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Obama exhorts Congress to act on immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama prodded Congress Tuesday to send him a bill by fall remaking the nation's immigration laws, even as the Senate prepared to cast its first floor votes on the landmark measure opening a door to citizenship...
Tags: Barack Obama, Mitch McConnell, Politics, Univision (tv network), Elections
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Lawmakers renew push for gun control six months after Newtown
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gun-control advocates renewed their push for stricter measures on Thursday, a day before the six-month anniversary of the school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, which horrified the public and sparked a national debate on guns....Tags: Personal Weapon Control, John Boehner, Interior Policy, Politics, Elections
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National Journal on immigration: 'The Two Faces of Marco Rubio'
Takiing NamesLast week, I penned a piece that said Marco Rubio finally has a chance to prove his critics wrong and show that he's more than a lightweight when it comes to serious policy and meaningful legislation ("On immigration, Rubio has chance to prove his mettle"...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Immigration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Justice and Rights, Migration
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Newtown families push for gun control, go back to Congress
WASHINGTON — Although the drive for tougher gun controls has faded into the background, families of victims in the Newtown school shooting returned to the Capitol on Wednesday to show they are not giving up. Advocacy groups on both sides of the...
Tags: Barack Obama, Interior Policy, Jeff Flake, Politics, Elections
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New Republican senator could be key vote on guns
WASHINGTON – Even before New Jersey’s new U.S. senator took the oath of office, Democrats seemed to be lobbying the Republican for his vote on a key legislative priority: expanded background checks on gun buyers. Jeffrey Chiesa, appointed...Tags: Chris Christie, Joe Manchin III, Rush Holt, Lobbying, Personal Weapon Control
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Editorial: Where's Sen. Kirk on immigration reform?
New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte stuck her neck out over the weekend, declaring her support for the immigration reform bill that will hit the floor this week. That makes her the first Republican, outside of the bipartisan Gang of Eight that drafted the...
Tags: Mexico, Lobbying, Mark Kirk, Barack Obama, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Newtown Families Returning to Washington
The Hartford CourantNewtown gun control advocates will travel to Washington this week to lobby lawmakers and to raise awareness for their cause as they approach the six-month anniversary of the school shootings. Family members of Daniel Barden, Lauren Rousseau, Jesse Lewis,...Tags: Lobbying, Personal Weapon Control, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Interior Policy, John Boehner
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Penny Pritzker nomination moves forward
Tribune newspapersWASHINGTON — Penny Pritzker moved a step closer to becoming Commerce secretary Monday after a unanimous vote by a Senate panel to advance her nomination. The Chicago billionaire, whose family founded the Hyatt Hotel chain, could win final approval...Tags: Anthony Foxx, Ray LaHood, Environmental Issues, Barack Obama, Politics
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NSA debate pits far left, right against the middle
WASHINGTON (AP) — Revelations of massive government collections of Americans' phone and email records have reinvigorated an odd-couple political alliance of the far left and right. A number of Democratic civil liberties activists, along with...
Tags: MSNBC (tv network), National Security Agency, Bernard Sanders, Barack Obama, Fort Hood (military base)
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Selective memory on judicial nominations
The Sun has developed a bad case of selective memory when it comes to judicial nominations ("Judicial profiling," June 5). When President George W. Bush nominated candidates for judgeships during the years that Republicans controlled the Senate, the...Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Elections, Republican Party, George W. Bush
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U.S. lawmakers renew push for gun control six months after Newtown
ReutersBy Paige Gance WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) - Gun-control advocates renewed their push for stricter measures on Thursday, a day before the six-month anniversary of the school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, which horrified the public and sparked a...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, John Boehner, Interior Policy, Politics, Elections
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The government knows who you're calling in Chicago.
WASHINGTON - The government knows who you're calling. Every day. Every call. Here's what you need to know about the secret program and how it works: Q. What happened and why is it a big deal? A. The Guardian newspaper published a highly classified...Tags: National Security Agency, Dianne Feinstein, Computer Networking and Internet, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics
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Jun 7, 2013
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