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BRIEF: U.S. Senate passes bill to improve Mississippi River management
Belleville News-DemocratThe U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved a measure sponsored by U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Springfield, to boost efforts to maintain commercial river traffic during droughts and floods. Durbin's proposal would authorize a study of the entire Mississippi...Tags: Environmental Issues, Droughts, Natural Disasters, Dick Durbin, Rivers
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Senate Unanimously Strengthens Racial Profiling Law
The Hartford CourantThe state Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to expand the state's racial profiling law to include more police departments. The measure comes one year after another bill had strengthened the law in other ways and was passed by large majorities in both...Tags: Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. House of Representatives, Credit and Debt, Laws
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Mistaken Benghazi claim came from CIA, emails show
WASHINGTON — Career CIA officers were responsible for administration claims that the armed attack in Benghazi, Libya, that left four Americans dead last fall grew out of a protest of an anti-Islamic video, an incorrect assertion that became a...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Benghazi, Libya, United Nations, U.S. Department of State
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Rubio blames IRS scandal on `Obama's culture of intimidation'
 President Barack Obama’s “culture of intimidation” led to the scandalous IRS targeting of conservative groups, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio told the Senate on Wednesday.  Rubio, a tea party favorite, has seized upon the scandal to condemn...
Tags: Elections, U.S. Department of Justice, Taxation, Marco Rubio, Republican Party
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Rubio blames IRS scandal on Obama's 'culture of intimidation'
Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama’s “culture of intimidation” led to the scandalous IRS targeting of conservative groups, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio told the Senate on Wednesday. Rubio, a tea party favorite, has seized upon the scandal...Tags: Elections, U.S. Department of Justice, Taxation, Marco Rubio, Republican Party
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Lawmakers accuse Obama administration of abusing free speech rights
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers accused the Obama administration on Wednesday of trampling on free speech rights and evading questions about the Justice Department's secret seizure of Associated Press telephone records. U.S. Attorney General Eric...Tags: F James Jr Sensenbrenner, Security, Prosecution, Orrin Hatch, Republican Party
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U.S. lawmakers press for changes at scandal-plagued tax agency
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Republican lawmakers stepped up their calls for top Internal Revenue Service officials to resign, President Barack Obama planned to meet with Treasury officials on Wednesday to discuss how to respond to the growing uproar over...Tags: Republican Party, Internal Revenue Service, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. House of Representatives, Mitch McConnell
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A closer look at some of Obama's more memorable speeches
As President Barack Obama starts his second term, scholars will begin making note of some of his most memorable speeches and public remarks that might mark his presidency and his two successful campaigns. Recognizing that the list will change, and there...Tags: Interior Policy, National Rifle Association of America, Sociology, Gun Control, John Kerry
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US Senate confirms Tavenner as Medicare/Medicaid chief
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Marilyn Tavenner, a former nurse and hospital company executive, as the first full-fledged administrator for the Medicare and Medicaid healthcare programs since 2006. In a rare show of...Tags: Elections, Medicaid, Health Insurance, Medicare, Barack Obama
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U.S. Senate Democrat to examine tax-exempt group rules
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - The Democratic chairman of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee said his tax code revamp will examine rules for nonprofit groups' political activities in hopes of preventing a repeat of the botched Internal Revenue Service...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Parties and Movements, Taxation, FBI
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Local Voices: Highland Park and Deerfield
Letters to the editor from Highland Park and Deerfield residents and officials. Medical marijuana On April 17, the Illinois House of Representatives passed HB-001, often referred to as "medical marijuana" legislation, by a vote of 61-57. The...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Illinois General Assembly, Economy, Business and Finance, Health Treatments, Medical Marijuana Therapy
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Online sales tax bill should be improved, and passed
The U.S. Senate recently passed a bill that would allow states to require Internet retailers to collect sales taxes on behalf of local governments. This bill has flaws, but they could be fixed in the House. It should be passed. I don't like the idea...
Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Sales, Business, Employees, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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