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New Texas senator is commercial space supporter
WASHINGTON -- The last time Congress wrote a blueprint for NASA policy, a major powerbroker in the 2010 proceedings was then-U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas. Aligned with traditional aerospace companies, Hutchison used the bill to force the White...Tags: U.S. Congress, SpaceX, Washington, DC, Politics, Science and Technology
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Guillermo Martinez: Immigration currently takes back seat, but Rubio's task remains hard
The second term curse that many believe affect many presidents has kept discussion of President Barack Obama's agenda off the front pages and out of the television newscasts. Instead of covering the budget sequestration, journalists are covering what...Tags: U.S. Congress, Jay Carney, The Heritage, Marco Rubio, Migration
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FBI opens criminal probe of tax agency, audit cites disarray
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday he had ordered the FBI to open a criminal probe in a growing scandal over the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups for extra tax scrutiny. Holder'...Tags: Orrin Hatch, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, White House, Max Baucus, FBI
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Senators tighten student visa rules in immigration bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee amended the sweeping immigration bill Tuesday to tighten student visa rules in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings. The committee, which is trying to get through the 844-page bill by the end of the week, also...
Tags: Chuck Schumer, Azamat Tazhayakov, Republican Party, Migration, Interior Policy
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WRAPUP 1-FBI opens criminal probe of U.S. tax agency, audit cites disarray
Reuters* "Insufficient oversight" led to problems at IRS -report * Embattled acting IRS chief meets lawmakers * House tax panel is set to hold hearing on Friday By David Ingram and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric...Tags: Jay Carney, Orrin Hatch, Mitch McConnell, Crime, Law and Justice, Political Fundraising
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Senators briefed on the latest from the International Space Station
WASHINGTON -- Sens. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) took a break from earthly political matters Tuesday to talk to NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, one of two Americans aboard the International Space Station. Marshburn, who has been at the...
Tags: Vaccines, Politics, Heads of State, Science and Technology, Government
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Bill Nelson: shortened news cycle, the Internet and partisan cable "news" makes Washington dysfunctional
Sun SentinelU.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., is beginning his third term in the U.S. Senate. Washington, D.C., is a far different place than it was when he was a freshman member of the U.S. House back in 1979. Speaking Friday to the Realtor Association of Greater...Tags: U.S. Congress, Television, Washington, DC, Fort Lauderdale, Bill Nelson
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Obama stumps for his stalled economic agenda in Texas
WASHINGTON -- President Obama said Thursday that the United States was “poised for progress,” but accused Congress of thwarting his efforts to get new economic initiatives off the ground. Speaking at a high school in Manor, Texas, Obama said...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Jay Carney, White House, Republican Party, Barack Obama
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Immigration bill survives first day of debate in Senate committee
WASHINGTON — After eight hours of debate, the bipartisan Senate immigration bill emerged mostly intact Thursday, despite Republican-led efforts to make substantial alterations in the first of what is certain to be many long committee meetings to...Tags: U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, Statue of Liberty, Republican Party, Migration
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Many amendments, few changes to immigration overhaul
WASHINGTON -- Senators on Thursday began the arduous task of going through some 300 proposed amendments to the delicately constructed bipartisan immigration bill. By lunch, they had disposed of 17. With a packed audience of many pro-immigration...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Chuck Schumer, Crime, Law and Justice, Gays and Lesbians, Republican Party
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Child's play over the budget
WASHINGTON -- The budget feud on Capitol Hill is looking like those Vietnam War peace talks when negotiators bickered over the shape of the table. House Republicans, after howling for years about Senate Democrats' failure to pass a budget, are...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Washington, DC, White House, NBC (tv network), Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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May 8, 2013
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