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Lugar still speaking his own mind
Politicians on the Far Right, seeking to turn the Republican Party into an uncompromising, unquestioning cause in their own image, sought to silence Dick Lugar's voice of moderation, promising that Indiana still would send a Republican to the Senate....
Tags: Republican Party, Richard Mourdock, Karl Rove, Barack Obama, Entertainment
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Letters: Republicans' revenge on Hagel
Re "For Hagel, opposition from GOP is personal," Feb. 15 Despite the fact that a Cabinet nomination has never in history been blocked by a minority filibuster, Republicans are filibustering Chuck Hagel's appointment as secretary of Defense....Tags: Republican Party, John McCain, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Politics, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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George Michael: Sequester flip-flop
Assigning responsibility for the sequestration “crisis” is a tricky business. The president has been doing a great job blaming the Republicans. But there’s a question about Obama’s role in the whole affair. Watergate star...Tags: Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Bob Woodward, U.S. Senate, The Washington Post
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Rand Paul filibuster splits GOP, Graham now supports CIA nominee
WASHINGTON – The political fallout from Sen. Rand Paul’s filibuster has begun as fellow Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham switched Thursday to support John Brennan as CIA director, saying the vote has become a “referendum” on the...
Tags: Republican Party, Lindsey O. Graham, John McCain, Tea Party Movement, John Brennan
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Sen. Rand Paul ends marathon filibuster of John Brennan
WASHINGTON – Sen. Rand Paul ended a marathon filibuster of John Brennan's nomination to lead the CIA early Thursday after holding the floor for nearly 13 hours, focusing on concerns over the constitutionality of the administration’s use of...Tags: James Stewart, U.S. Department of Justice, Ted Cruz, Government, Parties and Movements
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Sequestration was Obama's idea; now he doesn't like it?
I was dismayed by your recent, misleading article on the Republican's responsibility for the budget sequester (The GOP sequester," Feb. 22). Jack Lew, the White House chief of staff and budget director, set up the sequester in 2011, and Rob Nabors,...Tags: Republican Party, Bob Woodward, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, Jay Carney
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Paul filibuster gains support, delays Brennan vote
WASHINGTON -- What began as Rand Paul’s one-man crusade to press the Obama administration for clarity regarding its prosecution of U.S. citizens suspected of terrorist ties became a bipartisan spectacle in the Senate chamber Wednesday -- one that...Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Mike Lee, Bernard Sanders, White House
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Senate committee approves John Brennan's nomination as CIA director
WASHINGTON -- The Senate Intelligence Committee voted 12 to 3 on Tuesday to approve John Brennan's as the next CIA director, ending weeks of delay and setting the stage for the full Senate to vote on Brennan's nomination later this week. The committee...
Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, John McCain, Barack Obama, White House, Washington, DC
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Sequester is proof of Obama's incompetence
Regarding your recent editorial on the impending across-the-board cuts in federal spending, since the "sequester" plan originally was introduced by the White House, to call it a "GOP sequester" is a misnomer ("The GOP sequester," Feb. 22). If we had any...Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Politics
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Obama summons congressional leaders to White House
WASHINGTON – President Obama plans to convene a meeting with the top leaders in Congress on Friday at the White House, congressional aides confirmed. The president’s confab with House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), Senate Majority...
Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, White House, Budget Control Act of 2011, U.S. Congress
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C. Everett Koop, 'rock star' surgeon general, dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. C. Everett Koop has long been regarded as the nation's doctor— even though it has been nearly a quarter-century since he was surgeon general. Koop, who died Monday at his home in Hanover, N.H., at age 96, was by far the...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Human Rights, Abortion, Ronald Reagan, Viral Diseases and Infections
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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: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Orrin Hatch, Chuck Grassley, White House
Feb 18, 2013
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