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Why the medical device tax needs to stay
The chief drawback of a law as complex as the Affordable Care Act, the health insurance reform measure passed in 2010, is that it provides self-interested opponents a multitude of places to stick a wedge in and hammer away. But you'd be hard-pressed...
Tags: Economic Indicator, Invention and Innovation, Heritage Foundation, Government Health Care, Employment
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L.A. mayoral candidates Eric Garcetti, Wendy Greuel pound the pavement
Los Angeles Daily NewsThe two candidates vying to become Los Angeles' next mayor made the most of Sunday with a frenzy of appearances across the city as they headed into the final stretch of a race that shows they are nearly neck in neck with voters. City Councilman Eric...Tags: Polls, Television Industry, Minority Groups, Tony Cardenas, Religion and Belief
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Sen. Jim Inhofe goes 'unvarnished' for speech in Tulsa
Tulsa WorldThe potential Republican U.S. Senate candidates waiting in a long line for incumbent Sen. Jim Inhofe to retire might have a longer wait than they had hoped. Speaking Friday at the Tulsa Republican Club, Inhofe said emphatically that he is not a declared...Tags: U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Barack Obama, James Inhofe, State of the Union Address
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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: Lamar Alexander, Barack Obama, Labor Legislation, Memorial Day, Career and Workplace
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Out of the Blue: Speak up against San Onofre
Amid a spate of promising economic news, home values are climbing. Now for the bad news. For the first time in human history, the concentration of climate-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is nearing the milestone level of 400 parts per million....Tags: Southern California Edison Company, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, The New York Times, Tokyo Electric Power Co.
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Senate approves bill that would benefit L.A. port
WASHINGTON--The Senate approved a bill Wednesday that would increase funding for port projects in Los Angeles and elsewhere, shore up defenses against Sandy-like superstorms and study ways to better prepare the country for more extreme weather events....
Tags: Politics, Conservation, Beaches, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Etan Patz
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U.S. Senate to vote on bill to fund Chickamauga lock repairs
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.A bill that could reignite one of Chattanooga's biggest infrastructure projects may pass the Senate as early as this morning. But, as with nearly everything that may clear the upper chamber these days, the latest Chickamauga lock fix faces delay in the...Tags: Politics, U.S. Senate, U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Ohio River, Lamar Alexander
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US Senate adopts Cochran's Louisiana levee amendment
The Sun HeraldThe Senate has adopted U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran's amendment designed to ensure a Louisiana levee plan wouldn't send water to Mississippi during the hurricanes and other storms. Cochran, R-Miss., offered amendments last week and the Senate adopted one...Tags: Executive Branch, Thad Cochran, Regional Authority, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Natural Resource Industry
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Legislation Would Ground Recalled Rental Cars
KickingTiresA bipartisan group of U.S. senators last week introduced a bill that would prohibit rental-car companies from renting or selling vehicles with an open manufacturer's recall. The legislation, the Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2013,...Tags: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Claire McCaskill, Product Recalls, Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Congress
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San Mateo judge in line for Silicon Valley federal judgeship
San Jose Mercury NewsSan Mateo County Superior Court Judge Beth Labson Freeman is in line to become San Jose's next federal judge, according to Bay Area judges and lawyers familiar with the process. Sen. Dianne Feinstein has recommended Freeman to the White House to replace...Tags: U.S. Senate, Trials, Washington, DC, Barack Obama, FBI
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EDITORIAL: Senate needs to tweak bill on water projects
The Fresno BeeThe water infrastructure of the United States is aging. Yet Congress hasn't enacted a Water Resources Development Act, authorizing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects and providing policy direction, since 2007. Senate Bill 601, now on the Senate...Tags: Politics, Conservation, Research, Natural Disasters, Science and Technology
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Pentagon reports sharp rise in military sexual assaults
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon estimated that 26,000 members of the military were sexually assaulted in unreported incidents last year — 35% more than in 2010 — a severe trend that senior officials warned could threaten recruiting and...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Chuck Hagel, Washington, DC, Armed Forces, Claire McCaskill
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May 13, 2013
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May 13, 2013
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May 7, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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