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Stephen Colbert Channels His Inner John Boehner Channeling His Inner Chris Rock
ReutersMay 23 (TheWrap.com) - Stephen Colbert opened up Wednesday's "Colbert Report" by comparing his difficulty in selecting which Obama administration scandal to report on as akin to trying to pick which of your children to impeach. Congress and Colbert chose...Tags: U.S. Congress, Tea Party Movement, White House
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Life's work honored
Special to The TribuneWASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi took turns Wednesday leading an often humorous but sometimes emotional celebration of the decades-long service of the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh as the University of Notre Dame's...Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Civil Rights, Tim Roemer, Education, Martin Luther King Jr.
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House feels the heat on immigration reform
WASHINGTON — Committee approval of a sweeping Senate immigration overhaul has put pressure on the House, where Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and top leaders have been pushing a bipartisan group of lawmakers to produce its own bill. House...
Tags: Immigration, Steve King, Politics, Labor Legislation, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
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Progress on immigration
Just when Washington looked like it was completely preoccupied with the scandals, real and imaginary, swirling around the White House, a group of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate managed the unexpected (and, these days, extraordinary): They...Tags: Jeff Flake, White House, Productivity, Barack Obama, Orrin Hatch
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House Republicans, taking on own leaders, promote legislation to ban abortion after 20 weeks
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican who oppose abortion promoted legislation Wednesday that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. These Republicans want to move ahead despite recent court decisions that have struck down similar state...Tags: Abortion, Politics, Washington, DC, Abortion Issue, Social Issues
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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: U.S. Congress, Nancy Pelosi, Religion and Belief, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate
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Oklahoma lawmakers who opposed disaster aid now face own disaster
WASHINGTON -- When $50 billion in disaster aid for victims of Superstorm Sandy came before Congress this year, three of Oklahoma’s five representatives and both of its senators were among the "no" votes. At the time, some of the Oklahoma lawmakers...
Tags: Relief and Aid Organizations, Barack Obama, James Inhofe, Tornadoes, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Congress, the tea party and the IRS: Sentence first, then the trial
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama fired the head of the Internal Revenue Service, the first sacrificial lamb brought down after the alleged "targeting" of conservative political groups by the IRS. Mr. Obama declared, "Americans are right to be angry...
Tags: Politics, Entertainment Events, Taxation, Barack Obama, Karl Rove
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U.S. debt limit resets at higher level, budget impasse grinds on
Reuters* New debt limit reset at $16.7 trillion * No movement seen in Congress on budget talks By David Lawder WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. government added $306 billion in new debt during a four-month suspension of the federal borrowing limit, the...Tags: U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Jack Lew, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, Patty Murray
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GOP ponders how to capitalize on Obama's woes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The scandals dogging President Barack Obama are a political gift to Republicans, who could use some good luck after recent election losses. It's not clear, however, how Republicans can best capitalize on Democrats' woes,...
Tags: Nancy Pelosi, White House, Budget Control Act of 2011, Jack Kingston, Barack Obama
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Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topic
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five months into President Barack Obama's second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been diminished, partly drowned out by controversies seized upon by Republicans in an...
Tags: Joe Biden, Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Taxation
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GOP overplays its hand
WASHINGTON — At the end of a truly dismal week in his presidency, President Obama remains lucky in one crucial category: his opposition. It has been only a matter of days since two scandals — the IRS harassment of conservative groups and the...Tags: Human Rights, Politics, Minority Groups, Taxation, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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