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    May 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Obama judicial nominee wins easy confirmation

    WASHINGTON — Deputy Solicitor Gen. Sri Srinivasan, a rising star in legal circles, won an easy and unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, giving President Obama his first appointee to a conservative-leaning court that decides major regulatory disputes.
    WASHINGTON — Deputy Solicitor Gen. Sri Srinivasan, a rising star in legal circles, won an easy and unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, giving President Obama his first appointee...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Elections, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer

    2. May 23, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  2. Senate approves Obama nominee to key appeals court

    Reuters
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a break from bipartisan battles over judicial appointments, the U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a White House nominee to the influential U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The Senate voted 97-0 to...

    Tags: Politics, Sandra Day O'Connor, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Parties and Movements, Lawyers

    3. May 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Senate confirms Obama's first D.C. Circuit Court nominee

    <span class=&quot;runtimeTopic"><span class="runtimeTopic">WASHINGTON</span></span> -- Deputy Solicitor General Sri Srinivasan, a rising star in legal circles, won an easy and unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, giving President Obama his first appointee to a conservative-leaning court that decides major regulatory disputes.
    WASHINGTON -- Deputy Solicitor General Sri Srinivasan, a rising star in legal circles, won an easy and unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, giving President Obama his first appointee to a...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Elections, Chuck Schumer, Barack Obama

    4. May 23, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  4. IRS official at center of scandal put on leave

    Reuters
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lois Lerner, an Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the scandal over the agency's extra scrutiny of conservative groups, was put on administrative leave on Thursday after she refused to resign, a senator said....

    Tags: Politics, Danny Werfel, U.S. Congress, Carl Levin, Employees

    5. May 23, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  5. Obama's commerce secretary pick, Penny Pritzker, gets smooth confirmation hearing in Senate

    Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's nominee for commerce secretary was questioned briefly about her ties to a subprime mortgage lender that failed in 2001 and her role as a beneficiary of family offshore trusts in the Bahamas, but those...

    Tags: Politics, Mitt Romney, Parties and Movements, Penny Pritzker, Washington, DC

    6. May 23, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  6. Senate confirms Srinivasan to seat on influential US Court of Appeals in District of Columbia

    Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — After five years of trying, President Barack Obama has placed his first nominee on a key appeals court in Washington. The Senate voted unanimously on Thursday, 97-0, to confirm Sri Srinivasan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...

    Tags: John G. Roberts, Jr., Politics, Sandra Day O'Connor, Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

    7. May 23, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  7. GOP Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker talks up ties to Iowa during a visit to 2016 caucus state

    Associated Press
    WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Scott Walker tried to introduce himself to Iowa Republicans Thursday as so many would-be presidential candidates often do — one of their own. After all, the Wisconsin governor weighing a 2016 bid for president...

    Tags: Politics, Regional Authority, Parties and Movements, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Executive Branch

    8. May 22, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  8. Immigration bill gets Senate boost; House effort teetering

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supporters of U.S. immigration reform are hoping that the smooth and drama-free passage of their legislation through a Senate committee - a departure from almost everything that has happened in Congress over the past four years - will boost the likelihood of the bill winning full Senate approval.
    Reuters
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supporters of U.S. immigration reform are hoping that the smooth and drama-free passage of their legislation through a Senate committee - a departure from almost everything that has happened in Congress over the past four years -...

    Tags: Immigration, Personal Income, Minority Groups, Mitch McConnell, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary

    9. May 22, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  9. Key House chairman slams Senate immigration bill as House immigration group struggles

    Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (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: Immigration, Jeff Flake, Minority Groups, Civil Rights, Mitch McConnell

    10. May 22, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  10. GOP questions IRS scrutiny of anti-abortion groups

    IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) &mdash; When a small anti-abortion group in Iowa sought nonprofit status, the IRS asked its board to promise not to organize protests outside Planned Parenthood and demanded to know how its prayer meetings and protest signs were educational.
    IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — When a small anti-abortion group in Iowa sought nonprofit status, the IRS asked its board to promise not to organize protests outside Planned Parenthood and demanded to know how its prayer meetings and protest signs were...

    Tags: Family Planning, Abortion, Politics, Taxation, Planned Parenthood

    11. May 21, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  11. An Alabama senator's lost cause

    WASHINGTON — Not since George Wallace, perhaps, has an Alabamian taken as passionate a stand for a lost cause as the one Jeff Sessions is taking now. Bipartisan immigration legislation is making its way inexorably through the Senate Judiciary...

    Tags: Immigration, Personal Income, Politics, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Parties and Movements

    12. May 21, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV

  12. Senate panel approves immigration bill

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly...

    Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, Minority Groups, Lindsey O. Graham, Employees

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