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Nuking the filibuster
In requiring the U.S. Senate to confirm presidential appointments, the Constitution aims to ensure a second level of scrutiny of the qualifications of government officials. But Senate Republicans have hijacked the confirmation process, not only to...
Tags: Politics, Republican Party, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice
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Reid says IRS chief Miller doing a good job
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Tuesday he believed IRS chief Steven Miller was doing a good job. While some Republicans have called for the resignation of Miller, Reid, a Nevada Democrat, told journalists,...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Senate, Politics, Taxation
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Senate panel focuses on enforcement in immigration bill
WASHINGTON — Senators kept the bipartisan immigration bill largely unchanged Thursday after dispatching dozens of proposed amendments even as they punted many of the thorniest issues to next week. The day's session at the Senate Judiciary...
Tags: John Cornyn, Mike Lee, Personal Data Collection, Politics, Orrin Hatch
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Taxing Internet sales
In 1998, when President Bill Clinton signed the bipartisan Internet Tax Freedom Act, which prohibited state and local taxation of Internet access and Internet-only services, the purpose was to promote the commercial potential of the Internet, especially...Tags: Mike Enzi, Business, Politics, Local Government, Bill Clinton
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Gun control backers turn up heat on selected senators
WASHINGTON — First came the letter-writing campaigns, then the protests at town hall meetings and now the television ads. The last several weeks in New Hampshire have had the feel of a heated electoral season — but the target of this siege,...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Chris Murphy, Lobbying, Politics, Interior Policy
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Former US Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine continues push for bipartisanship in new book
Associated PressPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe describes a scene out of a Rockwell painting: With Washington crippled by a blizzard, President Barack Obama worked the week before Christmas with a fire roaring in the fireplace in the Oval Office....Tags: Tom Daschle, Politics, Religion and Belief, Republican Party, Christian Orthodoxy
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The NRA doesn't deserve my sympathy, or yours
Usually when a senator suffers a big public defeat, he slinks off to lick his wounds. He rarely retwists the arms that didn't bend his way. Colleagues don't like to be seen switching. Were they horribly mistaken the first time? Don't know what they...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Interior Policy, Politics, Sarah Palin, John McCain
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Senate to take up farm bill in May
WASHINGTON - Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said April 25 that she plans to hold a markup of a new farm bill in May, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., signaled that he intends to bring it to the Senate floor...Tags: Amy Klobuchar, Politics, Mark Pryor, Debbie Stabenow, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Child's play over the budget
WASHINGTON -- The budget feud on Capitol Hill is looking like those Vietnam War peace talks when negotiators bickered over the shape of the table. House Republicans, after howling for years about Senate Democrats' failure to pass a budget, are...
Tags: Government Health Care, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Politics, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., U.S. House Committee on the Budget
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Congress speaks with a loud, muddled voice on Syria
WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein made headlines recently by demanding a forceful U.S. response to Syria's use of chemical weapons against its population. Less noticed was that the California Democrat wasn't urging deeper military involvement...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Politics, Bob Corker, U.S. Department of Defense, Crime, Law and Justice
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Republicans get tough talk from one of their own
Sun SentinelBlaise Ingoglia is one of Florida’s more colorful Republican leaders. The home builder, who enjoys tea party support, is chairman of the Hernando County Republican Party and vice chairman of the state party. He also makes “Government Gone...Tags: Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Elections, Media Industry, Politics, Hernando County (Florida)
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Don't let Donnelly off the hook on gun legislation
On a day our president called "shameful," the Senate defeated four gun control measures. On the weakest highly compromised Toomey-Manchin measure, expanding background checks, our two senators split their votes; Republican Dan Coats voted no, Democrat Joe...Tags: Sports, Lobbying, Interior Policy, Politics, Global Warming
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May 14, 2013
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May 11, 2013
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May 13, 2013
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May 12, 2013
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May 10, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
May 10, 2013
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May 11, 2013
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May 7, 2013
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May 4, 2013
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