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As Tea Party rallies, FBI says IRS probe a top priority
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than a dozen FBI agents are assigned to a criminal probe into Internal Revenue Service scrutiny of conservative political groups, FBI Director Robert Mueller said on Wednesday. "It's a high-priority investigation and it...Tags: Taxation, Criminals, Collective Contract, Republican Party, Eric Holder
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Business, labor groups urge Senate to pass immigration bill
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seeking to boost momentum for a broad immigration bill, the country's top manufacturing association and one of the largest labor unions joined forces on Wednesday to push Congress to pass the legislation. In a letter to the Senate,...Tags: Migration, White House, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Employees, Labor Disputes
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U.S. lawmakers urge careful review of American-US Airways deal
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. lawmakers with antitrust oversight have urged the Obama administration to carefully review a planned merger of American Airlines and US Airways Group to ensure that it will not lead to higher prices for air travelers. US...Tags: American Airlines, Inc., U.S. Airways, Marketing, Air Transportation Industry, Eric Holder
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Patent trolls collect 'nuisance fees' and political enemies
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)WASHINGTON Mason Cos. of Chippewa Falls, Wis., sells shoes, women's clothing and general merchandise on the Internet and through mail-order catalogs. It does not produce or market computers or their components. Yet six times in the past three years,...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, White House, Companies and Corporations, Sales, Business Enterprises
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Dispute over Obama's choices for D.C. court centers on need � and politics
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON A fight is brewing over President Barack Obama's efforts to fill three vacancies on a single federal court that Republicans claim doesn't do enough work to merit them. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, wants to cut three seats from the U.S. Court...Tags: Work Relations, White House, Harry Reid, Georgetown University, Jay Carney
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Legislature split over protection orders for same-sex abuses
PIERRE — This summer and fall, nine members of the Legislature will oversee a comprehensive review of domestic abuse in South Dakota. There is a divisive undercurrent that helped lead to the study. That is treatment of same-sex couples...Tags: Justice System, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, Gays and Lesbians, Medical Research
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Senate rejects Republican effort to gut immigration bill
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A landmark immigration bill survived a major challenge in the Senate on Thursday when its bipartisan "Gang of Eight" sponsors beat back an amendment that would have delayed a pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal residents....Tags: Migration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), White House, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, John Conyers, Jr.
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Silicon Valley intensifies lobbying on immigration bill
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Eager to secure more visas for skilled foreign workers, tech companies have stepped up their lobbying this week in support of a comprehensive U.S. immigration reform bill. Human resources executives from Adobe , Broadcom , Intel...Tags: Employment, Migration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Mark Kirk, Chuck Schumer
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Silicon Valley intensifies lobbying on U.S. immigration bill
Reuters* Bill boosts visa numbers for skilled foreign workers * Labor groups seek protection for U.S. workers By Rachelle Younglai and Caren Bohan WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - Eager to secure more visas for skilled foreign workers, tech companies have...Tags: Employment, Migration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Chuck Schumer, Republican Party
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Sen. Sessions' do-nothing solution on immigration [Blowback]
As an attorney and a supporter of immigration reform, I read the Op-Ed article Monday by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) hoping to learn more about principled conservative opposition to the so-called Gang of Eight's plan in the Senate. Instead, I was...Tags: Migration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), International Law, Extradition, Chuck Schumer
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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: Migration, Jeff Flake, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Republican Party, Chuck Grassley
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Column: Palmer Raids Redux: The NSA versus civil liberties
Reuters(Reuters) - During the "Red Scare" that swept the United States in the wake of Russia's 1917 Bolshevik revolution, the Justice Department launched a cycle of raids against radicals and leftists. The U.S. attorney general, a once-celebrated Progressive...Tags: Migration, White House, International Law, Extradition, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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