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Historic reading of Constitution sees House tussle
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans made history Thursday by staging the first-ever reading of the entire Constitution on the House floor. But that record may come with an asterisk: Democrats asked why original sections that later were amended,...Tags: Bob Goodlatte, Barack Obama, Social Issues, Personal Weapon Control, Justice System
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Constitution reading provokes political tussling
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats took turns politely in a historic recitation of the Constitution from the House floor Thursday, but the decorum hardly meant they were in agreement. In a nod to the tea partiers who put the Republicans...Tags: Bob Goodlatte, Barack Obama, Social Issues, Personal Weapon Control, Justice System
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Schiff introduces Genocide resolution, again
In what has become an annual exercise, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) this week introduced a House resolution calling on the U.S. to formally recognize the Armenian Genocide, in which roughly 1.5 million Armenians were massacred by Ottoman Turks from 1915...
Tags: Turkey, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Massacres
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Reports Suggest Rice May Contain Unacceptably High Levels Of Arsenic
Curry and sushi lovers beware: the issue of arsenic in rice is set to come back on the table this year. The toxic problem first grabbed the headlines in September 2012, when Consumer Reports announced the results of its investigation into what it called...
Tags: Environmental Politics, Consumers, Foods and Beverages, Fairfield County, Environmental Issues
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Garagiola points to Annapolis experience as he runs for Congress
Two years ago, state Sen. Rob Garagiola took up a bill that just about everyone else in Annapolis considered a lost cause. The proposal, to require large retailers to offer employees 15-minute shift breaks every four hours, had languished for years under...
Tags: Democratic Party, Labor Legislation, Bill Clinton, Same-Sex Marriage, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
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Obama and Romney surprisingly similar on health care
With Mitt Romney essentially assured the Republican nomination for president, the time has arrived to compare his (supposedly) differing viewpoints on health reform with President Barack Obama's. As many commentators and policy analysts have recognized,...
Tags: Democratic Party, Government Health Care, Labor Legislation, Behavioral Conditions, Mitt Romney
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Md. state senator touts record in his bid for Congress
andrews@herald-mail.comEditor’s note: This is one in an occasional series of profiles about candidates running for election in the 6th Congressional District. State Sen. Robert J. Garagiola said he’ll gladly compare his record to anyone else’s in the 6th...Tags: Democratic Party, Same-Sex Marriage, Environmental Issues, George Washington University, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Robert J. Garagiola
Date of birth: Sept. 5, 1972 Hometown: Germantown Education: bachelor’s degree in political science from Rutgers University in 1994, law degree from George Washington University Law School in 2001 Occupation: attorney with Stein, Sperling,...Tags: George Washington University, Robert J. Garagiola
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Indoor tanning: Not as sunny as depicted, Congress' Democrats say
Nation NowThe indoor tanning industry is providing false and misleading information about the health risks of tanning, congressional Democrats say. Their criticism follows an investigation in which their staff, including college interns, phoned salons... -
Think Again: Congress comes up lame in last session
The 111th Congress held its lame-duck session until Christmas to wrap up unfinished business before Democrats ceded control of the House of Representatives to the Republicans. But the business it failed to address is a most fundamental one.
Up until the...Tags: Barack Obama, Republican Party, Human Interest, Sudan, Massacres
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So-Called 'Birther' Interrupts Constitution Reading
House Republicans' reading of the Constitution was interrupted Thursday by a woman who shouted "except Obama, except Obama" to the venerable document's words on a U.S. citizen's eligibility to be president.
Just as Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., was reading...Tags: Barack Obama, Democratic Party, WPIX, Hawaii, Idaho
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House Votes to repeal Obama's health care law
AP Special CorrespondentSwiftly honoring a campaign pledge, newly empowered Republicans pushed legislation to repeal the nation's year-old health care overhaul through the House Wednesday night, brushing aside implacable opposition in the Senate and a veto threat from...Tags: Government Health Care, Barack Obama, Labor Legislation, Mitch McConnell, Mike Ross
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