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New Texas senator is commercial space supporter
WASHINGTON -- The last time Congress wrote a blueprint for NASA policy, a major powerbroker in the 2010 proceedings was then-U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas. Aligned with traditional aerospace companies, Hutchison used the bill to force the White...Tags: U.S. Senate, SpaceX, Space Programs, U.S. Congress, Science
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Guillermo Martinez: Immigration currently takes back seat, but Rubio's task remains hard
The second term curse that many believe affect many presidents has kept discussion of President Barack Obama's agenda off the front pages and out of the television newscasts. Instead of covering the budget sequestration, journalists are covering what...Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Internal Revenue Service, Parties and Movements, Republican Party
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FBI opens criminal probe of tax agency, audit cites disarray
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday he had ordered the FBI to open a criminal probe in a growing scandal over the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups for extra tax scrutiny. Holder'...Tags: Justice System, Taxation, Orrin Hatch, Barack Obama, Mitch McConnell
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Senators tighten student visa rules in immigration bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee amended the sweeping immigration bill Tuesday to tighten student visa rules in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings. The committee, which is trying to get through the 844-page bill by the end of the week, also...
Tags: Azamat Tazhayakov, Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Steve King, Career and Workplace
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WRAPUP 1-FBI opens criminal probe of U.S. tax agency, audit cites disarray
Reuters* "Insufficient oversight" led to problems at IRS -report * Embattled acting IRS chief meets lawmakers * House tax panel is set to hold hearing on Friday By David Ingram and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric...Tags: Vern Buchanan, Political Fundraising, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Orrin Hatch
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Liberal anger only makes Ted Cruz stronger
Rude, entitled, arrogant and off-putting: That's how the conventionally wise in Washington are characterizing Ted Cruz, the conservative new senator from Texas. It's a better description of the critics themselves, who are inadvertently helping Cruz...Tags: Elections, The Wall Street Journal, Periodicals, The Washington Post, Politics
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Bill Nelson: shortened news cycle, the Internet and partisan cable "news" makes Washington dysfunctional
Sun SentinelU.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., is beginning his third term in the U.S. Senate. Washington, D.C., is a far different place than it was when he was a freshman member of the U.S. House back in 1979. Speaking Friday to the Realtor Association of Greater...Tags: U.S. Congress, Fort Lauderdale, Parties and Movements, Washington, DC, Bill Nelson
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Obama stumps for his stalled economic agenda in Texas
WASHINGTON -- President Obama said Thursday that the United States was “poised for progress,” but accused Congress of thwarting his efforts to get new economic initiatives off the ground. Speaking at a high school in Manor, Texas, Obama said...
Tags: Travel, Barack Obama, State of the Union Address, U.S. Congress, White House
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Immigration bill survives first day of debate in Senate committee
WASHINGTON — After eight hours of debate, the bipartisan Senate immigration bill emerged mostly intact Thursday, despite Republican-led efforts to make substantial alterations in the first of what is certain to be many long committee meetings to...Tags: Jeff Flake, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress, Parties and Movements
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Many amendments, few changes to immigration overhaul
WASHINGTON -- Senators on Thursday began the arduous task of going through some 300 proposed amendments to the delicately constructed bipartisan immigration bill. By lunch, they had disposed of 17. With a packed audience of many pro-immigration...
Tags: Justice System, Jeff Flake, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress, Republican Party
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Child's play over the budget
WASHINGTON -- The budget feud on Capitol Hill is looking like those Vietnam War peace talks when negotiators bickered over the shape of the table. House Republicans, after howling for years about Senate Democrats' failure to pass a budget, are...
Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Barack Obama, Gene Sperling, Medicare
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May 10, 2013
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May 8, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
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