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Hagel approved by Senate committee in party-line vote
WASHINGTON -- After a sometimes contentious debate, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted on party lines and narrowly approved the nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel to be secretary of Defense, moving the bitter fight over President Obama’s...
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Nelson, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Carl Levin, Leon Panetta
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Senate panel approves Hagel for Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate panel on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary in a rancorous session at which Republican questioned the former GOP senator's truthfulness...
Tags: Bill Nelson, Carl Levin, George W. Bush, Republican Party, Politics
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Public opinion on guns shifting after Connecticut shooting
Public attitudes toward guns -- and the views of some prominent Washington politicians -- are changing in the aftermath of the Newtown, Conn., elementary school massacre. But it’s too early to know how far the shifts may go, how long they might last...Tags: Barack Obama, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Elections, Republican Party, Personal Weapon Control
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GOP Expands Majority in Governors' Mansions
CNNRepublicans flipped North Carolina, a state that hasn't elected a GOP governor since the 1980s, expanding their national lead over Democrats at the statehouse level, according to CNN projections. Eleven states held governors' races Tuesday. Democrats...Tags: U.S. Senate, Elections, Justice System, Tea Party Movement, Republican Party
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Mikulski to speak on Senate women at Democratic National Convention
Sen. Barbara A. Mikulskiwill have a speaking role at the Democratic National Convention, aides said Wednesday. The Maryland Democrat, who this year became the longest-serving woman in congressional history, will lead a program highlighting the record...Tags: Mary L. Landrieu, Elections, Barbara Boxer, U.S. Senate, Politics
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Sanders takes fight over defense cuts to D.C.
FOX 5 San Diego StaffSAN DIEGO -- San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders spoke in the nation's capital Tuesday against possible automatic cuts in defense spending next year. Sanders was joined by Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.,...Tags: Kelly Ayotte, Barack Obama, Port of San Diego, Republican Party, Democratic Party
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O'Malley takes party's message to New Hampshire
— Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley took center stage before a convention of New Hampshire Democrats Saturday, rallying the faithful in a state important to his party's hopes to hold the White House in November — and to his own future should he...Tags: Andrew Cuomo, Elections, Republican Party, Politics, Talk Shows (genre)
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Md. governor gives keynote address at N.H. convention
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley rallied New Hampshire Democrats at the state party convention Saturday by sounding the “move forward” theme of President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. “Move forward and not back,”...Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, George W. Bush, Tea Party Movement, John Lynch
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Bigger programs, bigger boondoggles
In mid-June, the best guessers on Capitol Hill handicapped a probable 2012 Farm Bill this way: either the Senate passes its version by the Fourth of July to push the House to act by late summer or no farm law will pass until after the November general...Tags: U.S. Senate, Elections, Tea Party Movement, Republican Party, Politics
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Senate Republicans vote to kill Obama's jobs bill
WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans have voted to kill the White House jobs bill despite weeks of campaign-style barnstorming by President Barack Obama across the country. Forty-six Republicans joined with two Democrats to filibuster the $447 billion plan....Tags: Elections, Tea Party Movement, Republican Party, Politics, Labor Markets
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US senators tell LGBT kids ‘It Gets Better’
BoystownA group of Democratic US Senators, including Illinois' own Dick Durbin, have joined the ranks of high profile people sending messages of hope to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth as part of the ‘It Gets Better‘...
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