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Supreme Court may strike down DOMA gay marriage law, experts say
Legal experts said Wednesday that U.S. Supreme Court justices suggested they might strike down the Defense of Marriage Act that denies federal benefits to legally married gay couples. It marked the second landmark gay-rights case the justices considered...
Tags: Marriage, Civil Rights, Laws, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Defense of Marriage Act
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One date is not enough: Obama to dine again with GOP senators
WASHINGTON – President Obama is taking Senate Republicans on another date night. Following his successful dinner earlier this month with a dozen GOP senators, during which they discussed budgets, the president has dialed up his ideological...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, POLITICO LLC, Government Health Care, Washington, DC, Barack Obama
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No debt agreement, no break
With no deal in sight to curb our growing national debt, America is going broke. So what do our representatives in Congress plan to do about it? Take a two-week break. Are they trying to see whether their abysmal 13% approval rating can sink any lower?...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Fiscal Cliff, Paul Ryan, Patty Murray, Barack Obama
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Obama's balanced plan to create jobs, cut deficit
President Barack Obama's Fiscal Year 2014 budget is a concrete plan to create jobs and cut the deficit. We do not need to choose between these two priorities. The president's balanced, compromise plan proves we can do both. The guiding principle...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Health Insurance Cost, Productivity, Barack Obama, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Obama Defeated On Gun Control, Sequester
The Hartford CourantFate is fickle, power cyclical and nothing is new under the sun. Especially in Washington, where after every election the losing party is sagely instructed to confess sin, rend garments and rethink its principles lest it go the way of the Whigs. And where...Tags: Elections, State of the Union Address, Barack Obama, Air Transportation Delays, Layoffs and Downsizing
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U.S. government begins intelligence review in Boston bombing case
WASHINGTON — The CIA and departments of Justice and Homeland Security have begun a high-level internal review of whether intelligence was mishandled prior to the Boston Marathon bombings, though President Obama and his top advisors said they had...
Tags: Terrorism, FBI, Police Investigations, U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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Barack Obama, Conan O'Brien skewer media skillfully
Staff writerCould it be that Washington does comedy better than the Hollywood movie studios? Conan O'Brien and Barack Obama provided more laughter Saturday night at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner than you're likely to find this weekend at the...Tags: Larry King, Piers Morgan, CNN (tv network), Today (tv program), MSNBC (tv network)
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Bill to end sequester's air travel delays flies through Congress
WASHINGTON — Congress approved a quick fix Friday to end the flight delays snarling the nation's airports, and President Obama will sign the bill when it reaches the White House, showing how swiftly compromise can be found when powerful interests...
Tags: Government Debt, Jay Carney, Washington, DC, Barack Obama, Air Transportation Delays
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Air travel: That's one silly victory over sequestration
So that’s how you get this Congress to spend money: You cramp their vacation plans. The House on Friday passed legislation that will end the furloughing of air traffic controllers. And what got these famously contentious representatives off...
Tags: Steny Hoyer, George W. Bush, Federal Aviation Administration, Air Transportation Industry, Barack Obama
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Villaraigosa in Washington on immigration, transportation issues
WASHINGTON -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa may be nearing the end of his term, but that isn’t keeping him from traveling to the nation’s capital to push two of his pet causes – an overhaul of immigration laws that would provide...
Tags: John McCain, Antonio Villaraigosa, Elections, Harry Reid, Migration
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Local Korean War veterans invited to dine with president of South Korea
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comA group of local Korean War veterans has been invited to have dinner with the president of South Korea on May 7 in Washington, D.C. Les Bishop, commander of Antietam Chapter 312 of the Korean War Veterans Association, said the South Korean Embassy...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, South Korea, White House, Wars and Interventions, Park Geun-hye
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