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Accuse first and ask questions later
WASHINGTON — A third House committee joined the stampede to examine the IRS on Monday, and its chairman did exactly what you would expect somebody to do before launching a fair and impartial investigation: He went on Fox News Channel and...Tags: Witnesses, Candy Crowley, Internal Revenue Service, Darrell E Issa, Politics
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Oklahoma lawmakers who opposed disaster aid now face own disaster
WASHINGTON -- When $50 billion in disaster aid for victims of Superstorm Sandy came before Congress this year, three of Oklahoma’s five representatives and both of its senators were among the "no" votes. At the time, some of the Oklahoma lawmakers...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Elections, Frank LoBiondo, Republican Party
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Federal education cuts via 'sequester' will hurt Lincoln County's students
ben@theinteriorjournal.comIt's a television scene familiar to most of us over 20 years old: Wile E. Coyote buys himself an ACME catapult and assembles it, aiming a huge, red rock to land on a black "X" where he anticipates the elusive Roadrunner will pass by. As Coyote lies in...Tags: U.S. Congress, Mitch McConnell, Politics, Lobbying, Public Finance
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LOOKING BACK: From our files for Oct. 21, 2012
100 years ago — 1912 The marriage of Ruby Lee Wilkerson and William E. Hobbs, which recently was solemnized, marked the closing chapter in a romantic meeting and courtship. Mr. Hobbs was a United States soldier en route to the Phillippine...
Tags: Voting, Politics, Elections, Entertainment, Land Resources
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Critz offers amendment to protect Social Security, Medicare
Daily American Staff WriterU.S. Rep. Mark Critz, D - Johnstown, offered an amendment to protect Social Security and Medicare during Tuesday’s House debate on a stopgap measure to extend federal funding of government agencies through April 8. The continuing resolution will...Tags: Kentucky, Crime, Law and Justice, Wages and Pensions, Mark Critz, Government Health Care
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GOP agenda: Major impact may be on 2012 election
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican agenda for the new Congress that convenes Wednesday may have a greater impact on the 2012 elections than on the lives of Americans in the next two years. Republicans promise to cut spending, roll back President...Tags: Joe Biden, Human Interest, Bill Clinton, Unemployment Benefits, Wages and Pensions
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Challenging Obama, House GOP calls for deep cuts
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to take a quick, $35 billion bite out of government, House Republicans called for termination of at least 60 federal programs Wednesday and cuts in hundreds of others, targeting education and the environment, food safety...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, NASA, Bill Clinton, U.S. Army, California
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Posey, Adams and Bishop to NASA: more rocket, less science
The Write Stuff - Orlando SentinelIn a move sure to please their conservative bases and ardent rocket-building constituents, three Republican members of Congress – Rep. Bill Posey of Rockledge, Sandy Adams of Orlando and Rob Bishop of Utah — called on their fellow... -
Posey, Adams to NASA: More rockets, and forget about climate change
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy Robert Block, Sentinel Space Editor In a move sure to please their conservative bases and ardent rocket-building constituents, three Republican members of Congress – Rep. Bill Posey of Rockledge, Sandy Adams of Orlando and Rob Bishop o... -
Two lives blurred together by a photo
The young marine lighted a cigarette and let it dangle. White smoke wafted around his helmet. His face was smeared with war paint. Blood trickled from his right ear and the bridge of his nose. Momentarily deafened by cannon blasts, he didn't know the...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Human Interest, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Newspaper and Magazine, Entertainment
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Mayor Mike: Scolds Kirsten, but finances pro-gunners
Spin CycleIn an earlier item, we noted that Mayor Bloomberg -- because of his principled and deeply held concern about gun violence -- had scolded Kirsten Gillenbrand about some of her pro-gun views in a statement welcoming her to the......Tags: Political Fundraising, Public Officials, Manhattan (New York City), Kirsten Gillibrand, Charity
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