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A filibustered judicial nominee withdraws
New York lawyer Caitlin Halligan, who was first nominated to the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., almost 2 1/2 years ago, has asked President Obama to withdraw her nomination. As The Times noted in an editorial today, Halligan was the victim...Tags: Barack Obama, National Rifle Association of America, Lindsey O. Graham, Republican Party, Sonia Sotomayor
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Senate committee OKs Jacob Lew nomination for Treasury secretary
WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee voted Tuesday to confirm Jacob J. Lew as Treasury Secretary despite Republican concerns about his support for higher taxes to reduce the nation's debt as well as his tenure as a Citigroup Inc. executive before joining...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Barack Obama, Government Debt, Republican Party, Finance
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Turning the tables on Jack Lew
WASHINGTON -- President Obama won re-election in part by beating up on his opponent for receiving big corporate payouts in exchange for dubious work and for socking away money in tax havens such as the Cayman Islands. So it's a bit, well, rich that...
Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Pat Roberts, Republican Party, Citigroup Incorporated
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Treasury nominee Jacob Lew faces tough questions on Citigroup job
WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary nominee Jacob J. Lew on Wednesday faced tough questions from Republican senators about his tenure as a top executive at Citigroup Inc. in the years leading up to the financial crisis. Lew was criticized for not knowing...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Chuck Grassley, Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Finance
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Treasury nominee Jacob J. Lew says he would work to boost recovery
WASHINGTON -- Treasury secretary nominee Jacob J. Lew told senators Wednesday that his top priority was to boost the economic recovery while also grappling with the nation's growing debt. In his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee,...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Barack Obama, Republican Party, Finance, U.S. Congress
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Republicans maintain filibuster threat ahead of Hagel vote
WASHINGTON – On the eve of a Senate committee vote on Chuck Hagel’s nomination to lead the Pentagon, a group of Republican senators continued Monday to threaten what would be a historic filibuster for a Cabinet appointment despite warnings...Tags: Barack Obama, Libya, Lindsey O. Graham, John McCain, Republican Party
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The challenging math of passing immigration reform
WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. But while immigration politics appears to have changed in the wake of sweeping Republican rejection...
Tags: Mitch McConnell, Lindsey O. Graham, Maria Cantwell, Republican Party, Frank Lautenberg
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School's Modesty Club urges girls to show restraint, less skin
L.A. NOWA teenager’s call for her peers to lose their tight or revealing outfits and show restraint in their dress has prompted city officials to declare Dec. 3-7 Modesty Week in South Pasadena. Saige Hatch, 15, launched the South Pasadena High...... -
Teen's call for more modesty earns praise, criticism in South Pasadena
A teenager’s call for her peers to lose their tight or revealing outfits and show restraint in their dress has prompted city officials to declare Dec. 3-7 Modesty Week in South Pasadena. Saige Hatch, 15, launched the South Pasadena High School...
Tags: Real Estate, Human Interest, Services and Shopping, Local Elections
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U.N. vote on Palestine status inflicts new divides in Europe, NATO
Thursday’s overwhelming U.N. vote to elevate the status of Palestine at the world body inflicts yet another fracture in the facade of Western solidarity, exposing a divide among European Union and NATO member states over U.S. policy in the Middle...
Tags: European Union, Hamas, Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, International Law
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Democrats maintain control of Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats secured a majority in the Senate on Tuesday, snatching Republican-held seats in Massachusetts and Indiana and turning back fierce, expensive challenges in Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin and Connecticut to maintain the...
Tags: Maria Cantwell, Republican Party, Olympia J. Snowe, Democratic Party, Kirsten Gillibrand
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Maryland investment firms haven't abandoned Democrats
Wall Street might have turned its back on Democrats this election, but that's not the case among Maryland investment firms. The vast majority of contributions to candidates by T. Rowe Price employees went to Democrats. And Democrats were the...
Tags: Republican Party, Democratic Party, Economy, Business and Finance, Business Institutions, Joe Walsh
Mar 22, 2013
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Dec 5, 2012
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Nov 30, 2012
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Nov 7, 2012
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Oct 14, 2012
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