: David Vitter, Barbara A. Mikulski, Maryland Chamber of Commerce, Civil Rights, Patty Murray
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Sanford returns to Congress, says he'll focus on finances
The Island Packet OnlineThe comeback is complete. Former Gov. Mark Sanford is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives again after being sworn into office Wednesday during a ceremony in the House chamber in Washington, D.C. During a short speech on the House floor,...Tags: Washington, DC, Trey Gowdy, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, Finance, Tom Rice
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Mark Sanford sworn in -- a member of Congress again
The Island Packet OnlineThe comeback is complete. Former Gov. Mark Sanford is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives again after being sworn into office Wednesday during a ceremony in the House chamber in Washington, D.C. During a short speech on the House floor,...Tags: Washington, DC, Trey Gowdy, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, Finance, Tom Rice
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EDITORIAL: Sanford's statement
The Augusta Chronicle, Ga.Mark Sanford did not have permission to enter his ex-wife's house. But he returns to the U.S. House with the knowing assent of the electorate. The disgraced former congressman and governor would not have been our first choice to replace South Carolina...Tags: Elizabeth Colbert Busch, Tom Hanks, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Elections, Adultery
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Former Gov. Mark Sanford wins South Carolina House seat
WASHINGTON — Two years after Mark Sanford left the South Carolina governor’s office tarred by an adultery scandal, he has completed an unlikely political comeback to win a special congressional election. Sanford defeated Democratic neophyte...Tags: Mitt Romney, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, Greg Walden, Jim DeMint, Appalachian National Scenic Trail
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Comeback complete, Republican Sanford could be wild card in Congress
Reuters* Republican Sanford does not owe national party after win * Democrats say result undermines Republican pitch to women By John Whitesides WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - Fresh off a redemptive win in South Carolina's special election, former Governor...Tags: Mitt Romney, Finance, U.S. Elections, Tea Party Movement, John Boehner
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Stephen Colbert's Sister, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, Loses to Mark Sanford in S.C. House Race
ReutersMay 08 (TheWrap.com) - There won't be a Colbert in Congress anytime soon. Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch, sister of "Colbert Report" host Stephen Colbert, lost her South Carolina special Congressional election to Republican former Gov. Mark Sanford....Tags: Mark Sanford, U.S. Senate, Jim DeMint, Government, Elections
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