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OnStar Is Watching
The U.S. government, of all people, is calling out OnStar for recent changes to its privacy agreements. Last week, OnStar told its customers that it will continue to record some information about vehicle operations even if the service has been canceled,...Tags: Social Media, Democratic Party, Facebook, Foursquare, Telecommunication Service
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UPDATE 2-U.S. immigration bill negotiators see Senate breakthrough
Reuters* Tentative agreement reached on border security -senators * Details being presented to undecided senators * "Unprecedented" buildup of border patrols -aide (Adds details on deal, Boehner meeting) By Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON,...Tags: U.S. Senate, Elections, National Security, U.S. Congress, Bob Corker
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Abolitionist Frederick Douglass celebrated with Capitol statue
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON Frederick Douglass, prominent abolitionist, writer and orator, now towers over a podium in the U.S. Capitol, a speech curled passionately in his hand. Vice President Joe Biden, House Speaker John Boehner and several key members of Congress sat...Tags: Arts and Culture, Slavery, Washington, DC, Booker T. Washington, Newspaper and Magazine
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UPDATE 1-U.S. immigration bill negotiators see Senate breakthrough
Reuters* Tentative agreement reached on border security -senators * Details being presented to undecided senators (Recasts with possible border control deal) By Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) - Prospects for passage of a U.S....Tags: Elections, National Security, U.S. Congress, Bob Corker, Personal Data Collection
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CBO: Senate Immigration bill would help economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sweeping immigration legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate would boost the economy and reduce federal deficits, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, at the same time it would bestow legal status on an estimated...
Tags: Washington, DC, Labor Legislation, David Vitter, Zoe Lofgren, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
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Budget report gives key push to Senate immigration bill
WASHINGTON — The sweeping immigration overhaul bill received a boost Tuesday as senators appeared to narrow their differences on border security and the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported that newly legal immigrants would provide...
Tags: Labor Legislation, John McCain, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Budgets and Budgeting, John Thune
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Senate immigration bill would boost economy, CBO says
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A White House-backed immigration bill moving through the U.S. Senate would cut federal budget deficits over the long term and provide an overall boost to the economy, the Congressional Budget Office said on Tuesday. The CBO, the...Tags: Washington, DC, Heritage Foundation, U.S. Senate, Public Finance, Budgets and Budgeting
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Can you trust the cruise lines' new passenger 'bill of rights'?
Maybe it was the string of customer-service disasters, starting with the Costa Concordia tragedy last year and leading up to the recent Carnival Triumph "poop" cruise, on which passengers were left adrift in the Gulf of Mexico for five days without...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Memorial Day, Disasters and Accidents, Tour Operations Industry, Royal Caribbean International
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Editorial: Immigration reform is more than border security
Federal spending on border security is at a historic high. Illegal crossings are at a 40-year low. Deportations reached record numbers in President Barack Obama's first term. Let's get on with the business of fixing the rest of our dysfunctional...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Science and Technology, National Security, Electronics, FBI
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Civil rights case is obstacle for Obama's Labor Department pick
WASHINGTON — It began with an odd civil rights claim, one that now threatens to derail the confirmation of President Obama's civil rights chief to lead the Labor Department. White landlords had sued the city of St. Paul, Minn., for aggressively...Tags: Justice System, Washington, DC, Labor Legislation, Justice and Rights, Elections
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Senate rejects Republican effort to gut immigration bill
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A landmark immigration bill survived a major challenge in the Senate on Thursday when its bipartisan "Gang of Eight" sponsors beat back an amendment that would have delayed a pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal residents....Tags: Washington, DC, Labor Legislation, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, John McCain, Bob Goodlatte
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Amendments to immigration overhaul bill stall in Senate
WASHINGTON — Enthusiasm in the Senate for the debate over immigration gave way to reality Wednesday as party leaders quarreled to a stalemate over how to consider dozens of proposed amendments. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's move to...Tags: Religion and Belief, Labor Legislation, John McCain, Elections, Haley Barbour
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