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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: Jeff Sessions, Barbara Boxer, Amy Klobuchar, Lindsey O. Graham, Mary L. Landrieu
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Goodbye, Joe Lieberman
After 24 years in the U.S. Senate, Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, the first and only Jewish politician nominated to a national major party ticket, in 2000, had some advice to his colleagues in a farewell speech Wednesday on the Senate floor. To break the...Tags: George W. Bush, Ned Lamont, Republican Party, Religion and Belief, Political Candidates
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Since when does it take a political campaign to become secretary of state?
There was a time when a president and the opposition party in Congress could agree on certain basics, such as the right of the chief executive to select members of his cabinet with no fuss or bother. The president's most important choice in this...Tags: Mitt Romney, Republican Party, Susan Rice, Barack Obama, White House
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McManus: The other drone question
It has been 11 years since the United States began using missile-firing drones to attack Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. But only now are we beginning a full public debate on this new form of warfare, and it took the nomination of...
Tags: Yemen, Justice System, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Stanley A. McChrystal, Politics
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Drones on the dais
WASHINGTON -- Is the position of God subject to the confirmation process? Does the Lord Almighty require the advice and consent of the Senate? These are no longer abstract questions. John Brennan may not be divine, but he plays God often as...
Tags: Murder, Barack Obama, Saxby Chambliss, Justice System, Washington, DC
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Dianne Feinstein, Lindsey Graham on ‘Meet the Press’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelSen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., will be a guest on ‘Meet the Press.' Photo credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images UPDATE: THE REVISED GUEST LIST IS AT THE BOTTOM: The fiscal cliff, Susan Rice and Benghazi will be topics on the Sunday morning... -
An exercise in fiscal evasion
When it comes to serious, lasting budget constraints, our leaders in Washington have the escape talents of Houdini. The ominous approach of the fiscal cliff put Democrats in a position to extract a lot more revenue and Republicans to force real spending...
Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Fiscal Cliff, Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Congress
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Weekend TV Talk: Dianne Feinstein; John McCain; Richard Durbin
Click here to download TV listings for the week Dec. 16 - 22 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SATURDAY Good Morning America Coverage of the shootings in Newtown, Conn. (N) 7 a.m. KABC The Situation Room With Wolf...
Tags: Rick Snyder, Jeff Sessions, Scott Garrett, Judd Apatow, Kent Conrad
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Report faults State Department, intelligence for Benghazi failures
WASHINGTON – The fatal attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11 was the culmination of a series of oversights and security failures, marking a “grievous mistake” by the State Department, according to a new Senate...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Barack Obama, Susan Rice, Elections, Benghazi
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Obama 'Willing to Compromise a Little' on Fiscal Cliff
CNNWashington -- It's crunch time for avoiding the fiscal cliff as President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner and their aides hold private talks on issues that will impact every American. Three weeks remain to cut a deal before the automatic...Tags: This Week (tv program), Medicaid, Olympia J. Snowe, Talk Shows (genre), Credit and Debt
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The initiation of Susan Rice
WASHINGTON -- A variety of insults have been deployed in opposition to Susan Rice's likely nomination for secretary of state: She is not qualified; she's too aggressive; she "misled" the public following the lethal attack on the American consulate in...
Tags: Patrick Leahy, Kelly Ayotte, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Susan Rice
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Bob Dole and the GOP's disability
Much ink has been spilled in recent weeks criticizing the Republican Party and its failed presidential candidate for a lack of compassion and obvious antipathy toward "47 percent" of the electorate (if not a bit more), so it was reassuring to see two of...Tags: Treaties, Mayflower Voyage (1620), Olympia J. Snowe, Polio, Scott P. Brown
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Feb 10, 2013
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Feb 11, 2013
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Jan 6, 2013
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Dec 14, 2012
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Dec 31, 2012
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Dec 11, 2012
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Dec 5, 2012
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Dec 5, 2012
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