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South Carolina ethics debate, race for governor mix
The StateThe 2014 governor's race took a test drive Thursday during a marathon meeting of the state Senate Judiciary Committee. In a series of amendments, Democratic state Sen. Vincent Sheheen offered a critique of Republican Gov. Nikki Haley's ethics policies....Tags: Medicaid, Parties and Movements, Donald Trump, Ethics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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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: Justice System, U.S. Congress, Republican Party, Gays and Lesbians, Parties and Movements
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U.S. Senate panel rejects major challenge to immigration bill
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee on Thursday rejected a Republican proposal that would have significantly delayed the legalization of 11 million undocumented residents in the United States as part of a broad immigration bill. The...Tags: Justice System, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), U.S. Senate, Immigration
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US meat packers, union seek new visa allowing year-round workers
Reuters* Senate committee to debate immigation bill on Thursday * About 480,000 workers at 6,300 U.S. meat plants * Plants struggle to find applicants for grueling work By Charles Abbott WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - Foreign workers could gain visas for...Tags: Justice System, Personal Data Collection, Tyson Foods Incorporated, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Seafood
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Hollywood Trade Groups Tepid About Harvey Weinstein's Royalty Scheme
ReutersMay 08 (TheWrap.com) - Harvey Weinstein's hopes of getting Congress to enact a royalty-based compensation system for movie clips played on the web so far appears to be a long shot. None of the movie industry trade associations are rushing to champion...Tags: Justice System, Stop Online Piracy Act, U.S. Congress, Security, Writers Guild of America
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Border Patrol struggles to measure what it can't see
SAN DIEGO — Kathy Gomez estimates that U.S. Border Patrol agents catch 75% of the migrants who try to run through the strawberry fields at her farm near the border with Tijuana. Farther east, Miguel Diaz thinks the number hits 90% at his junkyard...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Justice System, U.S. Congress, John McCain, U.S. Border Patrol
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GOP divided as immigration bill debate nears
Albuquerque JournalOne of the nation's leading conservatives on Tuesday assailed a new Heritage Foundation report that says a comprehensive overhaul of U.S. immigration policy would cost American taxpayers more than $6 trillion. Grover Norquist, founder of Americans for...Tags: Justice System, U.S. Congress, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Parties and Movements, Tom Udall
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SC Senate panel: Legislators must discipline legislators
The StateWhen lawmakers break the law, who should investigate and punish them? That's the question the General Assembly has been wrestling with for weeks. If a state Senate subcommittee hearing Tuesday on the issue is any indication, legislators could run out of...Tags: Justice System, Values, Executive Branch, Ethics, Government
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Obama considers Twitter lawyer Wong as Internet, privacy adviser
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - The White House is creating a new senior adviser position to focus on Internet and privacy policy, and Nicole Wong, a lawyer known for her work at Google and Twitter, is a leading contender for the job, a source familiar with...Tags: Justice System, U.S. Congress, Twitter, Inc., Computer Networking and Internet, Google Inc.
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Republicans demand changes in Senate immigration bill
WASHINGTON — As a sweeping immigration bill moves forward in the Senate, Republicans are demanding stronger border security measures than those agreed upon during four months of bipartisan negotiation. The process of toughening the bill could...
Tags: Justice System, U.S. Congress, John McCain, Rand Paul, Personal Data Collection
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COLUMN - The continuing struggle for voting rights: William Yeomans
ReutersBy William Yeomans May 7 (Reuters) - The inspector general for the Justice Department, Michael Horowitz, recently issued a report recommending that the Civil Rights Division should no longer favor applicants who have demonstrated an interest in civil...Tags: Justice System, U.S. Congress, Rand Paul, Parties and Movements, George H.W. Bush
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Gay rights amendment offered to U.S. immigration bill in Congress
ReutersBy Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy on Tuesday introduced a gay rights amendment to the Senate's immigration bill, prompting one of the measure's Republican sponsors...Tags: Justice System, U.S. Congress, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, Illegal Immigrants
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