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Immigration bill clears hurdle in Senate
WASHINGTON — A sweeping bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation's immigration system headed to the Senate floor after a key committee approved it Tuesday, setting the stage for a debate next month that could lead to the biggest victory for...Tags: White House, U.S. Congress, Gays and Lesbians, U.S. Senate, Lindsey O. Graham
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Latest Indiana news, sports, business and entertainment
ST VINCENT RESTRUCTURING 22-hospital St. Vincent Health cutting jobs INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — One of Indiana's largest health systems says it's cutting an undisclosed number of jobs by June 30th because of increasing economic and competitive pressure...Tags: Trials, Planned Parenthood, U.S. Congress, Murder, Teaching and Learning
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Pence urges Congress to vote on media shield law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is urging congressional leaders to bring a revived federal media shield law to a vote on the floors of the U.S. House and Senate. Pence was the author of a 2009 media shield bill that cleared the House...Tags: John Boehner, Elections, Politics
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Senate rejected Toomey-backed sugar amendment to farm bill
Call Washington BureauDisputes over the government's sugar program break down regionally rather than politically. It pits lawmakers from states like Pennsylvania where candy making is big business against those from states where sugar is grown. Helping to lead the candy...Tags: Dick Durbin, Patrick J. Toomey, Trade Dispute, Just Born, Inc., Consumer Goods Industries
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Key House chairman slams Senate immigration bill as House immigration group struggles
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A key House committee chairman on Wednesday sharply criticized a wide-ranging immigration bill just passed by a Senate committee, underscoring the difficulties ahead as the politically volatile measure moves forward in a divided...Tags: White House, U.S. Congress, Gays and Lesbians, U.S. Senate, Bob Goodlatte
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Government dysfunction decried by Obama partly due to US founders and political polarization
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The works do seem to be "gummed up" on Capitol Hill. And President Barack Obama isn't the only one to say so. Yet despite years of hand-wringing in both parties, little progress has been made toward changing congressional rules on...Tags: U.S. Congress, Brookings Institution, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Gina McCarthy, Thomas Edward Perez
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Leading senator to let sanctions bill lapse to reward Myanmar government for reforms
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, easing up on his long-held tough stance on Myanmar, said Tuesday he planned to allow key sanctions legislation against the Southeast Asian nation to lapse because of the country's progress...Tags: White House, U.S. Congress, Aung San Suu Kyi, U.S. Senate, Mitch McConnell
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Oklahoma senators embrace disaster aid after opposing Sandy relief bill
ReutersBy David Lawder WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - Amid expressions of horror, grief and resolve over the devastating tornado that smashed into suburban Oklahoma City, many U.S. lawmakers expressed relief on Tuesday that they took action in January to bulk...Tags: Republican Party, Tom Coburn, MSNBC (tv network), Tornadoes, Fiscal Cliff
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Reid to delay Senate votes on most Obama nominees until July
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that he will delay votes on several of President Obama’s nominees for key posts until July, a decision raising the prospect that he’ll seek further changes to Senate rules...Tags: Dick Durbin, George W. Bush, Mitch McConnell, Gina McCarthy, Career and Workplace
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Immigration reform bill heads to full Senate
WASHINGTON — A sweeping bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation’s immigration system headed to the Senate floor after a key committee approved it Tuesday, but not before tilting the bill to the political right with amendments designed to...Tags: White House, U.S. Congress, DREAM Act, Gays and Lesbians, U.S. Senate
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Senators press forward on immigration bill
WASHINGTON – Senators are pushing forward on changes to a sweeping immigration overhaul, preparing to vote the bill out of the Judiciary Committee before Congress adjourns for the Memorial Day recess. The bill largely has withstood the assaults of...
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Matthew Rozsa: Why won't 'birthers' question citizenship of Sen. Ted Cruz?
From a strictly political standpoint, the past month has been pretty good for Sen. Ted Cruz. First the tea party darling further endeared himself to grass-roots rightists by claiming he had privately told Republican senators who supported the gun-buyer...Tags: Republican Party, Tea Party Movement, Polls, John McCain, Elections
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