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The challenging math of passing immigration reform
WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. But while immigration politics appears to have changed in the wake of sweeping Republican rejection...
Tags: George W. Bush, Lindsey O. Graham, David Vitter, Sherrod Brown, Carl Levin
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Obama 'Willing to Compromise a Little' on Fiscal Cliff
CNNWashington -- It's crunch time for avoiding the fiscal cliff as President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner and their aides hold private talks on issues that will impact every American. Three weeks remain to cut a deal before the automatic...Tags: Marsha Blackburn, George W. Bush, Lindsey O. Graham, Social Security, Politics
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Senate confirms Towson resident Grimm for U.S. District Court judgeship
Longtime U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul W. Grimm was promoted to a U.S. District Court judgeship in Maryland by a nearly unanimous confirmation vote in the Senate on Monday despite a backlog of nominations that has left dozens of vacancies on the federal...Tags: Elections, Trials, Barbara A. Mikulski, Benjamin L. Cardin, Politics
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APNewsBreak: Questions for Medicare in outbreak
WASHINGTON -- Medicare is coming under scrutiny in the meningitis outbreak that has rekindled doubts about the safety of the nation's drug supply. The giant health insurance program for seniors long ago flagged compounded drugs produced for the mass...Tags: Government Health Care, Back Pain, Pharmaceuticals, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Meningitis
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FBI: Border Patrol Agent Likely Killed by Friendly Fire
KTLA NewsNACO, Ariz. -- This week's fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent and the wounding of another in Arizona was likely the result of friendly fire, the FBI said late Friday. "While it is important to emphasize that the FBI's investigation is...Tags: Law Enforcement, Shootings, U.S. Department of Justice, FBI, Justice System
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Both off-shore drilling, wind farms could be spoils of election
Whether it's drilling off shore for oil and natural gas, developing wind farms off the coast or a combination of the two, energy policy proposals from candidates of both parties seeking federal office could be a boon for Hampton Roads. At first glance...Tags: Farms, Travel, Politics, Shipbuilding, U.S. House of Representatives
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'Fast and Furious' Probe Clears Holder, Faults ATF and Justice
CNNWASHINGTON -- More than a dozen Justice Department and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives officials faced punishment Wednesday after a long-awaited report on the botched gun probe known as "Operation Fast and Furious." That probe and a...Tags: Eric Holder, Elections, Government, Darrell E Issa, Safety of Citizens
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Fast and Furious: The Second Amendment conspiracy theory
The brouhaha over Attorney General Eric Holder and the contempt of Congress charge brought by U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa is providing new evidence that the lunatics are running the Republican asylum. Mr. Issa, the California Republican who is chairman of the...
Tags: George W. Bush, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Politics, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Mexico
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Wells Fargo fires veteran over dime crime in 1963. Unbelievable.
The Des Moines Register reports that a 68-year-old Vietnam veteran was fired from his Wells Fargo Home Mortgage job because 49 years ago he put a cardboard dime slug into a laundromat's washing machine. The paper said federal regulations now prohibit...Tags: Career and Workplace, Des Moines Register, U.S. Department of Justice, Labor Legislation, Wells Fargo & Co.
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Livestock farmers seek pause in ethanol production
WASHINGTON (AP) - Livestock farmers and ranchers seeing their feed costs rise because of the worst drought in a quarter-century are demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency waive production requirements for corn-based ethanol. One-third of...Tags: Ethanol, Smithfield Foods, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics
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Daily News Briefs: July 13, 2012
KickingTiresFord says EPA ratings for the six-speed-manual 2013 Focus ST are 23/32 mpg city/highway, beating out the rival Mazdaspeed3 (18/25 mpg), Volkswagen GTI (21/31 mpg) and Subaru Impreza WRX (19/25 mpg) with manual transmissions. The automatic-transmission GTI...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Bloomberg L.P., Automotive Equipment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Inventories
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