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U.S. Senate panel launches crucial debate over immigration bill
Reuters* Judiciary Committee opens amendment marathon * Republicans express skepticism and promise long process * House negotiators still face unresolved issues By Richard Cowan and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee on...Tags: Barack Obama, Republican Party, Washington, DC, Immigration, Migration
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Donations, lobbying by high-speed traders on the rise -report
ReutersBy Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - High-frequency trading firms increased their campaign contributions to federal lawmakers by 673 percent from the 2008 to the 2012 election cycle, according to a report that sheds light on their political...Tags: Elections, Financial Markets, Finance, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, CME Group Inc.
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Online sales tax bill seen stalling in Republican-led U.S. House
Reuters* Senate approval of measure expected on Monday * Broad tax overhaul effort moving separately WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate was expected to vote on Monday to give states the power to enforce their sales tax laws on online purchases,...Tags: Government, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Business, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Crime, Law and Justice
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New efforts to curb cellphone theft
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disturbed by the nationwide epidemic of cellphone robberies and thefts, law enforcement officials across the country are looking to the wireless industry to help find a cure. In San Francisco, where half the robberies were...
Tags: Vincent Gray, Apple iPhone, Criminals, Laws, Lawyers
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TIMELINE-Events in U.S. IRS 'Tea Party' scrutiny scandal
ReutersBy Patrick Temple-West and Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is under investigation for extra scrutiny it gave to conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status, a practice that elicited complaints...Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, Republican Party, 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, White House
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Your Government in Action
Blogging with Bill White“Senator, you have a visitor.” “I thought I told you I didn’t want to be disturbed!” he said, sipping an old-fashioned. “It’s Ralph Frampton of the NRA.” “Holy crap, why didn’t you say so? Send... -
Senators predict another vote on gun-control legislation
WASHINGTON -- Two top senators predicted Thursday that gun legislation will come up again for a Senate vote – possibly before the end of the year – as public attitudes shift toward stricter controls. Their assessment comes after the defeat...
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, U.S. Congress, John McCain
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Napolitano: Immigration bill would boost security
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sweeping immigration legislation would improve U.S. security by helping authorities to know who is in the country, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday, as supporters of an immigration overhaul marshaled...
Tags: Barack Obama, Republican Party, Lindsey O. Graham, Immigration, Migration
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Key U.S. lawmakers hopeful bipartisan immigration bill will pass
ReutersWASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - Two key authors of a bipartisan bill to revamp U.S. immigration laws said on Thursday that they are hopeful most Senate Democrats and Republicans will end up supporting their White House-backed measure. "It is very...Tags: Republican Party, White House, Washington, DC, Immigration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Senate votes to overcome filibuster of gun bill
WASHINGTON – The Senate crossed the first of many hurdles Thursday in the drive to pass new gun legislation, with a bipartisan vote to begin what could be weeks of debate on the issue. By a 68-31 margin, senators moved to open formal consideration...
Tags: Elections, Patrick J. Toomey, Joe Manchin III, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Richard Blumenthal
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Washington draws the wrong lessons from Boston
Ordinary people, elected and unelected, behaved heroically last week. Unfortunately, it all happened hundreds of miles from Washington. In Boston, strangers gave clothes and shelter to shivering runners. They comforted injured spectators. They saved...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Personal Weapon Control, Yankee Stadium, Watertown, Chuck Grassley
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Republican lawmakers show their division on immigration reform
WASHINGTON — The divide within the Republican Party over immigration reform was on full view Monday, as top party leaders made a case for overhauling the laws even as conservative senators argued that the Boston bombings showed the need to go slow....
Tags: City Club of Chicago, Republican Party, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, John Boehner, Immigration
May 9, 2013
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May 13, 2013
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May 6, 2013
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May 6, 2013
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May 12, 2013
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Apr 18, 2013
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Apr 25, 2013
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Apr 25, 2013
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Apr 25, 2013
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Apr 11, 2013
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Apr 24, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 22, 2013
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