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Rand Paul stood up for us all
I hope I'm not too late to the fight. Last week, freshman Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., held an old-fashioned filibuster against the nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA. Paul's stated reason for taking to the floor and talking for 13 hours was that...
Tags: G.K. Chesterton, Al-Qaeda, The Wall Street Journal, Eric Holder, U.S. Senate
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U.S. gov't fiscal outlook improving - but only for now
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite constant budget wrangling and finger-pointing by the nation's policy-makers, the government's short-term fiscal outlook isn't all that bad. It's actually getting better — at least for now. Washington is borrowing...Tags: Government Health Care, Government, National Government, Medicare, Brookings Institution
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Twelve steaks and an arugula salad: Obama takes the GOP to dinner
President Barack Obama had a dinner date last week with a dozen of his worst enemies, thus proving that the governmental stalemate in Washington, D.C., is driving him to unusual acts of political creativity -- or desperation. The president personally...
Tags: Lyndon B. Johnson, Tom Coburn, Richard Burr, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton
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Optical illusions
WASHINGTON -- The media love optics and no one understands this better than President Obama. Thus, he invited a gang of Republican senators to din-dins at the swank (and legendary) Jefferson Hotel, one of the city's more discreet (and expensive)...
Tags: Head Start, Republican Party, Landforms, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Caves and Caverns
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Senators hush-hush as they craft immigration bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The eight senators meet in private several times a week, alternating between Sen. John McCain's and Sen. Charles Schumer's offices. They sit in arm chairs arranged in a circle and sip water or soft drinks as they debate temporary...
Tags: Patrick Leahy, Michael F. Bennet, Employees, Illegal Immigrants, Elections
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Jeb Bush backs away from citizenship for illegal immigrants
WASHINGTON _ As Republican Jeb Bush appeared to back away from supporting citizenship for illegal immigrants on Monday, top Republican senators working on the issue distanced themselves from his comments. Bush, speaking on NBC's “Today”...Tags: Jeb Bush, Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, Immigration, Illegal Immigrants
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Straddling the worlds of high finance and community activism
In 1972, Jim Reynolds was less than two months shy of graduating from Chicago Vocational High School, with plans of becoming a television repairman. Raised in Englewood on the city's South Side, he had been studying the trade for two years when his...
Tags: Government, Social Issues, USA Today, United Center, Bobby Rush
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At new phase in budget fight, Obama reaches out to GOP lawmakers
WASHINGTON -- President Obama appears to be trying to thaw chilly relations with lawmakers as he pushed through the latest budget battle while moving on to other parts of his second-term agenda. Obama will head to Capitol Hill next week to visit...
Tags: Justice System, Personal Weapon Control, Tom Coburn, Barack Obama, Dan Coats
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Mattis: No enemy advantage due to Truman delay
Postponing the combat deployment of a Norfolk-based aircraft carrier will not compromise the safety of troops in the Middle East, a top U.S. general told Congress Tuesday. Marine Gen. James Mattis, commander of U.S. Central Command, said defense...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Chuck Hagel, U.S. Department of Defense, Bill Nelson, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Md. groups rally as immigration deal nears
Immigration reform advocates are organizing thousands of Marylanders to attend a Capitol Hill rally on Wednesday to bring attention to negotiations in the Senate over immigration. The rally, conceived by CASA de Maryland's executive director, Gustavo...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Immigration, Elections, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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Immigration talks bog down over numbers
WASHINGTON — Senate negotiations to overhaul the nation's immigration laws have stumbled over the hiring of half a million migrant farmworkers each year — an issue that is crucial for California's vast agricultural industry, which employs more...
Tags: Michael F. Bennet, Patrick Leahy, Washington, DC, Personal Data Collection, Immigration
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Editorial: Obama Is Right, 'We've Got To Expect More'
Any assessment of the federal effort to make schools safer since the Sandy Hook massacre on Dec. 14 must admit failure. That's the somber truth that President Obama had to face Monday afternoon when he returned to Connecticut, the site of the shocking...
Tags: Weaponry, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Lobbying, Barack Obama
Mar 13, 2013
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