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    Apr 17, 2013 |Story| AP Member Choice Limited

  1. Ricin letter sent to Obama; suspicious packages, envelopes reported on Capitol Hill

    Letters sent to President Barack Obama and a Mississippi senator tested positive for poisonous ricin in preliminary checks Wednesday, and authorities chased reports of other suspicious mail at a U.S. Capitol already on edge.
    Associated Press
    Letters sent to President Barack Obama and a Mississippi senator tested positive for poisonous ricin in preliminary checks Wednesday, and authorities chased reports of other suspicious mail at a U.S. Capitol already on edge. An FBI intelligence...

    Tags: White House, Carl Levin, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Patrick R. Donahoe, Chuck Hagel

    2. Feb 24, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail

  2. All condemn pending budget cuts, spread blame

    The Associated Press
    The White House and Republicans kept up the unrelenting mudslinging Sunday over who’s to blame for roundly condemned budget cuts set to take effect at week’s end, with the administration detailing the potential fallout in each state and...

    Tags: Timothy M. Kaine, CBS Corp., Arne Duncan, Abraham Lincoln, U.S. Department of Defense

    3. Dec 22, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail

  3. W.Va. veteran's dream of WWI memorial in jeopardy

    A bill that U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller twice introduced to create a World War I memorial in Washington, D.C., no longer bears the name of the late Frank Buckles, the West Virginia veteran who pushed for it.
    A bill that U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller twice introduced to create a World War I memorial in Washington, D.C., no longer bears the name of the late Frank Buckles, the West Virginia veteran who pushed for it. Nor does the version the Senate was considering...

    Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Prisons, Washington, DC, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Roy Blunt

    4. Mar 9, 2011 |Story| Herald Mail

  4. Senate rejects rival GOP, Democratic budgets

    The Democratic-led Senate on Wednesday emphatically rejected a budget-slashing House spending bill as too draconian. It then immediately killed a rival Democratic plan that was derided by moderate Democrats as too timid in its drive to cut day-to-day agency budgets.
    Associated Press
    The Democratic-led Senate on Wednesday emphatically rejected a budget-slashing House spending bill as too draconian. It then immediately killed a rival Democratic plan that was derided by moderate Democrats as too timid in its drive to cut day-to-day...

    Tags: Hawaii, Ben Nelson, John Boehner, Democratic Party, Thad Cochran

    5. Jun 13, 2013 |Story| Daily Press

  5. Military sexual assault: Senate approves new procedures

    The Senate Armed Services Committee endorsed several steps to improve prosecution of military sexual assault on Wednesday during a rare open debate of its annual defense policy bill, but it killed a controversial proposal opposed by Pentagon leaders.
    The Senate Armed Services Committee endorsed several steps to improve prosecution of military sexual assault on Wednesday during a rare open debate of its annual defense policy bill, but it killed a controversial proposal opposed by Pentagon leaders....

    Tags: Kirsten Gillibrand, Assault, Ted Cruz, U.S. Department of Defense, Sexual Assault

    6. Jun 3, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  6. Brass seeks to temper military justice overhaul

    WASHINGTON (AP) — American military commanders wield substantial power to discipline the troops they lead. But an epidemic of sexual assaults roiling the armed forces has Congress about to rein in that authority.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — American military commanders wield substantial power to discipline the troops they lead. But an epidemic of sexual assaults roiling the armed forces has Congress about to rein in that authority. The only question is by how much?...

    Tags: Courts-Martial, Assault, Kirsten Gillibrand, Crimes, U.S. Department of Defense

    7. Jun 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Military is on the spot over sexual assaults

    WASHINGTON — Lawmakers from both major parties rebuked the Pentagon on Tuesday for failing to curtail sexual assaults in the military, arguing that the inability of commanders to solve the problem may mean they need to be stripped of the power to decide on prosecuting and punishing offenders.
    WASHINGTON — Lawmakers from both major parties rebuked the Pentagon on Tuesday for failing to curtail sexual assaults in the military, arguing that the inability of commanders to solve the problem may mean they need to be stripped of the power to...

    Tags: Courts-Martial, Punishment, Assault, Kirsten Gillibrand, Barbara Boxer

    8. May 28, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  8. Where money talks

    WASHINGTON — Call it the revenge of the 1 percent. President Obama bested Mitt Romney by portraying his Republican opponent as a rich businessman who used offshore tax havens and ran enterprises into the ground without regard for working people....

    Tags: John Thune, Michael T. McCaul, Maria Cantwell, Washington, DC, Democratic Party

    9. May 24, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Penny Pritzker sails through nomination hearing for Commerce secretary

    — There are many reasons why Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker seems bound for the top job at the Commerce Department, after dodging potential conflict during a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday. Pritzker, 54, a Democratic mega-donor who...

    Tags: John Thune, Maria Cantwell, Work Relations, U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Memorial Day

    10. May 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Apple CEO Tim Cook to senators: 'We don't depend on tax gimmicks' [video chat]

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    WASHINGTON -- Apple CEO Tim Cook defended the company's tax avoidance strategies in an appearance Tuesday before the U.S. Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.  Wearing a business suit, white shirt and powder blue tie, Cook read an...

    Tags: Tim Cook, Corporate Officers, Politics, Human Rights, Economy, Business and Finance

    11. May 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Taxes, schmaxes: Congress wants you to know it loves Apple

    You could be forgiven for thinking that the big hearing before the&nbsp;<span><a id="ORGOV0000134" class="taxInlineTagLink" title="U.S. Senate" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/government/u.s.-senate-ORGOV0000134.topic">U.S. Senate</a>&rsquo;s&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/investigations/hearings/offshore-profit-shifting-and-the-us-tax-code_-part-2">Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations</a>&nbsp;this week was a chance for lawmakers to grill Apple about some of its controversial tax practices. And yes, there was some of that.
    You could be forgiven for thinking that the big hearing before the U.S. Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations this week was a chance for lawmakers to grill Apple about some of its controversial tax practices. And yes, there was some of...

    Tags: Tim Cook, Computer Hardware, Corporate Officers, Apple iPhone, John McCain

    12. May 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Lawmakers grill Apple execs over tax strategy

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      WASHINGTON — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook was supposed to face a hostile Capitol Hill crowd but instead he wielded the company's popularity like a shield to deflect some of the most aggressive questioning over the company's...

    Tags: Rand Paul, Tim Cook, Washington, DC, Corning Incorporated, Carl Levin

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