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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: Johnny Isakson, Politics, White House, Justice System, U.S. Senate
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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: Politics, Journalism, Justice System, Barack Obama, Justice and Rights
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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: Politics, White House, Minority Groups, Taxation, State of the Union Address
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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: Politics, James Inhofe, U.S. Senate, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), State of the Union Address
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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: John Cornyn, Politics, Al-Qaeda, White House, Journalism
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IRS bureaucrats saw Obama in rearview mirror
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: Politics, White House, Minority Groups, Taxation, State of the Union Address
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U.S. House lawmakers in last-ditch bid to save immigration bill
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives trying to write an immigration bill met on Thursday in a last-ditch attempt to resolve their differences over a temporary worker program and healthcare benefits for illegal immigrants....Tags: Politics, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Justice System, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), U.S. Senate
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Finding permanent IRS chief difficult job for Obama
ReutersPresident Barack Obama on Thursday chose a White House budget official to lead the beleaguered Internal Revenue Service and vowed to ensure that the tax-collection agency will not single out any more groups based on their political beliefs. Danny Werfel,...Tags: John Cornyn, Politics, White House, U.S. Senate, Mitch McConnell
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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: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, John Cornyn, Politics, Justice System, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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WRAPUP 3-Obama picks temporary IRS head as Tea Party decries scandal
Reuters* Conservative Tea Party groups rally on Capitol Hill * Ousted IRS chief to testify before House panel on Friday * Republican McConnell alleges 'government intimidation' (Adds details, background) By Jeff Mason and Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON, May...Tags: John Cornyn, Politics, White House, Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senate
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Senators hit snag on tech provisions in U.S. immigration bill
ReutersBy Caren Bohan and Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - Amid fierce lobbying from the tech industry and organized labor, senators on Thursday hit a snag over a visa program for high-skilled foreign workers in the U.S. immigration bill and...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Politics, Justice System, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), AFL-CIO
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EDITORIAL: Justice Dept. shows all Americans are the AP
Albuquerque JournalThere are some very basic reasons Americans who don't work in the news media should be very concerned about the Justice Department secretly seizing telephone records of The Associated Press. Free thought. Free speech. A system that keeps government...Tags: Benghazi, Politics, Al-Qaeda, Justice System, Central Intelligence Agency
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