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Pence, Schumer on right side of press issue
Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind.Disclosure last week that the U.S. Department of Justice secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press rocked the journalism community. Commandeering the work and personal phone records of individual...Tags: Media Industry, Journalism, Chuck Schumer, Government, U.S. House of Representatives
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Stands against the majority opinion
A statewide poll shows that Joe Donnelly and Dan Coats, Indiana's U.S. senators, took stands opposed by a majority of their Hoosier constituents -- one on gay marriage, the other on background checks for gun purchases. The poll was conducted for Howey...
Tags: Voting, Dan Coats, Parties and Movements, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Tea Party Movement
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Chuck Hagel survives
After all the thunder and lightning signifying nothing but more Republican obstructionism, former Sen. Chuck Hagel has taken over at the Pentagon, vowing a realistic approach to America's military role in the world. Not surprisingly, he indicated he...
Tags: George W. Bush, Lobbying, Parties and Movements, Wars and Interventions, Chuck Hagel
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Slip-up may have cost Pence his tax cut
Chances of Gov. Mike Pence winning legislative approval of his signature 10 percent income tax cut began to slip away last Oct. 23. Pence didn't know it at the time. Nobody knew it at the time. The Republican nominee was regarded then as a sure winner...
Tags: Personal Income, Joe Donnelly, Government, Mitch Daniels, U.S. Senate
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Lugar still speaking his own mind
Politicians on the Far Right, seeking to turn the Republican Party into an uncompromising, unquestioning cause in their own image, sought to silence Dick Lugar's voice of moderation, promising that Indiana still would send a Republican to the Senate....
Tags: Sharron E. Angle, Joe Donnelly, Entertainment, Chuck Hagel, Karl Rove
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Santa has noted these newsmakers
As he does every year at this time, a very reliable source dropped off a list of what some prominent people will find under their Christmas trees. Although this source is in a position to know, I provide my usual warning. He looks kind of suspicious --...
Tags: American Airlines, Inc., New Year's Day, Joe Donnelly, Barack Obama, Brian Kelly
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Tea party down but not out
Reports of the death of the tea party are greatly exaggerated. For about two years now, certain observers have been declaring the demise of this insurgent tendency within the Republican Party. However, despite recent headlines, we should expect to...
Tags: Heritage Foundation, FreedomWorks, Parties and Movements, Jim DeMint, Tea Party Movement
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A primer for the 113th Congress
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON – With the “fiscal cliff” averted despite the failure to solve key budget issues, the 112th Congress will close out its widely criticized term and the 113th Congress will be sworn in Thursday. The outgoing Congress was...Tags: Ron Paul, Media Industry, Angus King, John Boehner, U.S. Senate
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Chronology of 2001 anthrax events
Sun-SentinelSept. 18: Envelopes containing letters and granular substances are sent to NBC News in New York and the New York Post. Both are mailed from Trenton, N.J. Sept. 22: Editorial page assistant at New York Post who opens letters to the editor notices...Tags: George W. Bush, Terrorism, Boynton Beach, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. House of Representatives
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Obama nominates John Kerry to be next secretary of State
This post has been corrected. See note at the bottom for details.WASHINGTON – President Obama nominated John F. Kerry, the five-term senator from Massachusetts, to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of State on Friday, choosing a longtime political ally who shares much of his foreign policy worldview and...Tags: United Nations, Wars and Interventions, Hillary Clinton, U.S. Senate, Politics
May 22, 2013
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May 5, 2013
|Story| AP Indiana
Apr 28, 2013
|Column| South Bend Tribune
May 5, 2013
|Story| AP Indiana
Mar 1, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 10, 2013
|Column| South Bend Tribune
Feb 18, 2013
|Column| South Bend Tribune
Dec 23, 2012
|Column| South Bend Tribune
Dec 30, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jan 3, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Dec 24, 2012
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Dec 21, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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