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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Orrin Hatch, Interior Policy, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Career and Workplace
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(Political) party like it's 1998
While the Tribune beat the drum for Obama’s impeachment with Nixon comparisons and scandal coverage ("Obama and overreach," Editorials, May 15), the House of Representatives voted for the 37th time to repeal Obamacare. How can we trust any...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Canton Hydropower Project Moves Forward In U.S. Senate
The Hartford CourantLegislation that would let two old dams on the Farmington River be used for hydropower got a boost on Thursday when a committee of the U.S. Senate endorsed the idea. The Senate's energy and natural resources committee voted in favor of a bill that...Tags: U.S. Senate, Science and Technology, Elizabeth Esty, Politics, Conservation
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Boehner urges U.S. House action on immigration amid deep splits
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Thursday tried to encourage negotiations on immigration legislation amid signs that a bipartisan House group trying to write a bill was near collapse. "I am concerned that the...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Crime, Law and Justice, John Carter, Mitt Romney, U.S. Senate
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US House votes to repeal Obamacare in 37th symbolic act
ReutersBy David Morgan WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law on Thursday in a symbolic move aimed as much at healing internal Republican rifts as...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate, Healthcare Policies, Lawyers, Politics
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Taxation, Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Senate, Government
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Taxation, Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Senate, U.S. Department of Justice
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Orrin Hatch, Migration, U.S. Senate, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Bristol businesses ready but not for internet tax
Bristol Herald Courier, Va.Inside this 100-year-old brick and mortar structure on 7th Street, electronic transactions of the 21st c entury are driving sales, style and shopping at L.C. King Manufacturing Co. The Internet has helped get items like their overalls and coats under...Tags: JC Penney Company Inc., Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate, Target, Consumer Goods Industries
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NYMEX-Oil slips towards $95 on uncertainty over demand growth
ReutersSINGAPORE, May 17 (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures slipped towards $95 a barrel on Friday as disappointing U.S. economic data revived worries over demand in the world's biggest oil consumer. U.S. oil had slipped 9 cents to $95.07 a barrel by 0014 GMT,...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Federal Reserve
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OPINION: Who needs legislators in the Do-It-Yourself State?
The Kansas City StarIt might be time to change Missouri's nickname. The "Show-Me State" has had a good run. It is believed to harken back to a 1899 speech by U.S. Congressman Will Duncan Vandiver, who declared at a banquet in Philadelphia, "I come from a state that...Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Health Insurance, Voting, United Nations
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Republican targets IRS employees in Tea Party probe
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans investigating the Internal Revenue Service want to question five employees about the tax agency's targeting of the Tea Party and other conservative groups, an effort that a key lawmaker said was part of a fact-finding...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Taxation, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Darrell E Issa
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