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EPA confirmation delay raises questions about U.S. carbon rules
ReutersBy Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, June 14 (Reuters) - With a Senate vote on President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency still in limbo, speculation is rising about the fate of a proposed emissions rule for new power plants...Tags: Washington, DC, Metal and Mineral, Barack Obama, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mining
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Newtown victim's sister turns gun control 'accidental activist'
Reuters(Reuters) - Jillian Soto was stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic on a New England highway when she learned over Facebook that her older sister Vicky, a first-grade teacher in Newtown, Connecticut, had died in a shooting. In the six months since, Soto...Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Interior Policy, Health and Safety at School, U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress
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U.S. lawmakers renew push for gun control six months after Newtown
ReutersBy Paige Gance WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) - Gun-control advocates renewed their push for stricter measures on Thursday, a day before the six-month anniversary of the school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, which horrified the public and sparked a...Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Interior Policy, Elizabeth Esty, U.S. Congress, Parties and Movements
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Lawmakers renew push for gun control six months after Newtown
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gun-control advocates renewed their push for stricter measures on Thursday, a day before the six-month anniversary of the school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, which horrified the public and sparked a national debate on guns....Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Interior Policy, Elizabeth Esty, U.S. Senate, Richard Blumenthal
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Amendments to immigration overhaul bill stall in Senate
WASHINGTON — Enthusiasm in the Senate for the debate over immigration gave way to reality Wednesday as party leaders quarreled to a stalemate over how to consider dozens of proposed amendments. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's move to...Tags: Migration, Christianity, Chuck Schumer, Immigration, Religion and Belief
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Newtown families push for gun control, go back to Congress
WASHINGTON — Although the drive for tougher gun controls has faded into the background, families of victims in the Newtown school shooting returned to the Capitol on Wednesday to show they are not giving up. Advocacy groups on both sides of the...
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Interior Policy, Frank Lautenberg, U.S. Congress, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013)
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NSA debate pits far left, right against the middle
WASHINGTON (AP) — Revelations of massive government collections of Americans' phone and email records have reinvigorated an odd-couple political alliance of the far left and right. A number of Democratic civil liberties activists, along with...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, CBS Corp., Computer Networking and Internet, U.S. Congress, American Civil Liberties Union
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Obama exhorts Congress to act on immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama prodded Congress Tuesday to send him a bill by fall remaking the nation's immigration laws, even as the Senate prepared to cast its first floor votes on the landmark measure opening a door to citizenship...
Tags: Migration, Univision (tv network), U.S. Senate, White House, U.S. Congress
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The government knows who you're calling in Chicago.
WASHINGTON - The government knows who you're calling. Every day. Every call. Here's what you need to know about the secret program and how it works: Q. What happened and why is it a big deal? A. The Guardian newspaper published a highly classified...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Saxby Chambliss, Computer Networking and Internet, George W. Bush, Dianne Feinstein
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National Journal on immigration: 'The Two Faces of Marco Rubio'
Takiing NamesLast week, I penned a piece that said Marco Rubio finally has a chance to prove his critics wrong and show that he's more than a lightweight when it comes to serious policy and meaningful legislation ("On immigration, Rubio has chance to prove his mettle"...Tags: Migration, Justice and Rights, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Marco Rubio, Crime, Law and Justice
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Boehner: Congress can do immigration this year
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the Senate ready to cast the first floor votes on a landmark immigration bill, House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday he thinks there's a good chance the legislation can be signed into law "by the end of the year." Ahead of...
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New Republican senator could be key vote on guns
WASHINGTON – Even before New Jersey’s new U.S. senator took the oath of office, Democrats seemed to be lobbying the Republican for his vote on a key legislative priority: expanded background checks on gun buyers. Jeffrey Chiesa, appointed...Tags: Interior Policy, Rush Holt, Joe Biden, Democratic Party, Patrick J. Toomey
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