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Marco Antonio Rubio (born May 28, 1971) is an American politician and lawyer. Rubio was the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives during the 2007 and 2008 legislative sessions. He was first elected to the Florida House as a Republican on January 25, 2000, from the 111th district.
Marco Antonio Rubio (born May 28, 1971) is an American politician and lawyer. Rubio was the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives during the 2007 and 2008 legislative sessions. He was first elected to the Florida House as a Republican on January 25, 2000, from the 111th district.
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Immigration bill clears hurdle in Senate
WASHINGTON — A sweeping bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation's immigration system headed to the Senate floor after a key committee approved it Tuesday, setting the stage for a debate next month that could lead to the biggest victory for...Tags: Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, Labor Legislation, Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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Immigration reform bill heads to full Senate
WASHINGTON — A sweeping bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation’s immigration system headed to the Senate floor after a key committee approved it Tuesday, but not before tilting the bill to the political right with amendments designed to...Tags: Lobbying, Labor Legislation, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, Parties and Movements
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Senate panel votes to provide weapons to Syrian rebels battling Assad regime
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel voted on Tuesday to provide weapons to rebels battling the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad, the first time lawmakers have endorsed the aggressive U.S. military step of arming the opposition in the 2-year-...Tags: Washington, DC, Parties and Movements, U.S. Military, Saudi Arabia, United Nations
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Conservatives, tea party leaders seek to block immigration bill
WASHINGTON – Top conservative leaders, along with tea party activists from across the nation, have crafted a letter of opposition to the Senate’s bipartisan immigration overhaul. The open letter to the Senate, which will be released Tuesday,...Tags: Migration, Career and Workplace, Chuck Schumer, Laura Ingraham, Labor Legislation
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Tea party looks to take advantage of moment
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so. They say the IRS acknowledgement that it had targeted their groups for extra...
Tags: Taxation, Mitt Romney, Elections, Parties and Movements, U.S. Congress
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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: Migration, Employment Opportunities, Chuck Schumer, Career and Workplace, Corporate Officers
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Tom Perez and the 'nuclear option'
Republicans accuse Thomas E. Perez, President Barack Obama's nominee for labor secretary, of twisting the legal process in three cases in St. Paul, Minn., to suit his political purposes. But it is they who are twisting the Senate's role to "advise and...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Cabinet, Career and Workplace, Environmental Politics, Rental Service
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Floridians press for Everglades and port money
WASHINGTON – The next big phase of Everglades restoration will plug canals, build levees and create giant storage areas to guide fresh clean water through western Broward and Palm Beach counties and into the core of the famed River of Grass. The...Tags: U.S. Army, Panama, Lobbying, Everglades, Port Everglades
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Letters to the editor: Drunken driving, Ramirez, and conspiracy theories
On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board proposed lowering the legal limit for a driver's blood alcohol from .08 percent to .05 percent. This is about two beers in an hour for a 155-pound woman. While one can argue whether or not that is too...Tags: White House, Taxation, Health Care Reform (2009), Elections, Bill Clinton
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Editorial: Conservatives should lead on immigration
If President Barack Obama delivers on his promise to sign meaningful immigration legislation in his second term, it could be because he wisely stayed out of the way while Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican with his eye on the White House, did the...
Tags: Migration, George W. Bush, Interior Policy, National Security, White House
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Acting IRS commissioner resigns, Obama says
WASHINGTON – President Obama announced the resignation Wednesday evening of Steven Miller, acting commissioner of the embattled Internal Revenue Service, a move the president said was essential to restore the public’s faith following...
Tags: White House, Taxation, Mitch McConnell, Barack Obama, Tea Party Movement
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