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Eventful week for Hesburgh
SOUTH BEND -- This is a big week for the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame. Hesburgh will celebrate his 96th birthday on Saturday, May 25. But two other occasions will precede that: Hesburgh is honored...
Tags: Washington, DC, John Boehner, Religion and Belief, Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Senate
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'Doc' laid to rest
BREMEN — Hundreds gathered along the streets of downtown Bremen today to bid farewell to their beloved “Doc.” Dr. Otis R. Bowen, former Indiana governor, secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and local...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, Government, Alzheimer's Disease, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, General Practitioners
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IU remembers Bowen as student, professor, leader
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University President Michael McRobbie is remembering former Gov. Otis "Doc" Bowen as a former IU student and professor whose accomplishments "place him among the giants of Indiana history." McRobbie says Bowen "was...
Tags: Indiana University, Drugs and Medicines, Executive Branch, Government, Politics
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Pence, Bosma intraparty tax battle boils over
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republicans typically invoke Ronald Reagan's "11th Commandment" when they're fighting within the family, and there's been plenty of infighting recently over Gov. Mike Pence's tax cut at the Statehouse. Reagan made famous the...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, Government, Elections, Richard Lugar, U.S. Senate
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Keeping the memory of Schuyler Colfax alive
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- On the day when he would have turned 190, about 40 people gathered Saturday where Schuyler Colfax once lived, at 601 W. Colfax Ave., and spoke of his role to end slavery and uplift civil rights. "He's sort of our (Abraham) Lincoln," said...Tags: American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), AFL-CIO
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VIDEO: Walorski delivers maiden speech on House floor
WASHINGTON, D.C.- In her first speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Congresswoman Jackie Walorski talked about the need to cut wasteful spending in Washington. Walorski called on Congress and the president to pass a deficit...
Tags: Michael G. Mullen, Small Businesses, Politics, Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Congress
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Out of Washington, Pence redefines his image
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — It looks like Mike Pence is hanging up his mitts after more than a decade of leading religious conservatives in fights against abortion, gay marriage and President Barack Obama in Washington. Blasts against Planned Parenthood...
Tags: Government, Elections, John Boehner, Mitch Daniels, Planned Parenthood
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Ind. lawmakers meet ahead of packed 2013 session
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's lawmakers are meeting to prepare for a jam-packed 2013 session that will begin in earnest in January. The 25 state senators who won their races earlier this month took the oath of office Tuesday afternoon. The...
Tags: U.S. Senate
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Democrats expand Senate grip but fail to win House
Democrats strengthened their hold on the Senate but failed Tuesday to recapture the majority in the House of Representatives they lost two years ago. President Barack Obama, in his freshly authorized second term, will face the same divided Congress in...
Tags: Jon Tester, Government, Betty Sutton, Hampshire, Christopher Van Hollen Jr.
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One-on-one with Walorski after win over Mullen
After narrowly losing to 2nd district Congressman Joe Donnelly two years ago, Republican Jackie Walorski has claimed Donnelly's U.S. House seat in Washington after beating Democrat Brendan Mullen in a very tight race in Tuesday's election. Walorski won...
Tags: Karl Rove, U.S. Army, Libertarian Party, Iraq, Elections
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2nd District candidates hold first debate
South Bend TribuneWABASH -- The three candidates running for north-central Indiana's congressional seat were able to agree on one point early in their debate Thursday evening. Democrat Brendan Mullen, Republican Jackie Walorski and Libertarian Joe Ruiz all said in their...Tags: Entertainment, Kevin Allen, Social Security, Libertarian Party, Government
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UPDATE: Gregg finds foothold in 2nd governor's debate
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Democrat John Gregg got personal Wednesday during the second Indiana gubernatorial debate, saying he took "great offense" at Republican Mike Pence's plans to promote traditional families, which Gregg said would ignore...
Tags: Executive Branch, Libertarian Party, Government, Politics, Elections
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