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Senate rejects Republican effort to gut immigration bill
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A landmark immigration bill survived a major challenge in the Senate on Thursday when its bipartisan "Gang of Eight" sponsors beat back an amendment that would have delayed a pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal residents....Tags: John McCain, Bob Goodlatte, Dick Durbin, Bob Menendez, G8
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Congress panel widens probe of IRS 'Tea Party' scrutiny
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional investigators probing the U.S. Internal Revenue Service's scrutiny of conservative political groups will interview a key Washington IRS official on Friday and want to speak with as many as 20 more people, sources...Tags: Darrell E Issa, Republican Party, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Tea Party Movement
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U.S. military options in Syria remain challenging
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is promising to step up assistance to Syrian rebels after concluding Damascus used chemical weapons against opponents of President Bashar al-Assad, but the military options facing the United States are no...Tags: Free Syrian Army, John McCain, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Ed Royce, Chuck Hagel
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Arizona lawmakers pass Medicaid expansion
ReutersBy David Schwartz PHOENIX, June 13 (Reuters) - A divided Arizona Senate passed a key piece of President Barack Obama's Medicaid expansion agenda on Thursday, handing Republican Governor Jan Brewer a policy victory over fierce opposition from...Tags: Medicaid, Health Insurance, Republican Party, Elections, U.S. Supreme Court
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Newtown Church Bells Will Ring On Anniversary
The Hartford CourantIn Newtown Friday, church bells will toll, clergy will host an inter-faith gathering and activists will call for stricter gun laws as the community observes the six-month anniversary of the worst elementary school shooting in U.S. history. The day...Tags: Gun Control, Human Interest, Interior Policy, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Michael Bloomberg
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Senator Warren calls for tough cross-border swap rules
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Senator and Wall Street critic Elizabeth Warren is urging federal regulators to "show some backbone" and stick to their proposal for how new derivatives rules will apply to foreign banks who do business with U.S....Tags: JPMorgan Chase & Co., Ed Warren, Elizabeth Warren, Financial Markets, Finance
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FBI director says all surveillance complies with U.S. law
ReutersWASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) - FBI Director Robert Mueller said on Thursday that the government's surveillance programs comply in full with U.S. law and with basic rights guaranteed under the Constitution. Mueller also told a hearing of the House of...Tags: Robert Mueller, The Washington Post, FBI
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Telephone data instrumental to prevent attacks - FBI director
ReutersWASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) - The data in a massive U.S. government database of daily telephone records has been instrumental in identifying people who sought to harm Americans, FBI Director Robert Mueller said on Thursday. Speaking to members of the...Tags: Robert Mueller, FBI
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Telephone data instrumental to prevent attacks: FBI director
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The data in a massive U.S. government database of daily telephone records has been instrumental in identifying people who sought to harm Americans, FBI Director Robert Mueller said on Thursday. Speaking to members of the U.S. House...Tags: Robert Mueller, FBI
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Support grows for U.S. offshore corporate income tax cut-lawmaker
ReutersBy Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) - Support from U.S.-based multinational companies is coalescing around a proposal to stem offshore profit shifting and cut the tax rate on some corporate profits, a top congressional Republican working to revamp...Tags: Dave Camp, Personal Income, G8, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Max Baucus
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Rules committee rejects Grayson measure to stop NSA snooping
Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- A measure that would have blunted efforts by the National Security Agency to collect data on Americans was blocked late Wednesday by a key U.S. House committee, despite a last-minute plea by its sponsor, U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando. ...Tags: Alcee Hastings, U.S. Military, Miramar, Computer Networking and Internet, National Security Agency
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Support grows for U.S. offshore corporate income tax cut: lawmaker
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Support from U.S.-based multinational companies is coalescing around a proposal to stem offshore profit shifting and cut the tax rate on some corporate profits, a top congressional Republican working to revamp the tax code said on...Tags: Dave Camp, Personal Income, Internal Revenue Service, G8, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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