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Kind targets subsidies for huge farms
La Crosse Tribune, Wis.Rep. Ron Kind introduced legislation Wednesday aiming to reign in crop insurance programs and potentially save taxpayers billions of dollars. But his plan clashes with conventional thinking in Washington. The La Crosse Democrat was joined by...Tags: Insurance, Natural Disasters, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Droughts, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Holder sidesteps lawmakers' questions on AP records seizure
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - Lawmakers pounded U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday with questions about the Justice Department's secret seizure of Associated Press telephone records, and grew frustrated when he said he had limited answers....Tags: Carney (music group), U.S. Department of Justice, Barack Obama, News Media, Central Intelligence Agency
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WRAPUP 1-Lawmakers accuse Obama administration of abusing free speech rights
Reuters(Adds comments from Lofgren, Holder) By David Ingram and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers accused the Obama administration on Wednesday of trampling on free speech rights and evading questions about the Justice Department's...Tags: Carney (music group), U.S. Department of Justice, Lawyers, Barack Obama, News Media
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Lawmakers accuse Obama administration of abusing free speech rights
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers accused the Obama administration on Wednesday of trampling on free speech rights and evading questions about the Justice Department's secret seizure of Associated Press telephone records. U.S. Attorney General Eric...Tags: Iran, U.S. Congress, Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, Security
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Tennessee's Web sales tax bill stalls in House
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.Despite its easy passage in the Senate earlier this week, Sen. Lamar Alexander's top legislative priority is being slow-walked by House Republicans as he heads into re-election season. To much fanfare Monday evening, Alexander's online sales tax...Tags: Business, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Sales, E-Commerce Industry
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Comments about Michelle Obama's rear end are a throwback
During the '60s civil rights juggernaut, the "black is beautiful" movement flowered. It was the next logical step in America's extreme racial makeover. It affirmed the African aesthetic. It issued a counterpunch to centuries of stiff jabs about the...
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NRA releases shooting app, finds itself a target in online game
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.comOne month after National Rifle Assn. Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre blamed violent entertainment in the wake of the Dec. ...... -
Controversy Persists Over EPA's Four-Gallon Rule
KickingTiresUnder a new rule, the EPA will require you to buy a minimum of four gallons of gas from any pump that sells E15, or gasoline that's 15% ethanol. Most stations sell E10, or 10% ethanol. But the handful of......Tags: Environmental Issues, Automotive Equipment, Car Engine Repair, Biofuels, Ethanol
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The 50 richest members of Congress
CNN MoneyThe Hill, a political newspaper, unveiled its annual list of the 50 richest lawmakers on Tuesday. Rep. Michael McCaul, a Republican from Texas, held on to the top slot with a cool $290.5 million. "McCaul remains in the stratosphere of the very richest...Tags: Tom Harkin, Richard Blumenthal, Vern Buchanan, Claire McCaskill, Lloyd Doggett
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Group provokes reaction with billboard doubting global warming
Tribune reportersFor about a day this week, a billboard featuring a mugshot of the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, loomed over the Eisenhower Expressway in Maywood, posing a question to drivers cruising toward the city: “I still believe in Global Warming,” the...Tags: Global Warming, Environmental Issues, United Nations, Global Change, Discovery Communications, Inc.
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Will 15 percent ethanol gas rev up engine damage?
Q: Last year you wrote about how gas with 15 percent ethanol content might be coming our way, but if so it could be used only in cars from the 2001 model year or later. I was wondering how the government can increase the ethanol content in gasoline to...Tags: Honda, Environmental Issues, Fiat, Transportation, Environmental Politics
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Atty. Gen. Holder accuses critics of politicizing 'Fast and Furious' case
Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr., under fire for his Justice Department's Operation Fast and Furious, accused his Republican congressional critics of politicizing the failed gun-tracking program and warned that many of the more than 2,000 lost firearms...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Mexico, Barack Obama, Republican Party
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