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Local congressional delegation reacts to Obama gun plan
WASHINGTON, DC – Some of our area members of Capitol Hill are reacting to the president's new gun control plan unveiled on Wednesday. Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (IN-02) released the following statement: “As a supporter of the Second...
Tags: Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Civil Rights, Politics, Gun Control
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Santa has noted these newsmakers
As he does every year at this time, a very reliable source dropped off a list of what some prominent people will find under their Christmas trees. Although this source is in a position to know, I provide my usual warning. He looks kind of suspicious --...
Tags: New Year's Day, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Abraham Lincoln, Mitch Daniels, American Airlines, Inc.
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Lugar casts final vote, helps avoid 'fiscal cliff'
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's departing U.S. Sen. Richard is leaving the Senate with one last act of compromise in support of Congress' "fiscal cliff" deal. The Republican will leave the Senate on Thursday after having cast 13,067 votes over...
Tags: Elections, Fiscal Cliff, Politics, U.S. Congress, Robert Byrd
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Fiscal battle looms for Donnelly, Walorski in Congress
On the occasion of their separate swearing-in ceremonies Thursday, the area's two newest members of Congress both described being humbled by the opportunity to serve the people of Indiana. “It is an incredible honor and extremely humbling to have...
Tags: New Year's Day, Elections, Arts and Culture, Culture, Robert Byrd
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FISCAL CLIFF VOTE: How our congressmen voted on new tax deal
While the tax package Congress passed New Year's Day is expected to protect 99% of us from an income tax increase, most of us will still end up paying more federal taxes in 2013. That's because the legislation did nothing to prevent a temporary...
Tags: Marlin Stutzman, New Year's Day, Washington, DC, U.S. Senate, Business
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Donnelly joins Senate agriculture, military panels
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Newly elected U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly will serve on the Senate's agriculture and military panels. Donnelly announced Wednesday he will serve on the Agriculture and Armed Service committees in addition to the Senate Aging...
Tags: Elections, Politics, Richard Lugar, Joe Donnelly, Richard Mourdock
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Scaling the fiscal cliff
The optimism expressed early in the week on both sides of Washington’s political aisle for a deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, lamentably, has waned. If last November’s failure of the “supercommittee” to reach a grand...Tags: Public Finance, Dan Coats, Fred Upton, Fiscal Cliff, Politics
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Here's my predictions for Tuesday's election. Now share yours
The obvious drawback to offering predictions about Tuesday's election is that you might be wrong about key races and thus dent whatever reputation you have for political insight. "I don't know" is always a correct answer. "We'll see. Time will tell. It...Tags: Tammy Duckworth, Elections, Judges, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama
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Donnelly on fiscal cliff: 'If we had a vote tomorrow, we could get this done'
Joe Donnelly was back in the South Bend area Sunday. The 2nd District congressman who won the senate seat currently held by Dick Lugar was visiting the Food Bank of Northern Indiana. We asked him about the pending drama surrounding the so-called "fiscal...
Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Richard Lugar
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Democrats retain narrow majority in Senate
WASHINGTON — Democrats retained a narrow majority in the Senate on Tuesday, but Republicans kept their grip on the House, delivering another divided, and highly polarized, Congress. The balance of power was likely to shift by no more than a seat...
Tags: Elections, Sherrod Brown, Keith Poole, Mitt Romney, Timothy M. Kaine
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Area legislators aren't specific, but urge new talks on guns
South Bend TribuneLast week's tragic shooting at a Connecticut elementary school has stirred up memories of other rampages from recent years and led some lawmakers to call for more control on firearms and ammunition. U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said Sunday...Tags: Elections, Personal Weapon Control, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice
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Crystal Blog contest, 2012
Change of SubjectI am now tallying these results and will present an aggregated prediction Monday afternoon, listen to "Mondays With Johnny" at 12:30 on WGN-AM 720 and I may try to slip them in. The obvious drawback to offering predictions about Tuesday’s......
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Nov 4, 2012
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