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    Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  1. U.S. Senate duo dials back anti-big bank proposal

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    By Douwe Miedema WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - Legislation to force U.S. banks to drastically raise their capital buffers - a proposal that has been criticized as a veiled attempt to break up the biggest banks - was presented in a slightly weakened...

    Tags: Citigroup Incorporated, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Jeb Hensarling, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance

    2. Apr 22, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  2. The governor, the soul mate and … The End

    CHARLESTON, S.C. -- As the reporter said to the novelist: Why bother to make stuff up?
    CHARLESTON, S.C. -- As the reporter said to the novelist: Why bother to make stuff up? For stories and characters, one needs only a pair of walking shoes in this city, where recent attentions have turned to two salacious stories. One concerns a murder-...

    Tags: Anthony D. Weiner, Executive Branch, U.S. Congress, Elections, New York City

    3. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Labor secretary nominee unscathed after hearing

    WASHINGTON — President Obama's pick for Labor secretary, Thomas E. Perez, emerged unscathed Thursday from a Senate confirmation hearing that was more perfunctory than contentious.
    WASHINGTON — President Obama's pick for Labor secretary, Thomas E. Perez, emerged unscathed Thursday from a Senate confirmation hearing that was more perfunctory than contentious. Conservatives have been critical of Perez, the administration's top...

    Tags: Civil Rights, Dominican Republic, Washington, DC, Parties and Movements, Laws

    4. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Labor nominee Perez faces sharp questions from GOP senators

    Thomas E. Perez, the former Maryland labor secretary nominated to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, faced pointed questions at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday about whether politics influenced his decisions as the top civil rights attorney in the U.S. Justice Department.
    Thomas E. Perez, the former Maryland labor secretary nominated to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, faced pointed questions at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday about whether politics influenced his decisions as the top civil rights attorney in...

    Tags: Democratic Party, Montgomery County (Maryland), The New York Times, Laws, Countrywide Financial Corp.

    5. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Immigration proposal, and its small GOP opposition, is unveiled

    — Moments before a group of eight senators unveiled a sweeping bipartisan immigration overhaul Thursday, a smaller group launched the GOP opposition.
    — Moments before a group of eight senators unveiled a sweeping bipartisan immigration overhaul Thursday, a smaller group launched the GOP opposition. Led by Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the Republican push-back emerged as a muted affair....

    Tags: AFL-CIO, U.S. Congress, Parties and Movements, Marco Rubio, Elections

    6. Mar 22, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  6. Can anybody save the Republican Party?

    The year 2012 was a disaster for the Republican Party. They failed to regain control of the U.S. Senate. They lost eight seats in the House of Representatives. They didn't just lose the White House to Barack Obama, they got clobbered: losing the Electoral College, 332 to 206, and losing the popular vote by almost 5 million. They've lost the popular vote in five of the last six elections.
    The year 2012 was a disaster for the Republican Party. They failed to regain control of the U.S. Senate. They lost eight seats in the House of Representatives. They didn't just lose the White House to Barack Obama, they got clobbered: losing the Electoral...

    Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Marco Rubio, U.S. Senate, Jeff Sessions, U.S. Electoral College

    7. Mar 18, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. Obama picks Perez to lead U.S. Labor Department

    Senate Republicans criticized the nomination Monday of former state labor secretary Thomas E. Perez to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, signaling the longtime civil rights lawyer will face a contentious confirmation over his approach to the law and his record on immigration.
    Senate Republicans criticized the nomination Monday of former state labor secretary Thomas E. Perez to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, signaling the longtime civil rights lawyer will face a contentious confirmation over his approach to the law and...

    Tags: Democratic Party, Montgomery County (Maryland), Judges, Laws, Career and Workplace

    8. Feb 12, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  8. Bob Menendez, senator of the evening

    WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bob Menendez is embroiled in a prostitution scandal -- and it has little if anything to do with sex.
    WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bob Menendez is embroiled in a prostitution scandal -- and it has little if anything to do with sex. The New Jersey Democrat has for three months been the target of voluminous allegations, all unconfirmed, that he hired prostitutes,...

    Tags: Dominican Republic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Religion and Belief, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

    9. Feb 12, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  9. Senate panel approves Hagel for Pentagon chief

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate panel on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary in a rancorous session at which Republican questioned the former GOP senator's truthfulness and challenged his patriotism.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate panel on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary in a rancorous session at which Republican questioned the former GOP senator's truthfulness...

    Tags: Harry Reid, Democratic Party, Washington, DC, James Inhofe, Iran

    10. Feb 6, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  10. A solvable problem

    WASHINGTON -- It was always clear that the 11 million people in this country without papers were not going to be rounded up and deported. The question was when our leaders would officially recognize this fact -- which could only happen if Republicans decided that demonizing illegal immigrants was bad politics.
    WASHINGTON -- It was always clear that the 11 million people in this country without papers were not going to be rounded up and deported. The question was when our leaders would officially recognize this fact -- which could only happen if Republicans...

    Tags: Parties and Movements, Marco Rubio, Elections, Career and Workplace, Republican Party

    11. Jan 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. The challenging math of passing immigration reform

    WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system.
    WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. But while immigration politics appears to have changed in the wake of sweeping Republican rejection...

    Tags: Orrin Hatch, Susan Collins, Richard Burr, James Inhofe, John D. Rockefeller IV

    12. Jan 8, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  12. Battle-tested for a fight

    WASHINGTON -- In Vietnam in 1968, two separate mine explosions left Chuck Hagel with shrapnel in his chest and burns on his face and arms.
    WASHINGTON -- In Vietnam in 1968, two separate mine explosions left Chuck Hagel with shrapnel in his chest and burns on his face and arms. This is not a man who is going to shrink from a fight with the chicken hawks of the Senate. President Obama...

    Tags: Washington, DC, Elections, Republican Party, Mitch McConnell, Wars and Interventions

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