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White House urges Senate to cut crop insurance in farm bill
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate should cut crop insurance subsidies, the most expensive part of the farm safety net, by $1 billion a year before it passes the new farm bill, the White House said on Monday. The five-year farm bill would...Tags: Kirsten Gillibrand, Environmental Issues, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC
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Dems' Senate campaigns marked by internal battles
ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections. Two top-tier Democratic prospects recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota,...
Tags: Mike Rounds, Tim Johnson, Mitt Romney, Breast Cancer, Mark Begich
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IRS probe ignored most influential groups
IRS probe ignored most influential groups KEN THOMAS,Associated Press STEVE PEOPLES,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups. The nation's tax agency has admitted to...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Political Fundraising, Carl Levin, Interior Policy, Elections
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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: Barack Obama, Lehigh University, Elections, Grover Cleveland, Polls
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Dawn Sweeney: Restaurant industry eyes sensible immigration reform
Capitol Hill is accustomed to bitter partisanship. But eight U.S. senators — four Democrats and four Republicans — just stood shoulder-to-shoulder to introduce a sweeping immigration reform bill. This so-called "Gang of Eight" is comprised of...Tags: Employment, Migration, U.S. Congress, Employment Opportunities, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Smart TV: The industry push to keep getting smarter
For decades we've been watching TV. Now a new generation of televisions is beginning to watch us. Technological advances are giving the old clunky "boob tube" an I.Q. injection. Some of the new breed of smart TVs comes equipped with facial recognition...Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Computer Networking and Internet, Netflix Inc., Marketing, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Peter Morici: Obama failing dramatically as manager of people
CEOs of large organizations all face the same problem – driving their agendas in organizations too diverse and geographically dispersed to manage directly. They hire competent managers for their units, set goals and establish clear metrics for...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Jimmy Carter, U.S. Congress, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, U.S. Senate
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Defense official says U.S. has authority to target terrorists anywhere
WASHINGTON — A senior Pentagon official told a Senate committee Thursday that the U.S. would be at war with Al Qaeda for 15 to 20 more years and said the military could target terrorists anywhere under a law passed after the Sept. 11 terrorist...
Tags: Laws, U.S. Department of Defense, Lawyers, Somalia, Military Equipment
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One Cabinet pick approved, two narrowly advance
WASHINGTON — President Obama's nominee to lead the Energy Department won unanimous confirmation by the Senate on Thursday while two other Cabinet choices narrowly advanced out of committee, amid complaints from Democrats over Republican delaying...
Tags: Lamar Alexander, Environmental Issues, Gina McCarthy, Work Relations, Justice System
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Obama to meet with McCain on immigration, budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama plans to meet with Republican Sen. John McCain on Wednesday to discuss ongoing efforts to pass an overhaul of immigration laws and budget issues. McCain, of Arizona, is one of the key...Tags: Labor Legislation, Barack Obama, Career and Workplace, White House, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Life Out Here: Hillary vs. The Angry Koala
If there is proof that Hillary Clinton was incompetent, indifferent or conspiratorial, or any combination of the aforementioned, in the Benghazi attack and subsequent scandal, she should never again be given serious consideration as a presidential...
Tags: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Chris Christie, David Petraeus
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McCain again calls for special congressional panel on Benghazi
WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) pressed Sunday for a special congressional committee to investigate the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, last year, insisting that questions about former Secretary of State...
Tags: CBS Corp., Frank R Wolf, John Boehner, U.S. Department of State, Government
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May 15, 2013
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May 15, 2013
|Column| Imperial Valley Press Online
May 12, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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