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U.S. lawyer Cliff Sloan faces tough assignment: Closing Guantanamo
Reuters* Part of Obama's push to make good on pledge * Sloan has little foreign policy experience * 'Going to be a difficult job' By Steve Holland and Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - Cliff Sloan has represented Jon Bon Jovi's band in legal...Tags: U.S. Military, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Justice System, Federal Communications Commission, Jon Bon Jovi
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Dispute over Obama's choices for D.C. court centers on need � and politics
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON A fight is brewing over President Barack Obama's efforts to fill three vacancies on a single federal court that Republicans claim doesn't do enough work to merit them. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, wants to cut three seats from the U.S. Court...Tags: Work Relations, Political Fundraising, Georgetown University, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Career and Workplace
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Feinstein will seek limits on who can see NSA spy data
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The Senate intelligence committee chairman on Thursday vowed an effort to limit the access of government contract workers, such as Edward Snowden, to highly classified information. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., made the promise after...Tags: Mike Lee, Ron Wyden, Mark Begich, National Government, Barack Obama
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Senate opens debate on immigration overhaul
WASHINGTON — With an overwhelming vote, the Senate on Tuesday launched debate on an ambitious overhaul of the nation's immigration laws, as Republicans, most of whom have not yet embraced the effort, declined to stand in the way of bringing it to...
Tags: Marco Rubio, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Business, Laws
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Insight: In Washington, lawmakers' routines shaped by fundraising
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - For lawmakers in Washington, the daily chase for money can begin with a breakfast fundraiser in the side room of a Washington restaurant. At noon, there might be a $500-per-plate lunch with lobbyists in a Capitol Hill town house....Tags: Political Fundraising, Tulsi Gabbard, Lifestyle and Leisure, Democratic Party, Dining and Drinking
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House members voice skepticism about surveillance programs after briefing
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON Members of Congress on Tuesday expressed growing doubts about the way the country's top-secret surveillance programs are managed, even as the top legislators from each party voiced confidence in the programs and showed little interest in a...Tags: Brad Sherman, Mike Lee, Ron Wyden, Mark Begich, Jeff Merkley
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Obama exhorts Congress to act on immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama prodded Congress Tuesday to send him a bill by fall remaking the nation's immigration laws, even as the Senate prepared to cast its first floor votes on the landmark measure opening a door to citizenship...
Tags: Marco Rubio, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Harry Reid, Univision (tv network)
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Democrats hit the road to sell public on Obamacare
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON Three years after it passed, President Barack Obama and fellow Democrats are still trying to sell the federal health care law to a skeptical nation. Lawmakers, armed with tool kits and fact sheets, are fanning out across the nation to tout the...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Prescription Drugs, Kathleen Sebelius, Johnson & Johnson Inc., Crime, Law and Justice
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New Republican senator could be key vote on guns
WASHINGTON – Even before New Jersey’s new U.S. senator took the oath of office, Democrats seemed to be lobbying the Republican for his vote on a key legislative priority: expanded background checks on gun buyers. Jeffrey Chiesa, appointed...Tags: Democratic Party, Rush Holt, Lobbying, Interior Policy, Executive Branch
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Chiesa sworn in as US senator
The Philadelphia InquirerWASHINGTON Jeffrey S. Chiesa was sworn in as New Jersey's new U.S. senator Monday on the floor of the Senate, becoming the first Republican to represent the state in the chamber since Nicholas Brady in 1982. Chiesa, 47, was appointed last week by Gov....Tags: Jeffrey Chiesa, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Executive Branch, Elections
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Obama, Congress reenact battle over student loan rates
WASHINGTON -- President Obama complained about the looming interest rate hike on student loans in a Rose Garden event Friday morning and urged Americans to call, write and tweet their Republican members of Congress to do something about it. But on...
Tags: U.S. Senate, White House, Barack Obama, Money and Monetary Policy, Republican Party
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Ehrlich distorts the facts about Obamacare
As is often his wont, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s recent column on Obamacare provided a very one-sided narrative using gross generalizations and failing to provide context for his arguments ("Lost jobs, higher costs: Obamacare hits home," May 26). Mr....
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Government Debt, Budgets and Budgeting, American Enterprise Institute, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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May 31, 2013
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May 29, 2013
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