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Gregg pondering 2nd run for Indiana governor
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Gregg said Wednesday he is pondering another run at the state's top job, but has yet to make a decision. Gregg narrowly lost to Republican Gov. Mike Pence last November despite the...Tags: Democratic Party, Richard Mourdock, Politics, Mike Pence, Executive Branch
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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: Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Congress, Religion and Belief, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC
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Senate panel approves immigration bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly...
Tags: Republican Party, Lindsey O. Graham, Politics, Illegal Immigrants, Elections
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Dems, GOP raise concerns over subpoenas to AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of a House panel told Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday that they had serious concerns about the Justice Department's gathering of phone records at The Associated Press. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman...Tags: Republican Party, Tea Party Movement, Boston Marathon, Politics, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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Michigan lawmakers target Internet sales taxes
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers are pushing measures aimed at going after the hundreds of millions of dollars in outstanding taxes each year from sales over the Internet, but they may have to wait for a federal measure to pass for the...
Tags: eBay Inc., Republican Party, Computing and Information Technology Industry, U.S. Congress, Politics
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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: Al Franken, Republican Party, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Politics, Jay Carney
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No plans for Upton to leave U.S. House for Senate
Long-time Michigan Senator Carl Levin is not going to run for re-election. That decision raised the name of a local congressman as a possible replacement. But Southwest Michigan Congressman Fred Upton is not sounding like he will run for statewide...
Tags: Carl Levin, Politics, Elections
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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: Republican Party, Richard Lugar, Ronald Reagan, Politics, Richard Mourdock
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Ind. Senate panel weighs preschool pilot program
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana House Education Committee's chairman is asking state senators to approve his plan to send more 4-year-olds to preschool. Rep. Bob Behning (BAY'-ning) wants the state to spend $7 million a year on a pilot program... -
Fight over Mich. health insurance market not done
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder's attempt for legislative approval of a new health insurance market in Michigan has been 1 ½-year odyssey — and it's not over yet. The GOP-led Senate quickly got behind his state-run marketplace, or...
Tags: Republican Party, Tea Party Movement, Health Insurance, Politics, Expedia Incorporated
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Senate committee approves gun trafficking bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation Thursday making gun trafficking a federal crime as lawmakers cast the first vote in Congress to curb firearms since December's horrific shootings at a Connecticut elementary...
Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Republican Party, Politics, Jeff Flake, Joe Manchin III
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Ex-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop dies
C. Everett Koop, who raised the profile of the surgeon general by riveting America's attention on the then-emerging disease known as AIDS and by railing against smoking, has died in New Hampshire at age 96. An assistant at Koop's Dartmouth institute,...
Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), AIDS, Brooklyn (New York City), Politics, Abortion
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