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Rep. Don Young Apologizes for Use of Derogatory Term in Radio Interview
Channel 2 NewsRep. Don Young apologized Friday for his use of a derogatory term to describe migrant laborers in an interview with a Southeast Alaska radio station earlier this week. "I apologize for the insensitive term I used during an interview in Ketchikan,...Tags: Politics, U.S. House Committee on Ethics, Radio Industry, Republican Party, Entertainment
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In Miami, Obama pushes for infrastructure plan
WASHINGTON -- President Obama urged Congress to take up his proposals to improve the nation’s infrastructure, saying his plan would encourage private investment and put construction workers back to work. Making a quick day trip to the Port of...Tags: Politics, State of the Union Address, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Republican Party
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Lawmakers rush to catch up on gay marriage
WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, American opinion on gay marriage has been shifting. Now lawmakers are in a mad dash to catch up. In less than two weeks, seven senators — all from moderate or Republican-leaning states — announced their...
Tags: Jim Kolbe, Barack Obama, Washington, DC, Same-Sex Marriage, USA Today
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Boehner solicits House GOP input on budget wars
WASHINGTON – House Speaker John A. Boehner wants his Republican troops to think deep thoughts. As House Republicans prepare for the next budget showdown with President Obama, the Ohioan, in a letter to rank-and-file lawmakers Thursday, drew on...
Tags: Politics, U.S. Congress, Paul Ryan, Barack Obama, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Gov't downsizes amid GOP demands for more cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and other fiscal conservatives keep insisting on more federal austerity and a smaller government. Without much fanfare or acknowledgement, they've already gotten much of both. Spending by federal, state and local...
Tags: Local Government, State of the Union Address, Barack Obama, Washington, DC, Government Health Care
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No winners in this game
WASHINGTON -- The standoff over the package of budget cuts known as "the sequester" is the dumbest, most self-defeating fight between President Obama and Republicans in Congress since … let's see, since the last dumb, self-defeating fight less than...
Tags: Public Officials, Politics, Barack Obama, Polls, Republican Party
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Republicans can't escape blame for sequester
If aliens came to earth from outer space in search of intelligent life, Congress is the last place they would look for it. The Republican-led 112th Congress -- in a good week, in session no more than two and a half days -- let the Standard & Poor's credit...
Tags: Politics, Eric Cantor, Barack Obama, Republican Party, Air Transportation Delays
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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: U.S. Supreme Court, Laws, Elena Kagan, Anthony Kennedy, Civil Rights
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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: Politics, Barack Obama, POLITICO LLC, Republican Party, U.S. Senate
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Former lawmaker says farmers are important to the world
Farmers will need to feed nine billion people worldwide by 2050, so it's up to the Farmers Union to continue to lead the push for sustainable agriculture and healthy environmental policy. That was the message that former U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie...Tags: Harry Reid, Groton, U.S. Congress, Raven Industries Incorporated, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
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Meat inspector furlough looms
LAS VEGAS - Sequestration could force the U.S. Department of Agriculture to furlough up to 6,000 meat inspectors for up to two weeks, plunging the meat industry into chaos and raising consumer prices, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Feb. 7 in...Tags: Thad Cochran, Politics, Tom Vilsack, Unemployment, Renewable Energy
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Pentagon furloughs coming soon in U.S. government budget fight?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Congress on Wednesday that if automatic government spending cuts kick in on March 1 he may have to shorten the workweek for the "vast majority" of the Defense Department's 800,000 civilian...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, Employees, Washington, DC
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