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Democrats face challenging Senate landscape
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a surprising string of victories last fall, Democrats now face a challenging terrain as they look to hold onto their Senate majority in 2014 and prevent Republicans from gaining full control of Congress during President...Tags: Mike J. Rogers, Gary Peters, Mike Rounds, U.S. Congress, Charles W. Boustany, Jr.
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Lawmakers look to repeal Medicare provision aiding Amgen drug
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is seeking to repeal a Medicare-pricing provision in the recent "fiscal cliff" deal that benefits biotech giant Amgen Inc. U.S. Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) filed legislation this week to eliminate the exemption for a...
Tags: Jim Cooper, Peter Welch, Medicare, Anemia, Health Insurance Cost
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Farm-state lawmakers returning home empty-handed
WASHINGTON (AP) - Farm-state members of Congress have campaigned for decades on the back of farm bills delivering election-season subsidies and other goodies to rural voters. Not this year. The bill is stalled, primarily because House GOP leaders don'...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Tim Huelskamp, Labor Legislation, Scott Tipton, Elections
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Social Security Administration gets C's in clear communication
Advocates for plain language have issued their first report card on how clearly federal agencies communicate with taxpayers and others — and the Social Security Administration has drawn a pair of C's. That put the Woodlawn-based administration in...Tags: Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Social Security, Barack Obama
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FBI to Investigate Allegations News Corp. Hacked Phones of 9/11 Victims
CNNNEW YORK -- The FBI has launched an investigation into Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. after a report that employees or associates may have attempted to hack into phone conversations and voice mail of September 11 survivors, victims and their families, a...Tags: Chicago Hotels, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Labor Legislation
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861 days and $787 billion in, Obama pleads for more time on jobs
Top of the TicketDemocrat Obama tells Iowa it will take more time to create the new jobs that were supposed to be here now.... -
Delta bag fees for soldiers ignites backlash
WASHINGTON — Delta Air Lines hastily changed its baggage fees for troops Wednesday after a YouTube video showed soldiers complaining that they had to pay $200 apiece to check extra bags as they made their way home from Afghanistan. The video was...Tags: Oklahoma, Air Transportation Industry, Advanced Training, U.S. Department of Defense, Louisiana
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NEW MAP: A proposed congressional redistricting plan would toss two Republicans in the same district and two Democrats in another
Staff WriterA proposed new map of congressional districts tosses Republican congressmen Steve King and Tom Latham into the same district. It also puts Democratic Reps. Bruce Braley and Dave Loebsack in the same northeastern Iowa district. The proposed maps delivered...Tags: Des Moines (Polk, Iowa), Iowa, Tom Latham, Democratic Party, Republican Party
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Obama on Libya: "We Intervened to Stop a Massacre"
CNNWashington -- President Barack Obama on Monday rejected criticism of his decision to commit U.S. forces to the U.N.-authorized military mission in Libya, telling the American people there were strategic and moral reasons to act. In a nationally televised...Tags: Emanuel Cleaver, Libyan No-Fly Zone (2011), Saddam Hussein, Arizona, U.S. Military
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PLAN PASSES: A legislative redistricting plan has passed the Iowa legislature and is awaiting Gov. Branstad's signature
Staff WriterThe Iowa House and Senate have overwhelmingly approved new maps of legislative and congressional districts. The Legislature approved the maps Thursday, send them to Gov. Terry Branstad. He hasn't taken a position on the redistricting plan. Under the...Tags: Steve King, Terry Branstad, Iowa, Tom Latham, Government
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Ag secretary's wife moves toward U.S. House run
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Christie Vilsack, the wife of Agriculture Secretary and former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, announced Wednesday she is taking the first step toward running for Congress by relocating to Iowa's new 4th District. "The decision to run for...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Tom Latham, Government, Mississippi, Minnesota
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