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The GOP's Latino problem
Abel Maldonado, the Republican iconoclast most recently famous for his brief stint as California's appointed lieutenant governor and his unsuccessful run for Congress last year, is making noises about running for governor in 2014 against Jerry Brown....
Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Congress, Elections, Steve Poizner, Judges
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Column: National Rifle Association winning gun battle
President Barack Obama pleaded with Congress last week to remember the victims of December’s schoolhouse shootings in Connecticut and tighten the nation’s gun laws. "Shame on us if we’ve forgotten," he said. "Don’t get squishy."...Tags: Interior Policy, U.S. Congress, National Rifle Association of America, Elections, Ted Cruz
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White House suspects Syria used chemical weapons, seeks inquiry
WASHINGTON — The White House said for the first time that there was evidence Syria had used chemical weapons in its civil war, but administration officials called for a broader United Nations investigation and edged away from declaring Damascus...Tags: Ban Ki-moon, John Boehner, U.S. Congress, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of Defense
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WRAPUP 2-U.S. suspects Syria used chemical weapons, wants proof
Reuters* Accusation brings Assad closer to Obama's "red line" * "Varying degrees of confidence" chemical arms were used * Washington mindful of faulty intelligence in Iraq (Adds details, background on chemical weapons evidence) By Phil Stewart and David...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, George W. Bush, Washington, DC, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Justice System
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WRAPUP 1-U.S. suspects Syria used chemical weapons, wants proof
Reuters* Accusation brings Assad closer to Obama's "red line" * U.S. has "varying degrees of confidence" that chemical arms were used * Washington mindful of faulty intelligence in Iraq By Phil Stewart and David Alexander WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - The...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, George W. Bush, Washington, DC, Justice System, John McCain
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Lawmakers cite Boston bombings in questions on immigration bill
WASHINGTON — On the third day of hearings on a bill to overhaul the immigration system, senators took a break from partisan sniping and grilled Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on whether the Boston bombings had exposed shortcomings in...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Interior Policy, Immigration, Patrick Leahy, Tamerlan Tsarnaev
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COLUMN - ChartGirl boxes the news
ReutersBy Jack Shafer April 24 (Reuters) - If you're the nautical sort, you probably interpret the news as a flow. If you hunt and peck on the typewriter, your news feed might resemble a pointillistic painting. But if you love to break ideas down into their...Tags: Harvard University, Newspaper and Magazine, The Boston Globe, Carl Icahn, Media Industry
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Column: ChartGirl boxes the news
Reuters(Reuters) - If you're the nautical sort, you probably interpret the news as a flow. If you hunt and peck on the typewriter, your news feed might resemble a pointillistic painting. But if you love to break ideas down into their sequential components,...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, The Boston Globe, Carl Icahn, Business, The Wall Street Journal
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Now in Congress: Bills to expand Yosemite for first time in 75 years
WASHINGTON -- Yosemite National Park would grow by about 1,600 acres, its first expansion in 75 years, to shield its western boundary from potential development under legislation introduced in Congress Tuesday. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who...
Tags: National Parks, U.S. Congress, FBI, Yosemite National Park, Same-Sex Marriage
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WRAPUP 4-U.S. lawmakers grill FBI on Boston bombing investigation
Reuters* Suspects' sisters say they "don't have any answers" * Suspect says motivated by U.S. wars overseas -NBC * Wife of older suspect cooperating with investigation (Rewrites with FBI briefing in Washington, statement by sisters of suspects) By Svea...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, U.S. Congress, Religion and Belief, Shootings
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Sens. Feinstein and Boxer keep racking up seniority
WASHINGTON — Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer have served longer together than any other pair of California senators — 20 years — and will soon replace Iowa's team as the current longest-serving tandem. In a chamber where the...
Tags: Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Immigration, U.S. Congress, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Veteran aims criticism at Walorski
Recently, I traveled to Washington, D.C., with the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Legislative Committee, representing 41,000 VFW members from the state of Indiana. We visited every Indiana U.S. Senate and congressional office to discuss issues that...Tags: Weather, Joe Donnelly, Global Change, Hillary Clinton, Global Warming
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