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A risk including gay partners in immigration bill?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated at being left out of an immigration overhaul, gay rights groups are pushing to adjust a bipartisan Senate bill to include gay couples. But Democrats are treading carefully, wary of adding another divisive issue that...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Barack Obama, Al Franken, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate
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Officials: Democratic Sen. Baucus to retire
Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, the chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee who steered President Barack Obama's health care overhaul into law but recently broke with his party on gun control legislation, has decided to retire, Democratic...Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Personal Weapon Control, Prescription Drugs, Mary L. Landrieu
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Democratic Michigan legislators urge US Rep. Gary Peters to run for Levin's Senate seat
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Now that party powerbroker Debbie Dingell has decided against running for U.S. Senate in 2014, Democrats are urging suburban-Detroit Congressman Gary Peters to run. Democratic Sen. Carl Levin is retiring, and 54 Democratic...Tags: Politics, U.S. Senate, Gary Peters, Primaries, Elections
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One to watch from Michigan
WASHINGTON -- America's most interesting development since November is the Republican Party becoming more interesting. Consider the congressman from Grand Rapids, Mich., who occupies the seat once held by Gerald Ford, embodiment of vanilla Republicanism....
Tags: Christianity, Christian Orthodoxy, Politics, Religion and Belief, Barack Obama
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Step toward possible military intervention in Syria
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is sending about 200 troops to Jordan, the vanguard of a potential U.S. military force of 20,000 or more that could be deployed if the Obama administration decides to intervene in Syria to secure chemical weapons arsenals...
Tags: Joint Chiefs of Staff, Barack Obama, Refugee, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate
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More skepticism of BRAC, this time in the Senate
Sen. Tim Kaine expressed skepticism this week that another military base-closing round is a good idea -- and he had some company. Kaine questioned Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey about the effectiveness of the...Tags: Politics, James Inhofe, U.S. Department of Defense, Armed Forces, Timothy M. Kaine
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Update: Ricin is indicated in letters to Obama, senator
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a capital city on edge, letters sent to President Barack Obama and a Mississippi senator tested positive for poisonous ricin in preliminary checks, and authorities chased a stream of reports Wednesday of other suspicious-looking...Tags: Politics, Patrick R. Donahoe, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Richard Shelby, Barack Obama
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FBI: Miss. man arrested, accused in ricin letters
Associated PressOXFORD, Miss. (AP) - The FBI has identified a Mississippi man suspected of mailing letters containing poisonous ricin as 45-year-old Paul Kevin Curtis. FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen said Curtis was arrested Wednesday afternoon at his...Tags: Joint Chiefs of Staff, Richard Shelby, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, The Associated Press
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Miss. man arrested in poison mail probe
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- Just two days after the Boston bombings, reports of letters possibly laced with poison and suspicious packages in government buildings set the nation’s capital on edge Wednesday and resurrected memories of the jittery weeks after the...Tags: Tom Daschle, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Crime, Law and Justice
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Report: US footing greater bill for overseas bases
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is footing more of the bill for overseas bases in Germany, Japan and South Korea even as the military reduces the number of American troops in Europe and strategically repositions forces in Asia, a congressional...
Tags: U.S. Army, Seoul (South Korea), Germany, Washington, DC, China
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Police said to have suspect in mind in Senate ricin letter case
WASHINGTON (AP) — Police have a suspect in mind as they investigate a letter mailed to Sen. Roger Wicker that tested positive for poisonous ricin, a Senate colleague said. "The person that is a suspect writes a lot of letters to members," Sen....Tags: Politics, Tom Daschle, Dick Durbin, Prince George's County, Government Postal Delivery
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No plans for Upton to leave U.S. House for Senate
Long-time Michigan Senator Carl Levin is not going to run for re-election. That decision raised the name of a local congressman as a possible replacement. But Southwest Michigan Congressman Fred Upton is not sounding like he will run for statewide...
Tags: Politics, U.S. Senate, Elections
Apr 24, 2013
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Apr 22, 2013
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Apr 22, 2013
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Apr 17, 2013
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Apr 18, 2013
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Apr 17, 2013
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Apr 17, 2013
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Apr 17, 2013
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Mar 29, 2013
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