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Republican split on U.S. immigration blunts party rebranding
Reuters* Leaders hoped to appeal to Latino voters after 2012 defeat * Traditional opposition surfacing in early debates on reform bill By Caren Bohan WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - When a bipartisan group of U.S. senators began writing legislation to...Tags: Sports, Chuck Grassley, Television Industry, Jim DeMint, U.S. House Committee on the Budget
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RPT-Republican split on U.S. immigration blunts party rebranding
Reuters(Repeats with no changes to story) * Leaders hoped to appeal to Latino voters after 2012 defeat * Traditional opposition surfacing in early debates on reform bill By Caren Bohan WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - When a bipartisan group of U.S. senators...Tags: Sports, Chuck Grassley, Television Industry, Jim DeMint, U.S. House Committee on the Budget
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Does Bill Nelson have a better chance than Charlie Crist to beat Rick Scott?
It’s not exactly like choosing between Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston. Or, from a female point of view, it’s not like choosing between Brad Pit and Bradley Cooper. Should it be Charlie Crist or Bill Nelson? That may be the Florida...
Tags: Nan H Rich, Democratic Party, Alex Sink, Regional Authority, Politics
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Albert Hunt: Senate friendship born of tragedy beats partisanship
These days, most dispatches from Washington focus on petty partisanship, posturing, impasses and a political culture that rewards confrontation. Here's a respite: a story of kindness, comity, generosity reaching across the political divide. It's about...Tags: Gordon Smith, John Shimkus, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Coma, Judges
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Letters to the Editor: Protect sparrow, gun permits, religious zealots
Let's save the sparrow I read the article "Captive-breeding program offers hope for sparrow" in Friday's Sentinel about the captive breeding of the Florida grasshopper sparrow and plans to prevent its extinction. I understand that the program did...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Republican Party, Bobby Jindal, National Rifle Association of America, Voting
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Did gun vote dash Rubio's chances in 2016?
Wasn’t it just yesterday that Time Magazine had Florida Sen. Marco Rubio on the cover, calling him the savior of the Republican Party? If Rubio is the savior, then the GOP is indeed dead. People were already starting to tire of Rubio’s...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Elections, Gun Control
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Gun vote reveals new GOP divide
It pains me to congratulate the National Rifle Association, but the organization's aid to the U.S. Senate's defeat of background checks for gun purchasers was an impressive victory — against common sense. Although there is widespread...
Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Parties and Movements, Ted Cruz, Immigration, Arts and Culture
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Tail-gunner Ted
WASHINGTON -- Is there nobody who can tell Ted Cruz to shut up? The young senator from Texas has been on the job for about 100 days, but he has already turned upside down the Senate's ancient seniority system and is dominating his senior Republican...
Tags: Justice System, Chuck Grassley, Mitch McConnell, Migration, Lindsey O. Graham
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One to watch from Michigan
WASHINGTON -- America's most interesting development since November is the Republican Party becoming more interesting. Consider the congressman from Grand Rapids, Mich., who occupies the seat once held by Gerald Ford, embodiment of vanilla Republicanism....
Tags: Mitt Romney, Violence Against Women Act, Justin Amash, Ted Cruz, Gerald Ford
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Immigration bill is no compromise
When only one of the extreme sides of each political party is hollering against a bipartisan agreement on any bill, no doubt that side is the only one getting hosed. A true bipartisan bill gets both sides upset. So now begins the spin game by trying to...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Jeff Flake, Lindsey O. Graham, Immigration
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Florida in the cross hairs: Number of women with concealed-weapon permits jumps
Shirley Hedge spent more than 40 years saving lives as a nurse. Now retired, "Shotgun Shirley" represents the biggest increase among Florida's more than 1 million people who have concealed-weapon permits: women 66 and older. Hedge, 66, is one of 34,...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Shootings, Weaponry, Lake Mary, Orange County (Florida)
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Immigration bill debate sidetracked by Boston terror issues
Reuters* House speaker says bill will boost national security * Rand Paul wants legislation held up * Tempers flare at Senate Judiciary hearing By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuters) - Congressional advocates of comprehensive U.S. immigration...Tags: Patrick Leahy, Sports, Justice System, Democratic Party, Chuck Grassley
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