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Obama Debases Trust In Government
The Hartford CourantLast week was amusing. There was the spectacle of advocates of an ever-larger regulatory government expressing shock about such government's large capacity for misbehavior. And, entertainingly, the answer to the question "Will Barack Obama's scandals...Tags: Benghazi, Mitt Romney, Kathleen Sebelius, Weather, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Obama Cabinet picks advance after party-line votes
WASHINGTON – Two of President Obama’s second-term Cabinet nominees inched forward Thursday, while another was poised to win final confirmation by the Senate. Thomas E. Perez, Obama’s choice to lead the Labor Department, and EPA nominee...
Tags: Gina McCarthy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Barbara Boxer, Career and Workplace, Politics
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Senate Republicans to oppose some nominees for hobbled labor board
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans said Thursday they would not support five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board, raising the possibility the troubled agency could be rendered mostly inoperable later this year. The board has already...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, Labor Disputes, Environmental Issues, Consumers
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Perez clears committee, now faces larger fight
WASHINGTON -- Democrats and Republicans quickly squared off Thursday over the confirmation of Labor Secretary nominee and Marylander Tom Perez -- preparing for a fight that is likely to intensify after a Senate committee voted along party lines to advance...Tags: Steny Hoyer, Career and Workplace, Labor Markets, Parties and Movements, Justice System
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One Cabinet pick approved, two narrowly advance
WASHINGTON — President Obama's nominee to lead the Energy Department won unanimous confirmation by the Senate on Thursday while two other Cabinet choices narrowly advanced out of committee, amid complaints from Democrats over Republican delaying...
Tags: John McCain, U.S. Cabinet, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Marco Rubio, Washington, DC
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GOP slams fundraising, other efforts to promote Obama health law
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans have opened a new line of attack on President Obama's healthcare law, charging that the administration has improperly sought help from the healthcare industry and other outside groups to implement the...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Washington, DC, Consumers, American Academy of Pediatrics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Vote on Obama's choice to lead Labor Department delayed
WASHINGTON -- A vote on President Obama’s nominee to lead the Labor Department was delayed for an additional week, the latest roadblock for the controversial choice. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions was scheduled to...
Tags: Tom Harkin, Thomas Edward Perez, Career and Workplace, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice
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Perez vote delayed as confirmation fight intensifies
WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee vote on Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez was postponed hours before it was set to take place Wednesday, highlighting what appears to be a growing partisan fight over the confirmation of the former Maryland official. ...Tags: Marco Rubio, Tom Harkin, Democratic Party, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Martin O'Malley
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Senate passes Internet sales tax bill; House fate uncertain
WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted 69-27 Monday to approve legislation that would allow states to force larger online retailers to collect sales taxes. But the bill faces an uncertain future in the House as lawmakers, particularly Republicans, wrestle...
Tags: Mike Enzi, Business, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Amazon.com Inc., Career and Workplace
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Obama: Senate gun vote marks 'shameful day in Washington'
WASHINGTON -- President Obama declared it a “shameful day for Washington” on Wednesday after the Senate defeated an effort to expand background checks for people trying to purchase guns. Standing in the White House's Rose Garden with...Tags: Lobbying, Joe Biden, Gabrielle Giffords, White House, Elections
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Labor secretary nominee unscathed after hearing
WASHINGTON — President Obama's pick for Labor secretary, Thomas E. Perez, emerged unscathed Thursday from a Senate confirmation hearing that was more perfunctory than contentious. Conservatives have been critical of Perez, the administration's top...
Tags: Dominican Republic, Tom Harkin, Washington, DC, Thomas Edward Perez, U.S. Department of Labor
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Labor nominee Perez faces sharp questions from GOP senators
Thomas E. Perez, the former Maryland labor secretary nominated to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, faced pointed questions at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday about whether politics influenced his decisions as the top civil rights attorney in...
Tags: Tom Harkin, Labor Disputes, U.S. Department of Labor, Justice and Rights, Career and Workplace
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