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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: Terrorism, U.S. Department of Justice, Unrest, Conflicts and War, George W. Bush, Chuck Hagel
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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: Barack Obama, Religion and Belief, U.S. Congress, Paul Ryan, Eric Cantor
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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: Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Terrorism, U.S. Department of Justice, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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... -
A filibuster fit for Joe McCarthy
WASHINGTON -- Chuck Hagel's confirmation as secretary of defense ended as it began -- with a smear. "Senator Hagel has accused Israel of quote 'playing games' and committing, quote, 'sickening slaughter,'" Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said before...
Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, John Cornyn, U.S. Congress, Joe McCarthy
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Targeting Hillary
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's swan song before the Senate and House committees on foreign affairs was in a sense a prelude to any future bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. It gave Republicans a last chance to cast her as an...
Tags: Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Jeff Duncan, Primaries, Barack Obama, Ron Johnson
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Connie Mack hangs shingle, pushes politics
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelConnie Mack IV may be gone from Congress after his unsuccessful bid to win promotion to the U.S. Senate last fall, but the Republican from Fort Myers has been re-emerging in recent weeks. Mack and his campaign manager Jeff Cohen have hung a shingle in... -
Mark Kelly on ‘Meet the Press’; Karl Rove, Bob Woodward on ‘Fox News Sunday’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelWhite House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough will be a guest Sunday on ABC's “This Week,” CBS' “Face the Nation” and NBC's “Meet the Press.” The rest of the guest list this Sunday morning: Karl Rove and Bob Woodward... -
This decoy could deliver a winner
WASHINGTON -- Republicans spent the weekend trumpeting shock and outrage over President Obama's leaked "backup plan" on immigration. In dysfunctional Washington, this means that prospects for comprehensive reform -- including what amounts to an amnesty...
Tags: Barack Obama, ABC (tv network), Elections, U.S. Congress, Republican Party
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Tonight: State of the Union, ‘Cliffhanger,’ ‘Justified,’ Westminster best in show
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelPresident Barack Obama's State of the Union address will rearrange Tuesday prime time. The speech is scheduled to start at 9 on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, Fox Business Network and Bloomberg. There will be responses by Sen.... -
Weekend TV Talk: Charles Schumer; Denis McDonough; Maggie Smith
Click here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 17 - 23, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC McLaughlin Group (N) 6:30 p.m. KCET SUNDAY The Chris Matthews Show...
Tags: Australia, Mark Kelly, Government, Executive Branch, Elections
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GOP's civil war stumbles on
After Mitt Romney's 2012 election shellacking, a predictable blame-storm erupted between Republican pragmatists who want to win elections and the conservative zealots who love to argue. The big divide is most evident in such events as the Tea Party...Tags: Barack Obama, State of the Union Address, Executive Branch, George W. Bush, Government
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Mar 3, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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Jan 25, 2013
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Feb 19, 2013
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Feb 15, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 13, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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