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Republicans demand changes in Senate immigration bill
WASHINGTON — As a sweeping immigration bill moves forward in the Senate, Republicans are demanding stronger border security measures than those agreed upon during four months of bipartisan negotiation. The process of toughening the bill could...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Labor Legislation, U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Immigration
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Gay rights amendment offered to US immigration bill in Congress
Reuters* Rubio warns gay rights proposal would 'kill' bill * Committee Republicans offer mountain of amendments (Adds details and context paragraph 11 onward) By Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee...Tags: Land Resources, Labor Legislation, Immigration, Justice System, Gays and Lesbians
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At George W. Bush library, five presidents meet in harmony
DALLAS — The five men who have held the title of president gathered to celebrate the dedication of George W. Bush's presidential library at Southern Methodist University on Thursday, a rare reunion that focused on praising his achievements and...
Tags: Ehud Olmert, Condoleezza Rice, Immigration, State of the Union Address, Chris Christie
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Casey touts small business expansion tax break
The last two times Red Robin opened restaurants in eastern Pennsylvania, employing dozens of workers, the expansions were aided by a provision in the federal tax code that allows the investment to be depreciated over an accelerated 15-year period. But...
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Business, Allentown, Jim Ryan
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How a bill becomes slaw -- an autopsy of gun-control legislation in Washington
Change of SubjectWednesday's print column Before we move off the issue of gun control — and it’s dead for now, believe me, for reasons this column will make clear — let’s take a close look at just how something as popular as...... -
Senators point blame, solutions to air traffic delays
WASHINGTON -- As delayed flights jammed up air travel, Senate Republicans on Tuesday blamed the White House for furloughing air traffic controllers, as Democrats offered a new proposal to replace the sequester cuts that have begun to affect ordinary...
Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Politics, Layoffs and Downsizing, Budget Control Act of 2011, U.S. Senate
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Lawmakers cite Boston bombings in questions on immigration bill
WASHINGTON — On the third day of hearings on a bill to overhaul the immigration system, senators took a break from partisan sniping and grilled Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on whether the Boston bombings had exposed shortcomings in...
Tags: Human Mishaps, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Labor Legislation, Immigration, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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How a bill becomes slaw
Before we move off the issue of gun control — and it's dead for now, believe me, for reasons this column will make clear — let's take a close look at just how something as popular as expanded background checks failed to pass the U.S. Senate...
Tags: Gun Control, Chuck Grassley, Politics, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013)
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Tail-gunner Ted
WASHINGTON -- Is there nobody who can tell Ted Cruz to shut up? The young senator from Texas has been on the job for about 100 days, but he has already turned upside down the Senate's ancient seniority system and is dominating his senior Republican...
Tags: Gun Control, Immigration, Patrick J. Toomey, Justice System, Parties and Movements
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Texas explosion: At least 60 people still unaccounted for
WEST, Texas — About 60 people remained unaccounted for after the explosion at a fertilizer plant here, but authorities remain hopeful that number reflects not a significant loss of life but the difficulty of tracking down people who have been...Tags: Fertilizer, Sports, Ted Cruz, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Chemical Industry
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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: Carl Levin, FBI, Politics, Richard Shelby, Claire McCaskill
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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: Police Arrests, Justice System, Sports, Joe Manchin III, Barack Obama
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