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U.S. Senate to hold vote on consumer watchdog director next week
ReutersBy Emily Stephenson May 15 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic leaders plan to hold a vote next week on President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a Senate Democratic aide said on Wednesday, but they are not expected...Tags: Elizabeth Warren, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Senate, Politics
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Senate to hold vote on consumer watchdog director next week
Reuters(Reuters) - Senate Democratic leaders plan to hold a vote next week on President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a Senate Democratic aide said on Wednesday, but they are not expected to muster enough votes to...Tags: Elizabeth Warren, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Senate, Politics
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Senate panel focuses on enforcement in immigration bill
WASHINGTON — Senators kept the bipartisan immigration bill largely unchanged Thursday after dispatching dozens of proposed amendments even as they punted many of the thorniest issues to next week. The day's session at the Senate Judiciary...
Tags: Immigration, Chuck Grassley, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Republican Party
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Nuking the filibuster
In requiring the U.S. Senate to confirm presidential appointments, the Constitution aims to ensure a second level of scrutiny of the qualifications of government officials. But Senate Republicans have hijacked the confirmation process, not only to...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate, Politics, Republican Party, Career and Workplace
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Reid says IRS chief Miller doing a good job
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Tuesday he believed IRS chief Steven Miller was doing a good job. While some Republicans have called for the resignation of Miller, Reid, a Nevada Democrat, told journalists,...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Taxation, U.S. Senate, Politics
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Letters: Fussing about the filibuster
Re "Nuking the filibuster," Editorial, May 15 It should be clear by now that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will not do the right thing and fix the filibuster. The Senate will continue to be in gridlock. The Democratic senators wringing...Tags: Politics
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Taxing Internet sales
In 1998, when President Bill Clinton signed the bipartisan Internet Tax Freedom Act, which prohibited state and local taxation of Internet access and Internet-only services, the purpose was to promote the commercial potential of the Internet, especially...Tags: Cal Thomas, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Mike Enzi, Politics, Newspaper and Magazine
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Congress speaks with a loud, muddled voice on Syria
WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein made headlines recently by demanding a forceful U.S. response to Syria's use of chemical weapons against its population. Less noticed was that the California Democrat wasn't urging deeper military involvement...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, James Inhofe, U.S. Senate, White House, Bob Menendez
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Gun control backers turn up heat on selected senators
WASHINGTON — First came the letter-writing campaigns, then the protests at town hall meetings and now the television ads. The last several weeks in New Hampshire have had the feel of a heated electoral season — but the target of this siege,...
Tags: Kelly Ayotte, Lobbying, Joe Manchin III, Democratic Party, Voting
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The NRA doesn't deserve my sympathy, or yours
Usually when a senator suffers a big public defeat, he slinks off to lick his wounds. He rarely retwists the arms that didn't bend his way. Colleagues don't like to be seen switching. Were they horribly mistaken the first time? Don't know what they...Tags: Kelly Ayotte, Wayne LaPierre, Joe Manchin III, Politics, Republican Party
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Senate to take up farm bill in May
WASHINGTON - Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said April 25 that she plans to hold a markup of a new farm bill in May, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., signaled that he intends to bring it to the Senate floor...Tags: Amy Klobuchar, Immigration, Debbie Stabenow, Politics, Jon Tester
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Child's play over the budget
WASHINGTON -- The budget feud on Capitol Hill is looking like those Vietnam War peace talks when negotiators bickered over the shape of the table. House Republicans, after howling for years about Senate Democrats' failure to pass a budget, are...
Tags: Allergies, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, NBC (tv network), Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, U.S. Senate
May 15, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 14, 2013
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May 17, 2013
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May 11, 2013
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May 11, 2013
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May 13, 2013
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May 10, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
May 10, 2013
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May 8, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
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