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Rules committee rejects Grayson measure to stop NSA snooping
Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- A measure that would have blunted efforts by the National Security Agency to collect data on Americans was blocked late Wednesday by a key U.S. House committee, despite a last-minute plea by its sponsor, U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando. ...Tags: National Security Agency, U.S. Military, Miramar, Alcee Hastings, Computer Networking and Internet
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COLUMN - Edward Snowden and the selective targeting of leaks
Reuters(Jack Shafer is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Jack Shafer June 12 (Reuters) - Edward Snowden's expansive disclosures to the Guardian and the Washington Post about various National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programs...Tags: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Elections, Central Intelligence Agency, Iraq, WikiLeaks
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INSIGHT-In Washington, lawmakers' routines shaped by fundraising
Reuters(Repeats with no changes to text) * Political fundraising: 'It's like a sweatshop' * Half of congressional race funds come from 1 pct of Americans * House incumbents raise average $2,400 a day, Senate $4,700 By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON, June 12...Tags: Elections, Democratic Party, Politics, Finance, Dining and Drinking
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PASSINGS: Barbara Vucanovich, Joey Covington, Pierre Mauroy
Barbara Vucanovich Nevada's first congresswoman Barbara Vucanovich, 91, who was the first woman to represent Nevada in Congress and went on to serve a sprawling, rural congressional district for 14 years, died Monday at an assisted living complex in...Tags: France, Elections, Paris (France), U.S. Congress, Entertainment
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We'll remember Snowden as instigator of privacy debate
The important thing right now isn't whether Edward Snowden should be labeled hero or villain. First, let's have the debate he sparked over surveillance and privacy. Then we can decide how history should remember him. Snowden is the 29-year-old...
Tags: Mike J. Rogers, Pakistan, Tea Party Movement, The Washington Post, Dianne Feinstein
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Virginia Beach NAACP rallies behind Rep. Rigell offshore drilling bill
The Virginia Beach chapter of the NAACP threw its support this week behind federal legislation sponsored by U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Virginia Beach, to lift the moratorium on drilling for natural gas and oil in the state's coastal waters. Rigell's...Tags: Employment Opportunities, NAACP, Environmental Pollution, Credit and Debt, Barack Obama
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Boehner sees immigration bill by year's end
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said he expects an overhaul of immigration rules to become law by the end of the year, but that the Senate's version "doesn't go far enough" to secure the U.S. border with Mexico or...Tags: Elections, Politics, Barack Obama, Republican Party, U.S. Senate
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Seeking momentum, Obama to address immigration reform Tuesday
ReutersBy Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will try to boost momentum for a sweeping bill to reform the U.S. immigration system on Tuesday with remarks that highlight the proposed law's economic and national security benefits, a...Tags: National Security, White House, Elections, Immigration, Politics
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Edward Snowden: Ex-CIA leaker drops out of sight, faces legal battle
WASHINGTON -- The man who leaked details of top-secret U.S. surveillance programs dropped out of sight in Hong Kong on Monday ahead of a likely push by the U.S. government to have him sent back to the United States to face charges. Edward Snowden, 29, a...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Kingdom, Central Intelligence Agency, Elections, Justice and Rights
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Local Voices, Jun. 12
Parents of ill children This is in response to "Precious gift of a parking pass; Couple who lost son vow to help others with the cost of visiting gravely ill kids" (News, June 2), by Tribune reporter Jodi S. Cohen. It is incomprehensible to me that a...Tags: Daniel Lipinski, Mark Kirk, Politics, Heroin, Students
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Newtown Families Returning to Washington
The Hartford CourantNewtown gun control advocates will travel to Washington this week to lobby lawmakers and to raise awareness for their cause as they approach the six-month anniversary of the school shootings. Family members of Daniel Barden, Lauren Rousseau, Jesse Lewis,...Tags: Eric Cantor, Interior Policy, Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Mayors Against Illegal Guns
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|Column| Orlando Sentinel
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|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
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