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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: Internal Revenue Service, Candy Crowley, Witnesses, Washington, DC, Steve Womack
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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: Frank LoBiondo, MSNBC (tv network), John Boehner, James Inhofe, Mary Fallin
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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: Lobbying, Politics, Mitch McConnell, U.S. Congress, Budgets and Budgeting
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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, Entertainment, Radio, U.S. House of Representatives, Georgetown
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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: Medicare, Social Security, Mark Critz, Crime, Law and Justice, Kentucky
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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: Traffic, Layoffs and Downsizing, Tea Party Movement, Economy, Business and Finance, Air Transportation Industry
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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... -
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: Medicare, Medical Services, Global Warming, Democratic Party, Joe Biden
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Congress approves $787-B stimulus
The Swampby Mark Silva A divided Congress has approved a $787-billion stimulus that President Barack Obama demanded as an essential boost for a stalled economy, with the Senate voting 60-38 tonight on a measure that earlier cleared the House by 246-183......Tags: Economic Policy, Nancy Pelosi, Economy, Business and Finance, Money and Monetary Policy, John Boehner
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House passes stimulus, Senate next
The Swampby Mark Silva With the first approval of a disputed $787-billion stimulus that President Barack Obama is demanding from Congress in hope of reviving a stalled economy, the House today voted 246-183, divided largely along party lines, for a plan......Tags: Social Security, Economic Policy, Nancy Pelosi, Money and Monetary Policy, John Boehner
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Oct 22, 2012
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Sep 22, 2011
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Mar 15, 2011
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Feb 14, 2009
|Blog| Chicago Tribune
Feb 13, 2009
|Blog| Chicago Tribune
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