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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, Telecommunication Service, Foursquare, Facebook, Democratic Party
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Jonah Goldberg: Obama has no use for those who disagree with him
Of course the president deserves some of the blame. Yes, it's extremely unlikely he ordered the IRS to discriminate against tea party, pro-life or Jewish groups opposed to his agenda (though why anyone should take his word for it is beyond me). And his...Tags: Barack Obama, Tea Party Movement, Taxation, Crime, Law and Justice, State of the Union Address
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Dawn Sweeney: Restaurant industry eyes sensible immigration reform
Capitol Hill is accustomed to bitter partisanship. But eight U.S. senators — four Democrats and four Republicans — just stood shoulder-to-shoulder to introduce a sweeping immigration reform bill. This so-called "Gang of Eight" is comprised of...Tags: Migration, Business, Labor Legislation, Employment, John McCain
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Conservatives, tea party leaders seek to block immigration bill
WASHINGTON – Top conservative leaders, along with tea party activists from across the nation, have crafted a letter of opposition to the Senate’s bipartisan immigration overhaul. The open letter to the Senate, which will be released Tuesday,...Tags: Migration, Tea Party Movement, Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice, Radio
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U.S. panel votes to speed up airport fingerprinting of immigrants
Reuters* Major U.S. airports would be first to install equipment * Negotiations continue over high-tech visas By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - High-tech systems for tracking the movements of immigrants and other foreigners when leaving the...Tags: Migration, Patrick Leahy, Jeff Sessions, Interior Policy, Orrin Hatch
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Get-tough GOP now says Justice went too far
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.In virtual lockstep on topics such as guns, God and limited government, Southern Republicans in the Senate differ on how to balance national security interests with First Amendment protections. Last week, lawmakers from Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and...Tags: Saxby Chambliss, Bob Corker, Lamar Alexander, Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
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OPINION: Pence, Schumer both on right side
Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind.Disclosure last week that the U.S. Department of Justice secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for the Associated Press rocked the journalism community. Commandeering the work and personal phone records of individual...Tags: The Associated Press, U.S. House of Representatives, Journalism, Barack Obama, Richard Lugar
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IRS follows Obama's lead
Of course the president deserves some of the blame. Yes, it's extremely unlikely he ordered the IRS to discriminate against tea party, pro-life or Jewish groups opposed to his agenda (though why anyone should take his word for it is beyond me). And...Tags: Barack Obama, Tea Party Movement, Taxation, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Crime, Law and Justice
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Bill would extend reduced student loan rate
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, N.Y.Interest rates would double on federally-subsidized Stafford loans if Congress doesn't act by July 1. More than 60,000 students in Western New York have used such loans to pay for college. And U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is bringing a bill to the Senate...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Colleges and Universities, Elizabeth Warren, Money and Monetary Policy, Teaching and Learning
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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: Bill Clinton, U.S. House of Representatives, Barack Obama, The Weather Channel (tv network), Republican Party
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EDITORIAL: Department of Justice grab of AP phone records is shameful
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, TexasThe Avalanche-Journal's Friday editorial ... The U.S. Justice Department's seizure of two months' worth of telephone records of Associated Press journalists is an outrageous assault against the First Amendment and any American who values our Bill of...Tags: The Associated Press, Journalism, Barack Obama, Newspaper and Magazine, Al-Qaeda
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Senate panel focuses on enforcement in immigration bill
WASHINGTON — Senators kept the bipartisan immigration bill largely unchanged Thursday after dispatching dozens of proposed amendments even as they punted many of the thorniest issues to next week. The day's session at the Senate Judiciary...
Tags: Migration, John Cornyn, Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Orrin Hatch
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