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Review: Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln' A Towering Achievement
Hollywood's most successful director turns on a dime and delivers his most restrained, interior film. A celebrated playwright shines an illuminating light on no more than a sliver of a great man's life. A brilliant actor surpasses even himself and makes...
Tags: Lincoln (movie, 2012), Celebrities, Pulitzer Prize Awards, John Williams, Tony Kushner
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Will immigration reform get killed in Republican-led U.S. House?
Reuters* Republicans doubt political necessity of sweeping bill * Warnings about Hispanic vote challenged By Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON, May 25 (Reuters) - The biggest overhaul of U.S. immigration laws in a generation won bipartisan approval from a powerful U....Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, White House, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Crime, Law and Justice
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Will immigration reform get killed in Republican-led House?
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The biggest overhaul of U.S. immigration laws in a generation won bipartisan approval from a powerful U.S. Senate committee last week, but there is a strong chance that Republicans in the House of Representatives will end up killing...Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, White House, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Crime, Law and Justice
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Lawmakers squabble over Margaret Thatcher
Capitol IdeasYo! When the Pennsylvania legislature is in session, numerous “NONCONTROVERSIAL” resolutions usually sail through the House. These are commemorative items all lawmakers, regardless of party, can agree on. They deal with naming bridges after... -
Let us not pray A hopeful wish for the end of religious exercises at the beginning of government meetings
Change of SubjectI wish atheist lawmaker Juan Mendez hadn't delivered his "prayer" to open the Tuesday afternoon session of the Arizona House of Representatives. Mendez, a freshman Democrat who represents Tempe, began by asking his assembled colleagues not to bow their... -
Prayer news
Change of SubjectThe Illinois Family Institute sent out an "urgent prayer request" today to stop a sex-ed bill in the state Senate (via Capitol Fax) and name-checked eight ostensibly undecided senators. Seven of eight voted yes and the bill passed 37-21. It...... -
House Changes To GMO Bill Irk Activists
The Hartford CourantHARTFORD — Activists pressing for a state law requiring labels on food with genetically modified ingredients are disappointed and angry that the House of Representatives weakened a bill approved by the Senate earlier this week. "It's very clear...Tags: Dannel P. Malloy , Laws, Activism, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Crime, Law and Justice
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Back Story: First Memorial Day celebrated 145 years ago
"We cherish too, the Poppy red / That grows on fields where valor led, / It seems to signal to the skies / That blood of heroes never dies." — "We Shall Keep the Faith" by Moina Michael For many Marylanders, Memorial Day is the unofficial...
Tags: Christianity, Religion and Belief, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Memorial Day, Wars and Interventions
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MarksJarvis: Investors turn eyes to 'fiscal cliff'
America is marching toward the fiscal cliff, and investors are on alert for the consequences of plunging from the peak. Re-elected President Barack Obama and congressional leaders must decide in the next 54 days whether they are willing to ignore...
Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, Sales, Mario Draghi, Business
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Looking into lawmakers' county budget allocations
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE --Gov. Rick Scott took a knife to lawmakers' $74 billion-plus budget this week, blocking some $368 million in hometown projects. But the collective response from legislative leadership was a yawn. “While many will disagree with...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Senate, Regional Authority, Government, Politics
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Pittsburgh on the Hudson? Wrong city in NY City campaign logo
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - For New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner, the road to City Hall leads through Pittsburgh. Weiner, the candidate who infamously resigned from the U.S. Congress two years ago in a sexting scandal, unveiled a video announcing...Tags: Elections, Twitter, Inc., Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, Anthony D. Weiner
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Maine Medicaid expansion passes but governor sets veto
ReutersBOWDOINHAM, Maine (Reuters) - Maine's Democratic-controlled legislature on Thursday passed a bill to expand access to its Medicaid program as outlined by the Affordable Care Act, setting up a showdown with the state's Republican governor, who...Tags: Rick Perry, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Insurance Cost, Health Insurance, Barack Obama
Nov 10, 2012
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May 25, 2013
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May 25, 2013
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Apr 18, 2013
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May 23, 2013
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May 24, 2013
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May 23, 2013
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Nov 8, 2012
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May 21, 2013
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May 23, 2013
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May 23, 2013
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