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Senate panel approves immigration bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly...
Tags: Barack Obama, Minority Groups, White House, Chuck Grassley, Career and Workplace
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Senators see path to immigrants' legalization
WASHINGTON (AP) — Illegal immigrants might face around a 10-year wait to become legal permanent U.S. residents under sweeping immigration overhaul legislation taking shape in the Senate, negotiators said Thursday. That's shorter than some current...Tags: Bob Menendez, Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Illegal Immigrants
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Senate bill lets states tax Internet purchases
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attention online shoppers: The days of tax-free shopping on the Internet may soon end for many of you. The Senate is scheduled to vote Monday on a bill that would empower states to collect sales taxes for purchases made over...
Tags: Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Income, eBay Inc., Christopher A. Coons
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Republicans, Democrats honor Lugar's Senate work
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats on Tuesday honored GOP Sen. Richard Lugar from the Senate floor, praising him for his years of service and calling him one of the chamber's all-time best. Mitch McConnell, the Senate's Republican leader,...
Tags: Politics, Republican Party, Washington, DC, Richard Lugar, Richard Mourdock
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Obama wants tax cuts extended to all but top 2%
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a challenge to Republicans, President Barack Obama urged Congress on Wednesday to extend expiring tax cuts immediately for all but the nation's highest income earners as a way to eliminate half of the so-called "fiscal cliff"...
Tags: General Electric Company, Elections, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, White House
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Arizona tragedy gives Congress a moment to pause
WASHINGTON (AP) — The shooting rampage in Arizona seems to have created a reset moment for confrontational politics, as lawmakers reflect on the repercussions of the overheated rhetoric traded on the airwaves and on the campaign trail. Members...Tags: George W. Bush, Tea Party Movement, Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Arizona
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After rampage, appeals to cool the political tone
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's caustic political climate has become a suspect of sorts in the rampage that left six dead and a lawmaker critically injured in Arizona. Already, appeals are being heard to tone down the rhetoric. The captured...Tags: Medical Services, Raul Grijalva, Crime, Law and Justice, Tea Party Movement, Barack Obama
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Senators urge ban on smokeless tobacco
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Senate Democrats are urging Major League Baseball and the players union to ban smokeless tobacco, such as chew and dip. New Jersey Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg and Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin said in letters Tuesday that the...Tags: Politics, Elections, Washington, DC, Illinois, Bud Selig
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From Casey, a box of Godiva
Pennsylvania Ave.It may arguably be the chocolate of the 1 percent, but we're sure New Mexico Democrat Tom Udall enjoyed it all the same. It was a gift after all. A gift from Pennsylvania's Bob Casey. Monday evening between votes, a...... -
Specter: Pa. tough for Obama (VIDEO)
Pennsylvania Ave.Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter returned to Capitol Hill Tuesday morning where he had spent 30 years representing Pennsylvania before losing in the Democratic primary last year. Now from his view on the outside looking in, Specter said Pennsylvania will...... -
Senators broker tentative deal to end immigration bill logjam
WASHINGTON — Key senators brokered a tentative deal Wednesday to strengthen the border security provisions in the immigration bill, a compromise that could break a logjam by satisfying Republican demands for tougher enforcement without...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Congressional Budget Office, Lindsey O. Graham
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Courtney Rallies Support To Prevent Student Loan Rate Hike
U.S. Rep. Joseph Courtney was in Connecticut on Monday to try to muster the momentum that last summer forced a one-year extension of the 3.4 percent rate on federally subsidized Stafford student loans. Like last year, the rate will jump to 6.8 percent on...Tags: Barack Obama, White House, Loans, Teaching and Learning, John F Tierney
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