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Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists
WASHINGTON (AP) — Built to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army's hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle. Lawmakers from both parties have devoted nearly half a billion dollars in taxpayer money over the past...
Tags: Jim Jordan, Sales, Business, Sherrod Brown, Rob Portman
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A risk including gay partners in immigration bill?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated at being left out of an immigration overhaul, gay rights groups are pushing to adjust a bipartisan Senate bill to include gay couples. But Democrats are treading carefully, wary of adding another divisive issue that...Tags: Justice System, Gun Control, Politics, Marriage, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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Poll: Public pessimism on economy is increasing
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the third year in a row, the nation's economic recovery has hit a springtime soft spot. Reflecting that weakness, only 1 in 4 Americans now expects his or her own financial situation to improve over the next year, a new...
Tags: Polls, Finance, The Associated Press, Politics, Washington, DC
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Former Sen. Lugar to be knighted by the British
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Sen. Richard Lugar is being knighted on orders from the Queen of England, joining a select list of Americans to receive the distinction. The Indiana Republican, who this year left the Senate after serving 36 years, will...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, Richard Lugar, Politics, University of Oxford, Elizabeth II
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Walorski gives weekly national GOP address
In this week's national Republican address, Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) discusses President Obama's budget: a tax increase on middle-class families, hundreds of billions of dollars added to the national debt, and never achieving balance. Walorski says...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Jackie Walorski, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, White House
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Gun control advocates rally in South Bend
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — About 60 people gathered in the cold, damp air Saturday in front of the Morris Performing Arts Center, urging U.S. senators to move ahead with a bill that would expand background checks for gun sales. Dale Gibson of South Bend held a...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Jackie Walorski, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Gun Control
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New bill would ease state-federal pot conflict
SEATTLE (AP) — A bill introduced in Congress on Friday would fix the conflict between the federal government's marijuana prohibition and state laws that allow medical or recreational use. California Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher said his bill,...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Justice System, Jared Polis, Dana Rohrabacher, Justin Amash
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Obama budget seeks $300M for Great Lakes cleanup
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — President Barack Obama asked Congress on Wednesday to continue a program that has spent more than $1 billion dealing with some of the Great Lakes' longest running environmental problems. Obama's budget for the 2014...
Tags: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Science and Technology, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lakes and Ponds
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Republicans debate message, battle bad messengers
ATLANTA (AP) — National Republican leaders made waves recently with a dim view of the party's future if it fails to expand its core support beyond white males and social conservatives. But weeks after GOP Chairman Reince Priebus unveiled the "Growth...
Tags: Reince Priebus, Jimmy Carter, Rob Portman, Politics, Donald Trump
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Anti-abortion group satisfied with Indiana bill
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The president of a leading Indiana anti-abortion group said Friday it was satisfied with a proposal to tighten the state's laws on distribution of the abortion pill and won't push for additional measures before the end of the...
Tags: Family Planning, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Abortion, Hospitals and Clinics, Politics
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Notre Dame researcher: Asian carp may have reached Great Lakes
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — At least some Asian carp probably have found their way into the Great Lakes, but there's still time to stop the dreaded invaders from becoming established and unraveling food chains that support a $7 billion fishing...Tags: Justice System, Conservation, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Army, Science and Technology
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Group pressures Donnelly, Coats on universal background checks on gun buys
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND – A progressive public policy and research organization on Wednesday called on the state's two U.S. senators, Democrat Joe Donnelly and Republican Dan Coats, to support "common sense" reforms aimed at curbing gun violence in America,...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Gun Control, Politics, Personal Data Collection
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