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    May 10, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  1. EDITORIAL: The Senate way: blocking progress

    The Virginian-Pilot
    It is rare for hypocrisy to be quite so obvious. Even in Washington. For four years, Republicans have rightfully scolded Democrats controlling the Senate for refusing to pass a budget, any budget. More than a month ago, the Democrats finally approved...

    Tags: Timothy M. Kaine, Labor Markets, Mark R. Warner, Budgets and Budgeting, Barack Obama

    2. May 9, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  2. For Obama, 2014 is his number

    WASHINGTON -- Thirty-one months ago Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell affronted the media and other custodians of propriety by saying something common-sensical. On Oct. 23, 2010, he said: "The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president." He meant that America needed conservative change from the statist course of Obama's presidency (the stimulus, Obamacare, etc.), therefore America needed a president who would not veto such change.
    WASHINGTON -- Thirty-one months ago Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell affronted the media and other custodians of propriety by saying something common-sensical. On Oct. 23, 2010, he said: "The single most important thing we want to achieve is for...

    Tags: Gun Control, Interior Policy, Washington, DC, Personal Weapon Control, Mitt Romney

    3. May 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Senate Republicans stonewall Obama's EPA nominee

    <span class="runtimeTopic">WASHINGTON</span> &ndash; Senate Republicans boycotted a committee vote Thursday morning on President Obama&rsquo;s nomination of Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency, prompting accusations of obstructionism from Democrats and calls to reform Senate rules.
    WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans boycotted a committee vote Thursday morning on President Obama’s nomination of Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency, prompting accusations of obstructionism from Democrats and calls to...

    Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Politics, Gina McCarthy, Barbara Boxer

    4. May 9, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  4. Jail receives $100,000 federal grant

    Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.
    The Daviess County Detention Center has received a $100,000 federal grant to help jail staff meet regulations that require prisons and jails to do more to prevent rape and sexual assault of inmates. The jail received the grant through the National...

    Tags: Sex Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Assault, Rape

    5. May 8, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  5. Top Senate Republican opposes Obama's labor nomination

    Reuters
    WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - The Senate's top Republican on Wednesday came out strongly against President Barack Obama's labor secretary nomination, accusing Thomas Perez of being a crusading ideologue who would bend the laws to advance his agenda....

    Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Senate, White House, Labor Legislation, Washington, DC

    6. May 8, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  6. Thomas Perez, Obama's labor pick, faces GOP questions ahead of committee vote

    Washington Times
    President Obama's controversial nominee to head the Labor Department is likely to face tough questioning from Republicans ahead of a Senate committee vote Wednesday. Some Senate Republicans say Thomas E. Perez isn't qualified to serve as Labor...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Washington, DC, Barack Obama, Thomas Edward Perez, Judges

    7. May 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Vote on Obama's choice to lead Labor Department delayed

    WASHINGTON -- A vote on President Obama&rsquo;s nominee to lead the Labor Department was delayed for an additional week, the latest roadblock for the controversial choice.
    WASHINGTON -- A vote on President Obama’s nominee to lead the Labor Department was delayed for an additional week, the latest roadblock for the controversial choice. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions was scheduled to...

    Tags: Orrin Hatch, Labor Legislation, Thomas Edward Perez, Politics, Tom Harkin

    8. May 8, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Perez vote delayed as confirmation fight intensifies

    WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee vote on Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez was postponed hours before it was set to take place Wednesday, highlighting what appears to be a growing partisan fight over the confirmation of the former Maryland official.&nbsp;
    WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee vote on Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez was postponed hours before it was set to take place Wednesday, highlighting what appears to be a growing partisan fight over the confirmation of the former Maryland official. ...

    Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), U.S. Senate, White House, Labor Legislation, U.S. Department of Justice

    9. May 7, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  9. The filibuster kills gun legislation and democracy

    President Obama called it a shameful day for the Senate. A survivor of the Tucson shooting that wounded Gabby Giffords shouted from the gallery, "Shame on you." This was the response to the rejection of gun control. I was tempted to write the "voting...

    Tags: Gun Control, Political Systems, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Politics

    10. May 7, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  10. Ed Page On Facebook: Should Obama Press To Close Guantanamo Prison?

    The following is an abridged conversation from www.facebook.com/edpagecourant. Is President Obama right to press once again to close the prison for purported terrorist combatants at Guantanamo? Mark Pappa: Close it and turn them over to Sheriff Joe in...

    Tags: Terrorism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Prisons, Barack Obama

    11. May 6, 2013 |Column| Allentown Morning Call

  11. Gabrielle Giffords' story a different kind of profile in courage

    Gabrielle Giffords received a Profile in Courage award this weekend at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. The award is fitting, though she is displaying a different kind of courage than was celebrated by the late president in his 1957 best-selling book.
    Gabrielle Giffords received a Profile in Courage award this weekend at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. The award is fitting, though she is displaying a different kind of courage than was celebrated by the late president in his 1957 best-selling...

    Tags: Gun Control, Interior Policy, John McCain, U.S. Senate, Mary L. Landrieu

    12. May 1, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. Obama's 2nd-term blues?

    Was President Barack Obama really joking at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association dinner? Or was he showing, as I suspect, early signs of the second-term blues?
    Was President Barack Obama really joking at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association dinner? Or was he showing, as I suspect, early signs of the second-term blues? It's fashionable for critics — especially if they didn't get invited...

    Tags: Gun Control, George W. Bush, Interior Policy, Entertainment, White House

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