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Tuesday showed 2014 is looking good and ugly
Capitol IdeasYo! Congrats to the House’s two newest members: Kevin Schreiber of York and Dan Miller of Allegheny County. Unofficial election results from Tuesday's primary show Schreiber takes over the 95th District and Miller the 42nd, both of which had been...... -
House approves student loan rates linked to financial markets despite a veto threat
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Dismissing a veto threat from President Barack Obama, lawmakers in the House passed legislation that links student loan rates to the ups and downs of the financial markets in a vote largely along party lines. The Republican-backed...Tags: Tom Harkin, Parties and Movements, Crime, Law and Justice, Washington, DC, Peter Welch
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AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
With warnings about continued threats to US, Obama seeks to open secretive terror policies WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid lingering concerns about his national security policies, President Barack Obama is outlining measures to clarify the deadly use of...Tags: Career and Workplace, Corporate Officers, Patrick Leahy, Government, Crime, Law and Justice
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New York Mayor Weiner? Most women say no thanks, poll finds
NEW YORK -- Former Rep. Anthony Weiner, who enjoyed online relationships with several women before he resigned his congressional seat amid a sexting scandal, might have a harder time winning female fans in his run to be New York City's next mayor. Hours...
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Dwayne Johnson, ABC (tv network), Local Elections, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Delaney looks to infrastructure funding in first bill
Maryland's newest member of the House of Representatives introduced his first bill on Wednesday, a new infrastructure funding proposal that has won bipartisan support in an otherwise divided Congress. Rep. John Delaney, the Potomac Democrat who has...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Lloyd Doggett, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Elections, Annapolis
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Progress on immigration
Just when Washington looked like it was completely preoccupied with the scandals, real and imaginary, swirling around the White House, a group of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate managed the unexpected (and, these days, extraordinary): They...Tags: Patrick Leahy, Parties and Movements, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Security, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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Citadel's Kenneth Griffin exposes 'cronyism,' causes a stir at Economic Club
Citadel LLC founder Kenneth Griffin named and shamed local corporations that have taken tax incentives from the financially strapped state in a speech to a prominent Chicago business group. "The last election cycle I called a local CEO to talk to him...
Tags: Richard Nixon, Hillary Clinton, Government, Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel
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Rep. Issa tested by the spotlight
WASHINGTON — During the 2010 campaign, Rep. Brad Sherman, a Democrat from Sherman Oaks, joked, "Every time I try to encourage the White House to do more to help us elect Democrats to the House of Representatives, I send them a picture of Darrell...
Tags: Brad Sherman, Career and Workplace, Henry A Waxman, Parties and Movements, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Policy pits candy against sugar
Some of Baltimore's best-known candy makers are pressing Congress to overturn a decades-old sugar policy they say is leaving a bad taste in their mouth. Goetze's Candy Co., Wockenfuss Candies and others want lawmakers to rethink long-standing...
Tags: Business, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Barbara A. Mikulski, Justice System, Government
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Ken Griffin calls Illinois tax incentives cronyism
Tribune staff reporterCitadel founder Kenneth Griffin named and shamed local corporations that have taken tax incentives from the state’s financially strapped government in a Monday evening speech to a prominent Chicago business group. "The last election cycle I called...Tags: Google Inc., Pat Quinn, Government, Rahm Emanuel, CNBC (tv network)
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Top item on Obama's agenda: damage control
As it must come to all American presidents, it seems, Barack Obama's policy agenda is being crowded out of the headlines by the imperative of damage control against administration scandal. The allegations of incompetence or worse in the IRS' targeting...Tags: Benghazi, Jimmy Carter, John Kerry, Dwayne Johnson, Immigration
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Dems' Senate campaigns marked by internal battles
ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections. Two top-tier Democratic prospects recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota,...
Tags: Phil Gingrey, Dwayne Johnson, Tim Johnson, Parties and Movements, Fiscal Cliff
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May 21, 2013
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May 20, 2013
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May 20, 2013
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