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Terrorism and the war at home
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) waged a 13-hour filibuster on the Senate floor this week in a futile effort to set clear limits on the administration's use of covert military force. Specifically, Paul wanted the administration to concede that it couldn't legally...
Tags: White House, U.S. Senate, Assassinations, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Dianne Feinstein
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Senate approves Brennan as CIA chief
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Thursday to confirm John Brennan as director of the Central Intelligence Agency, ending weeks of delay as lawmakers sought access to secret Obama administration documents about the targeted killing of militants overseas...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Yemen, Al-Qaeda
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Rand Paul filibuster splits GOP, Graham now supports CIA nominee
WASHINGTON – The political fallout from Sen. Rand Paul’s filibuster has begun as fellow Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham switched Thursday to support John Brennan as CIA director, saying the vote has become a “referendum” on the...
Tags: Mitch McConnell, John McCain, U.S. Senate, Republican Party, Elections
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After drone answers, Paul drops objections to Brennan nomination
WASHINGTON — A day after launching an unusual talking filibuster, Sen. Rand Paul quickly dropped his objection to a Senate vote on John Brennan's nomination to lead the CIA after Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. satisfied his concerns that the...
Tags: White House, John McCain, Parties and Movements, Politics, U.S. Senate
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Sen. Rand Paul ends marathon filibuster of John Brennan
WASHINGTON – Sen. Rand Paul ended a marathon filibuster of John Brennan's nomination to lead the CIA early Thursday after holding the floor for nearly 13 hours, focusing on concerns over the constitutionality of the administration’s use of...Tags: Parties and Movements, Ron Wyden, Government, Justice System, George W. Bush
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Rand Paul gets filibuster relief from Pat Toomey
Call Washington BureauJust after 11:30 p.m., a few hours after dining on steak as President Obama's dinner guest, Pat Toomey walked onto the Senate floor to give his Republican colleague a 15-minute respite from a filibuster that was approaching the 12-hour mark. The...Tags: White House, John McCain, U.S. Senate, Republican Party, NBC (tv network)
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Paul filibuster gains support, delays Brennan vote
WASHINGTON -- What began as Rand Paul’s one-man crusade to press the Obama administration for clarity regarding its prosecution of U.S. citizens suspected of terrorist ties became a bipartisan spectacle in the Senate chamber Wednesday -- one that...Tags: White House, Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate, Republican Party, Bernard Sanders
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Federal budget is "March Madness"
Contributing ColumnistCongressional leaders have not passed a federal budget in four years and have continued to kick the can down the road with continuing resolutions rather than solve America’s spending and debt problems. If major corporations operated in that manner,...Tags: U.S. Military, Finance, Budget Control Act of 2011, Public Finance, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Rand Paul vows to speak 'as long as it takes' to block Brennan
WASHINGTON -- In a rare, traditional filibuster, Sen. Rand Paul vowed to speak on the Senate floor "as long as it takes" to draw attention to his concerns about the Obama administration's policy regarding the targeted killing of American terrorism...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bernard Sanders, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Tammy Baldwin
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"Atlas Shrugged" evil alive and well
John Galt, the evil genius of Ayn Rand's novel "Atlas Shrugged," is "alive and well" roaming the halls of Congress. A figment of Rand's imagination, Galt continues to do serious damage through any number of assorted tea party/GOP extremists,...Tags: Mitch McConnell, Strikes, Career and Workplace, U.S. Congress, Mitt Romney
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Senate committee approves John Brennan's nomination as CIA director
WASHINGTON -- The Senate Intelligence Committee voted 12 to 3 on Tuesday to approve John Brennan's as the next CIA director, ending weeks of delay and setting the stage for the full Senate to vote on Brennan's nomination later this week. The committee...
Tags: White House, John McCain, U.S. Senate, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Ron Wyden
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Club for Growth loves Marco; Bill, Debbie, not so much
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelUpdated 1:05 p.m. 2/26/13 to reflect that Posey did not get an award. The staunchly-conservative Club for Growth, a big funder of political campaigns through its affiliated PAC and Super PAC, is out with its 2012 Congressional scoreboard, throwing special...
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Mar 6, 2013
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Mar 7, 2013
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Mar 6, 2013
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Mar 6, 2013
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Mar 6, 2013
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Mar 3, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Mar 5, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 26, 2013
| Orlando Sentinel
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