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    Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  1. Lawmakers ask who knew what about bomb suspect

    BOSTON (AP) — Lawmakers are asking tough questions about how the government tracked suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev when he traveled to Russia last year, renewing criticism from after the Sept. 11 attacks that failure to share intelligence may have contributed to last week's deadly assault.
    BOSTON (AP) — Lawmakers are asking tough questions about how the government tracked suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev when he traveled to Russia last year, renewing criticism from after the Sept. 11 attacks that failure to share...

    Tags: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Joe Biden, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Punishment, Martin Richard

    2. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  2. As Boston buries its dead, more evidence gathered

    BOSTON (AP) — The Boston area held funerals for two more of its dead Tuesday — including an 8-year-old boy — as evidence mounted that the older Tsarnaev brother had embraced a radical, anti-American strain of Islam and was the driving force behind the Boston Marathon bombing.
    BOSTON (AP) — The Boston area held funerals for two more of its dead Tuesday — including an 8-year-old boy — as evidence mounted that the older Tsarnaev brother had embraced a radical, anti-American strain of Islam and was the driving...

    Tags: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Punishment, Laws, Law Enforcement, September 11, 2001 Attacks

    3. Apr 19, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  3. Courage in short supply

    WASHINGTON -- The gun bill was going down, but Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who reached a compromise to try to save it, went to the Senate floor Wednesday morning to give it one more try.
    WASHINGTON -- The gun bill was going down, but Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who reached a compromise to try to save it, went to the Senate floor Wednesday morning to give it one more try. In an unorthodox tactic, he appealed directly...

    Tags: Joe Biden, Interior Policy, Kelly Ayotte, Patrick J. Toomey, Harry Reid

    4. Apr 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Gun-control plan several votes short in Senate

    WASHINGTON -- A Senate plan to expand the background-check requirement for gun purchases faced a narrowing path to success Tuesday, as advocates for stricter laws sought to scrape together the last few votes they need from among a dwindling number of undecided senators.
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    WASHINGTON -- A Senate plan to expand the background-check requirement for gun purchases faced a narrowing path to success Tuesday, as advocates for stricter laws sought to scrape together the last few votes they need from among a dwindling number of...

    Tags: Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer, Interior Policy, Patrick J. Toomey, Susan Collins

    5. Mar 12, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Twelve steaks and an arugula salad: Obama takes the GOP to dinner

    President Barack Obama had a dinner date last week with a dozen of his worst enemies, thus proving that the governmental stalemate in Washington, D.C., is driving him to unusual acts of political creativity -- or desperation.
    President Barack Obama had a dinner date last week with a dozen of his worst enemies, thus proving that the governmental stalemate in Washington, D.C., is driving him to unusual acts of political creativity -- or desperation. The president personally...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Kelly Ayotte, Parties and Movements, John Hoeven, Patrick J. Toomey

    6. Mar 7, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  6. Efforts to avoid gov't shutdown move to Senate

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Efforts to stave off a late March government shutdown shifted to the Senate after House Republicans swiftly passed legislation to keep federal agencies running, while also easing some of the effects of $85 billion in budget cuts.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Efforts to stave off a late March government shutdown shifted to the Senate after House Republicans swiftly passed legislation to keep federal agencies running, while also easing some of the effects of $85 billion in budget cuts....

    Tags: Joe Biden, Budget Control Act of 2011, Kelly Ayotte, John Hoeven, Patrick J. Toomey

    7. Feb 8, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  7. Senators use hearing to air CIA controversies

    WASHINGTON - The confirmation hearing Thursday of John Brennan to be CIA director reopened scrutiny of a wide range of controversies that have dogged the country for more than a decade, ranging from the Obama administration's embrace of targeted...

    Tags: Laws, Anwar al-Awlaki, Police Investigations, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Central Intelligence Agency

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

  8. 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: Sheldon Whitehouse, Lamar Alexander, Mike Crapo, George W. Bush, John Cornyn

    9. Oct 9, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

  9. Congress: VA official should be sacked for wasteful Orlando conferences that featured ‘Patton’ video

    Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
    WASHINGTON — Two top Republicans in Congress want the Obama administration to fire a high-ranking official with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for not doing more to prevent wasteful spending at two training conferences in Orlando that...
    10. Dec 13, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Penn State scandal: Senators demand stronger child abuse laws

    Nation Now
    As Jerry Sandusky waived his right to a preliminary hearing in a Pennsylvania courtroom, Washington lawmakers on Tuesday called for stronger child-abuse reporting laws. They were appearing at the first Capitol Hill hearing growing out of the Penn State...
    11. Jul 29, 2011 |Story| Daily Pilot

  11. The Crowd: Fundraiser helps summer camp programs

    It is one of the most passionate charity events on the Orange Coast. The Muscular Dystrophy Assn.'s annual Gift of Hope Gala raised more than $430,000 at its 16th annual celebration earlier this summer.
    It is one of the most passionate charity events on the Orange Coast. The Muscular Dystrophy Assn.'s annual Gift of Hope Gala raised more than $430,000 at its 16th annual celebration earlier this summer. Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens was honored...

    Tags: Hawaii, Alaska, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Sandra Hutchens, Rascal Flatts (music group)

    12. Jun 14, 2011 |Story| Winchester Sun

  12. Guynup: Congressional Republicans attacking Clean Water Act

    Republicans in Congress are aggressively attacking the Clean Water Act — a landmark 1970 law created the year after Ohio’s horrifically polluted Cuyahoga River spontaneously burst into flame. Ironically, these attacks — coupled with...

    Tags: The New York Times, Laws, Government, Lakes and Ponds, Chesapeake Bay

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