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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: Parties and Movements, Al Franken, Justice System, U.S. Congress, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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No plans for Upton to leave U.S. House for Senate
Long-time Michigan Senator Carl Levin is not going to run for re-election. That decision raised the name of a local congressman as a possible replacement. But Southwest Michigan Congressman Fred Upton is not sounding like he will run for statewide...
Tags: Elections, U.S. Senate, Politics
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Pentagon opens combat roles to women
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is lifting its ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after generations of limits on their service, defense officials said Wednesday....
Tags: Afghanistan, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Defense, Leon Panetta, Politics
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Deficit cutters look to Pentagon budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — One war is done, another is winding down and the calls to cut the deficit are deafening. The military, a beneficiary of robust budgets for more than a decade, is coming to grips with a new reality — fewer dollars. The...
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Elections, Barney Frank
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Ann Arbor gets $2.1M US grant for hybrid buses
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Carl Levin says the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority is getting $2.1 million in federal aid toward the costs of using new hybrid-electric buses. The Michigan Democrat said Thursday that the grant comes from the...Tags: U.S. Department of Transportation, Energy Saving, Environmental Issues
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$203,000 heading to 5 Michigan fire departments
FLAT ROCK, Mich. (AP) — U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin say $203,000 in federal grants will be heading to five fire departments in Michigan. The beneficiaries are departments in Flat Rock, Alpena Township, Saginaw County's Buena Vista...Tags: Fires, Debbie Stabenow, Michigan, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Disasters and Accidents
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Berrien Springs-Oronoko fire unit gets big fed money
Twenty fire departments in Michigan have $1.6 million in federal grants coming their way.
The cash comes through the Department of Homeland Security Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program.
It'll be used to help needs in the areas of equipment,...Tags: Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Fires, Michigan, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Taxes, schmaxes: Congress wants you to know it loves Apple
You could be forgiven for thinking that the big hearing before the U.S. Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations this week was a chance for lawmakers to grill Apple about some of its controversial tax practices. And yes, there was some of...
Tags: John McCain, Apple iPhone, Computer Hardware, U.S. Congress, Claire McCaskill
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Apple CEO makes no apology for company's tax strategy
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook made no apology on Tuesday for the iPad maker saving billions of dollars in U.S. taxes through Irish subsidiaries and told lawmakers that his company backs corporate tax reform, even though it...Tags: Personal Income, Hewlett-Packard Co., U.S. Congress, White House, Laws
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Lawmakers grill Apple execs over tax strategy
WASHINGTON — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook was supposed to face a hostile Capitol Hill crowd but instead he wielded the company's popularity like a shield to deflect some of the most aggressive questioning over the company's...
Tags: John McCain, U.S. Congress, Claire McCaskill, Rand Paul, Finance
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Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress — a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies. The question now is whether the...
Tags: Gary Peters, North Korea, Parties and Movements, Justice System, U.S. Congress
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Intelligence Committee chairman weighs leaving House and bipartisan role to seek Senate seat
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress — a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies. The question now is whether the chairman...Tags: North Korea, Gary Peters, Parties and Movements, Justice System, U.S. Congress
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