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A risk including gay partners in immigration bill?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated at being left out of an immigration overhaul, gay rights groups are pushing to adjust a bipartisan Senate bill to include gay couples. But Democrats are treading carefully, wary of adding another divisive issue that...Tags: Jay Carney, Human Rights, U.S. Senate, Social Issues, John McCain
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Senator calls for smartphone app privacy policies
WASHINGTON (AP) — A key member of the Senate Judiciary Committee is challenging Apple and Google to require all outside developers that make apps for their mobile devices to adopt formal privacy policies. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., sent letters...Tags: Washington, DC, Apple iPad, Google Inc., Apple iPhone, Justice System
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Schwab reverses ban on client class-action lawsuits
ReutersBy Jed Horowitz May 16 (Reuters) - Charles Schwab Corp has temporarily reversed its requirement that clients waive their right to bring class-action lawsuits, adding a new twist in a battle closely watched by the securities industry and plaintiffs'...Tags: Laws, Financial Markets, Arbitration, Financial and Business Services, Justice System
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Senators struggle with tech industry concerns on U.S. immigration bill
Reuters* Schumer seeks to broker a deal * "Need all the support we can get" By Rachelle Younglai and Caren Bohan WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - Senate supporters of a broad U.S. immigration bill struggled on Wednesday to satisfy technology companies that want...Tags: Employees, Immigration, Business, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Corporate Crime
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Duo of senators plead with SEC to take action on credit raters
ReutersBy Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators urged federal securities regulators to move quickly on fundamental changes to how credit-rating agencies are compensated, a step they said will reduce the type of...Tags: Financial Markets, Scott Garrett, Ole Miss Rebels, Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC, The McGraw-Hill Companies Incorporated
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Lawmakers urge U.S. SEC to bar forced Wall Street arbitration
ReutersBy Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - A group of 37 federal lawmakers urged U.S. securities regulators to prohibit Wall Street brokers from forcing customers to sign away their legal right to sue. "If arbitration offers investors an...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Sherrod Brown, Lobbying, Arbitration, Justice System
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Dems, GOP press Obama administration on drone use
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats and Republicans on Tuesday challenged the Obama administration to spell out its justification for using drones for targeted killings amid growing concerns about unchecked powers of the presidency and Americans'...
Tags: Yemen, Al-Qaeda, Dick Durbin, John O. Brennan, U.S. Congress
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House passes CISPA, sets up showdown with White House and Senate
The House of Representatives passed a controversial cybersecurity bill as expected on Thursday, moving toward a possible confrontation with the Senate and White House. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2013, or CISPA, passed by a vote...Tags: Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011, Ron Wyden, Business Enterprises, Bernard Sanders, U.S. Senate
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Lake student gives her backing to federal non-discrimination act
Bayli Silberstein, a 14-year-old eighth-grader in Leesburg, told her story Thursday about being bullied and harassed by fellow students in a show of support for a federal bill to end discrimination against gay schoolchildren. U.S. Reps. Jared Polis, D-...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Jared Polis, Gays and Lesbians, Social Issues, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
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Dennis Miller talks a few moments, then he's 'Outta Here!'
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGLet it never be said that the smirky, prickly and sometimes arrogant personality comedian/commentator Dennis Miller has put on public display for more than 25 years is just an act. At least not if his demeanor in a recent telephone...... -
Metta World Peace signs on to congresswoman's mental health bill
WASHINGTON -- Lakers forward Metta World Peace lent his star power – and his personal story – to a Los Angeles congresswoman’s effort to fund mental health services in schools. Just don’t ask him to auction off any more...
Tags: Health, Mental Health, Grace F. Napolitano, Behavioral Conditions, Auction Service
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Inauguration 2013: Beyonce, Kelly Clarkson, deliver big
Los Angeles Times Pop Music CriticAmid the pomp of Monday’s inaugural ceremonies were a number of visual non-sequiturs, and most of them involved Jay-Z -- at least those not involving the sight of a former American Idol winner up there. There he was, in the same frame as Sen....Tags: Bill Clinton, Kelly Clarkson, Jay-Z, Entertainment, James Taylor
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