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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: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Same-Sex Marriage, Washington, DC, Politics, U.S. Senate
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Kerry stays quiet as Cabinet speculation swirls
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John Kerry is angling to be the nation's top diplomat by being, well, diplomatic. The longtime Democratic lawmaker from Massachusetts has largely stayed quiet while President Barack Obama considers him for the next secretary...
Tags: United Nations, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Washington, DC, Politics, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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US Ambassador Susan Rice defends Benghazi remarks
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice says her early account of the attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans in Benghazi was based on the initial intelligence community assessments and was always subject...
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Program, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iran, Politics, Religion and Belief
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Jindal: Liking people is key to expanding GOP tent
WASHINGTON (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says the Republican Party needs to go back to basics to attract the broad coalition of voters credited with putting President Barack Obama back in the White House. Kindergarten basics. "If we want...
Tags: Executive Branch, Washington, DC, Politics, Government, U.S. Senate
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NRA says Congress will not pass weapons ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — The powerful gun lobby is gauging enough support in Congress to block a law that would ban assault weapons, despite promises from the White House and senior lawmakers to make such a measure a reality. Senators plan to introduce a...
Tags: ABC (tv network), CBS Corp., Joe Manchin III, Washington, DC, Politics
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Indiana embraces GOP -- up to a point
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana continued its shift to the right Tuesday as voters supported Republican candidates for president and governor, but also sent a clear signal on where its embrace of conservatism ends. While GOP presidential hopeful Mitt...
Tags: Polls, Mitch Daniels, Culture, Richard Mourdock, Politics
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Polls are now open
Voters are deciding a number of important issues and races, and many have already decided: Indiana allows voters to cast their ballots early. WSBT's Kristin Bien was live this morning in Granger. There were lines of people waiting to vote over the last...
Tags: Politics, Elections, Barack Obama, Voting
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Will Donnelly tone down Republicans' celebration?
South Bend TribuneINDIANAPOLIS -- Republicans working to move Indiana firmly back into the land of red states after its 2008 support of Democrat Barack Obama hope to have plenty to celebrate today, but a U.S. Senate seat that has been a lock for the GOP for nearly four...Tags: Evan Bayh, Mitch Daniels, Politics, Richard Mourdock, Joe Donnelly
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GOP pursues last chances to upend Senate Dems
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans vigorously pursued their last, longshot chances for taking control of the Senate — Pennsylvania topped their list — as Democrats remained cautiously optimistic that they'd retain their narrow majority...Tags: Washington, DC, Richard Mourdock, Politics, Harry Reid, Government
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Mourdock criticized over rape, pregnancy comments
NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) — Top Republicans were slow to embrace tea party-backed Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock after he ousted a longtime GOP senator from office. Though he eventually won their support — and money — Mourdock...
Tags: Richard Mourdock, Politics, Joe Donnelly, Todd Akin, Abortion
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McCain accepts Mourdock explanation of rape comment, backs him
WASHINGTON (AP) Republican Sen. John McCain is again backing Indiana's Richard Mourdock after the Senate candidate explained his remark that pregnancy from rape is "something God intended," a spokesman said Thursday. McCain, the GOP's presidential...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Washington, DC, Richard Mourdock, Politics, Anderson Cooper 360 (tv program)
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Republicans, Democrats call on star politicos
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republicans and Democrats are looking for help from their party's political stars as they look for a boost on Election Day. Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock held a campaign event in Indianapolis Wednesday morning...
Tags: Evan Bayh, Politics, Richard Mourdock, Joe Donnelly, U.S. Senate
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