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Farm Bill cultivated in Congress
While farmers are struggling to get seeds in the ground and ranchers are moving livestock to pasture, Congress is stepping closer to piecing together the 2013 Farm Bill. Issues, some big and some small, still divide lawmakers and the process will take...Tags: U.S. Congress, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, U.S. Senate, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture
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Letters: Fussing about the filibuster
Re "Nuking the filibuster," Editorial, May 15 It should be clear by now that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will not do the right thing and fix the filibuster. The Senate will continue to be in gridlock. The Democratic senators wringing... -
Senate panel focuses on enforcement in immigration bill
WASHINGTON — Senators kept the bipartisan immigration bill largely unchanged Thursday after dispatching dozens of proposed amendments even as they punted many of the thorniest issues to next week. The day's session at the Senate Judiciary...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Migration, Orrin Hatch
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Former AG launches coalition to thwart NV Energy's 10-year plan
Las Vegas SunFormer Nevada Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa is leading a coalition to defeat a major piece of energy legislation pushed by NV Energy that would create a 10-year plan to divest from coal and launch a massive project to build natural gas and...Tags: Lobbying, Plant Openings, Consumers, Renewable Energy, Energy Saving
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It's 1973 all over again
Victor Davis HansonIn Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, he ran to the left of Hillary Clinton as a moral reformer. Obama promised to transcend the old politics and bring a new era of hope-and-change transparency to Washington. Five years later, those vows are in...Tags: ABC (tv network), U.S. Senate, Carney (music group), Richard Nixon, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Lawmakers accuse Obama administration of abusing free speech rights
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers accused the Obama administration on Wednesday of trampling on free speech rights and evading questions about the Justice Department's secret seizure of Associated Press telephone records. U.S. Attorney General Eric...Tags: U.S. Congress, Zoe Lofgren, Brookings Institution, U.S. Senate, Orrin Hatch
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Senate to hold vote on consumer watchdog director next week
Reuters(Reuters) - Senate Democratic leaders plan to hold a vote next week on President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a Senate Democratic aide said on Wednesday, but they are not expected to muster enough votes to...Tags: U.S. Congress, Finance, Consumers, U.S. Senate, Work Relations
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U.S. Senate to hold vote on consumer watchdog director next week
ReutersBy Emily Stephenson May 15 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic leaders plan to hold a vote next week on President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a Senate Democratic aide said on Wednesday, but they are not expected...Tags: U.S. Congress, Finance, U.S. Senate, Consumers, Work Relations
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Nuking the filibuster
In requiring the U.S. Senate to confirm presidential appointments, the Constitution aims to ensure a second level of scrutiny of the qualifications of government officials. But Senate Republicans have hijacked the confirmation process, not only to...
Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, Work Relations, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Labor Disputes
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Reid says IRS chief Miller doing a good job
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Tuesday he believed IRS chief Steven Miller was doing a good job. While some Republicans have called for the resignation of Miller, Reid, a Nevada Democrat, told journalists,...Tags: Taxation, U.S. Senate, Internal Revenue Service
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IRS targeting of conservatives demands independent review
San Jose Mercury NewsThe following editorial appeared in the San Jose Mercury News on Tuesday, May 14: ___ It was reassuring to hear President Barack Obama forcefully condemn the alarming scheme, revealed last week, by Internal Revenue Service workers to go after right-...Tags: Taxation, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, Labor Legislation, Tea Party Movement
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Gun control backers turn up heat on selected senators
WASHINGTON — First came the letter-writing campaigns, then the protests at town hall meetings and now the television ads. The last several weeks in New Hampshire have had the feel of a heated electoral season — but the target of this siege,...
Tags: Lobbying, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Mother's Day, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Joe Manchin III
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