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Timeline: Events in U.S. IRS 'Tea Party' scrutiny scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is under investigation for extra scrutiny it gave to conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status, a practice that elicited complaints from the groups during the 2012 presidential election...Tags: Mitt Romney, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, Elections, U.S. Supreme Court
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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: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Justice System, Lindsey O. Graham, Chuck Grassley, Elections
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U.S. Senate panel launches crucial debate over immigration bill
Reuters* Judiciary Committee opens amendment marathon * Republicans express skepticism and promise long process * House negotiators still face unresolved issues By Richard Cowan and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee on...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Washington, DC, U.S. Senate, Chuck Grassley, Migration
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Border Patrol struggles to measure what it can't see
SAN DIEGO — Kathy Gomez estimates that U.S. Border Patrol agents catch 75% of the migrants who try to run through the strawberry fields at her farm near the border with Tijuana. Farther east, Miguel Diaz thinks the number hits 90% at his junkyard...
Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), U.S. Border Patrol, Justice System, Illegal Immigrants, Janet Napolitano
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Online sales tax bill seen stalling in Republican-led U.S. House
Reuters* Senate approval of measure expected on Monday * Broad tax overhaul effort moving separately WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate was expected to vote on Monday to give states the power to enforce their sales tax laws on online purchases,...Tags: Justice System, U.S. Senate, Sales, U.S. Congress, Holidays
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New efforts to curb cellphone theft
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disturbed by the nationwide epidemic of cellphone robberies and thefts, law enforcement officials across the country are looking to the wireless industry to help find a cure. In San Francisco, where half the robberies were...
Tags: Google Inc., Justice System, New York City, Raymond W. Kelly, Vincent Gray
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Your Government in Action
Blogging with Bill White“Senator, you have a visitor.” “I thought I told you I didn’t want to be disturbed!” he said, sipping an old-fashioned. “It’s Ralph Frampton of the NRA.” “Holy crap, why didn’t you say so? Send... -
As a rising GOP star, Rubio treads a fine line on immigration
WASHINGTON — When Marco Rubio was the No. 3 Republican in the Florida House of Representatives, he worked with Democrats in 2003 to protect farmworkers from unscrupulous contractors and harmful pesticides. "My heart goes out to the workers in this...
Tags: Florida Legislature, Lindsey O. Graham, Marco Rubio, U.S. Senate, Elections
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House Republicans offer piecemeal approach on immigration
WASHINGTON — House Republicans announced the first in a series of immigration-related bills that would attempt to reshape the system one piece at a time, a contrast with the comprehensive approach the Senate is pursuing. The chairman of the...
Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Luis Gutierrez, Immigration, Migration, Republican Party
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Senators predict another vote on gun-control legislation
WASHINGTON -- Two top senators predicted Thursday that gun legislation will come up again for a Senate vote – possibly before the end of the year – as public attitudes shift toward stricter controls. Their assessment comes after the defeat...
Tags: Gun Control, Politics, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Personal Weapon Control, U.S. Congress
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Napolitano: Immigration bill would boost security
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sweeping immigration legislation would improve U.S. security by helping authorities to know who is in the country, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday, as supporters of an immigration overhaul marshaled...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Lindsey O. Graham, Justice System, Chuck Grassley
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Key U.S. lawmakers hopeful bipartisan immigration bill will pass
ReutersWASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - Two key authors of a bipartisan bill to revamp U.S. immigration laws said on Thursday that they are hopeful most Senate Democrats and Republicans will end up supporting their White House-backed measure. "It is very...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Politics, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, White House
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