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Commencement speakers: Conservatives need not apply
We have once again entered the college commencement season, which means we'll soon be reading about uplifting graduation speeches delivered by prominent Americans. Or at least by prominent liberal Americans. It's becoming increasingly apparent that...
Tags: Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Wars and Interventions, Teaching and Learning, Nathan Deal
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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: Chuck Schumer, Interior Policy, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, John Cornyn, U.S. Congress
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OPINION: Will Obama be ruined by recent scandals?
The Herald (Rock Hill, S.C.)What did the president know and when did he know it? Apparently not much. The key question that arose in the Watergate scandal, when applied to the three "scandals" that have erupted simultaneously over the past week or so, produce a ho-hum answer....Tags: White House, U.S. Department of Justice, Internal Revenue Service, Benghazi, Barack Obama
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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: Chuck Schumer, Interior Policy, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Immigration, U.S. House of Representatives
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Mark Sanford sworn in -- a member of Congress again
The Island Packet OnlineThe comeback is complete. Former Gov. Mark Sanford is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives again after being sworn into office Wednesday during a ceremony in the House chamber in Washington, D.C. During a short speech on the House floor,...Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Economy, Business and Finance, Mick Mulvaney, U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives
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McCain again calls for special congressional panel on Benghazi
WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) pressed Sunday for a special congressional committee to investigate the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, last year, insisting that questions about former Secretary of State...
Tags: John Boehner, John McCain, CBS Corp., U.S. Department of State, Benghazi
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EDITORIAL: SC closes critical gap in background checks
The Island Packet OnlineSouth Carolina has a new law that should help prevent guns from being sold to people with serious mental health problems. The law requires state courts and the State Law Enforcement Division to report people who have been deemed mentally ill by the...Tags: Interior Policy, Health and Safety at School, George W. Bush, U.S. Congress, Gun Control
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Congress speaks with a loud, muddled voice on Syria
WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein made headlines recently by demanding a forceful U.S. response to Syria's use of chemical weapons against its population. Less noticed was that the California Democrat wasn't urging deeper military involvement...
Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), White House, John McCain, U.S. Congress, U.S. Military
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OPINION: Republicans continue to lose minority voters
Tulsa WorldIf anyone was unsure before, the report last week from the U.S. Census Bureau ought to send a clear signal: Minorities are gaining muscle in elections. According to the Census Bureau, in the 2012 presidential election, for the first time on record,...Tags: DREAM Act, White House, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Congress, Immigration
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REFILE-EXCLUSIVE-Elon Musk quits Zuckerberg's immigration advocacy group
Reuters(Fixes misplaced apostrophe in senators' in 5th para) * Advertising tactics turn some groups against Facebook * Support for positions of three lawmakers, including oil drilling * Musk and David Sacks removed from donor list on website By Sarah McBride...Tags: White House, Chris Christie, Mark Zuckerberg, U.S. Congress, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Welcome to the 'Stop Hillary Clinton' hearing
"Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Who's the most powerful woman of them all?" No doubt about it. Not Queen Elizabeth, Angela Merkel or Oprah Winfrey. The most powerful woman on the planet is former first lady, former senator from New York, former...
Tags: White House, Eric Cantor, Oprah Winfrey, Michael G. Mullen, U.S. Department of State
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Lindsey Graham blames immigration woes on south-of-the-border 'hell holes'
The GOP’s effort to woo Latinos may have suffered a minor setback Thursday, thanks to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). Republicans have been trying to improve their standing with the fastest-growing voting bloc ever since last year's election, when...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Jeff Sessions, Immigration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Crime, Law and Justice
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