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U.S. immigration bill gets Senate boost; House effort teetering
Reuters* Committee vote helps prospects in full Senate * House negotiators hung up over healthcare for immigrants By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - Supporters of U.S. immigration reform are hoping that the smooth and drama-free passage of...Tags: Chuck Grassley, Migration, Small Businesses, Mitt Romney, U.S. House of Representatives
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House feels the heat on immigration reform
WASHINGTON — Committee approval of a sweeping Senate immigration overhaul has put pressure on the House, where Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and top leaders have been pushing a bipartisan group of lawmakers to produce its own bill. House...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Paul Ryan, Immigration, Migration
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Aaron Gordon: Condo associations gain victory over banking lobby
For the second year in a row, Florida's condominium associations dodged a financial bullet when legislators opted to favor voters rather than the powerful banking lobby. It was an important victory for the state's struggling community associations,...Tags: Elections, Tampa, Economy, Business and Finance, Lobbying, Finance
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Beretta has no plans to leave, yet
The Baltimore SunDespite Beretta's threats that the company would leave Maryland if new gun laws were passed and signed by Gov. Martin O'Malley, Beretta USA has no current plans to abandon its headquarters in Prince George's County. In a statement sent to The Baltimore...Tags: Laws, National Rifle Association of America, Martin O'Malley, Judges, U.S. Army
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EDITORIAL: Probe shows need for media shield
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserIf the three controversies that beset the Obama administration last week, the most serious accusation came from the story with the least political sizzle. The fallout from the Benghazi terrorist attack derived its potency from the four deaths that...Tags: Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Justice, Freedom of the Press, Journalism, U.S. Congress
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In Kansas, it's lawmakers versus the courts
The Kansas City StarKansas lawmakers began the year turning away the chief justice of the state Supreme Court from his traditional speech to the Legislature. The legislative session nears an end with the chief justice accusing a leading senator with political coercion....Tags: Elections, Labor Legislation, Trials, Ray Merrick, Sam Brownback
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The Nixon false equivalence
"The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know," said Harry Truman, who made it his task to absorb a lot of it. Many people who have not followed his example are not averse to using what little they do know, with the inadvertent effect...
Tags: Personal Income, The New York Times, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Taxation
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House bill to have more stringent immigrant controls: aides
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan plan brokered in the House of Representatives will be tougher on illegal immigrants living in the United States than a Senate counterpart, congressional aides said on Friday. But it fails to address the difficult issue...Tags: Labor Legislation, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Immigration, Migration, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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House lawmakers reach tentative deal to revamp immigration
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prospects for passage of a major immigration bill improved on Thursday when a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House of Representatives declared they had reached a tentative deal, resolving disputes that had threatened to...Tags: Migration, Mitt Romney, John Carter, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, U.S. House of Representatives
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House speaker resignation sparks political jockeying
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Even before House Speaker Rick Thompson, D-Wayne, announced his resignation, fellow delegates began debating who would be next to lead the House. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced Thursday Thompson is leaving his post as speaker to...Tags: Elections, Economy, Business and Finance, Democratic Party, John D. Rockefeller IV, U.S. Congress
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After Democrat brinksmanship, House group finds agreement on immigration bill
Miami HeraldA bipartisan House group hammered out an immigration-reform deal late Thursday after years of closed-door meetings and last-minute brinksmanship from a top Democrat. The final agreement, which could be drafted into legislation by June 1, came together...Tags: Labor Legislation, Democratic Party, The New York Times, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Lobbying
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Holder pledges to probe IRS handling of conservative groups
WASHINGTON – Testifying on Capitol Hill, Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. promised a thorough criminal investigation of the targeting of conservative organizations by the IRS that will look at potential civil rights violations and false statements that...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Taxation, U.S. Congress, Eric Holder, Steve Chabot
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