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The State (Columbia, S.C.) THE BUZZ column
The StateFeel like you have seen and heard a lot of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham lately? You have. The name of South Carolina's senior senator was mentioned more often on cable news outfits than Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, and U.S. Sen....Tags: CBS Corp., Barack Obama, Executive Branch, Nancy Pelosi, Government
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EDITORIAL: Nuke waste indecision
The Day, New London, Conn.Through continued indecision the Obama administration is making the decision to permanently store highly radioactive nuclear waste not at one or two strategically located sites, as would make sense, but at more than 100 nuclear plant locations across...Tags: Mitt Romney, U.S. Department of Energy, Waste, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Barack Obama
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Las Vegas according to three governors: The fall of the mob, a land of prostitutes and potential terrorism risks
Las Vegas SunIn 1979, the year most Nevada historians identify as the turning point when mob influence in Las Vegas began to wane and corporations started taking over the city's casinos, the chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission approached Gov. Bob List and offered...Tags: Laws, Museums, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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Internet sales tax bill advances, but final Senate passage delayed
WASHINGTON – The Senate on Thursday failed to pass bipartisan legislation that would allow states to collect sales taxes from larger Internet retailers, but the bill cleared a key procedural hurdle and is on track for approval after lawmakers return...
Tags: Max Baucus, Anti Trust Crime, Amazon.com Inc., Corporate Crime, Local Government
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How a bill becomes slaw -- an autopsy of gun-control legislation in Washington
Change of SubjectWednesday's print column Before we move off the issue of gun control — and it’s dead for now, believe me, for reasons this column will make clear — let’s take a close look at just how something as popular as...... -
WRAPUP 1-U.S. Congress looking for quick fix to flight delays
Reuters(Adds comments from Senator Durbin, Senator Collins, JetBlue CEO) By Richard Cowan and Doug Palmer WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate leaders are frantically trying to pull together a plan to alleviate widespread airline flight delays -...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. House of Representatives, Budget Control Act of 2011, E-Commerce Industry, Politics
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WRAPUP 2-U.S. Congress looking for quick fix to flight delays
Reuters(Adds details on Senate discussions, details on controllers) By Richard Cowan and Doug Palmer WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate leaders are frantically trying to pull together a plan to alleviate widespread airline flight delays - brought...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Budget Control Act of 2011, E-Commerce Industry, Politics, Parties and Movements
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Villaraigosa in Washington on immigration, transportation issues
WASHINGTON -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa may be nearing the end of his term, but that isn’t keeping him from traveling to the nation’s capital to push two of his pet causes – an overhaul of immigration laws that would provide...
Tags: Immigration, Migration, U.S. Senate, Jerry Brown, Antonio Villaraigosa
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Senators point blame, solutions to air traffic delays
WASHINGTON -- As delayed flights jammed up air travel, Senate Republicans on Tuesday blamed the White House for furloughing air traffic controllers, as Democrats offered a new proposal to replace the sequester cuts that have begun to affect ordinary...
Tags: John Cornyn, Air Transportation Industry, Layoffs and Downsizing, John Thune, U.S. Senate
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WRAPUP 1-U.S. budget cuts back in spotlight as flight delays mount
Reuters* "We can't do this for long" - airline CEO * FAA says delays not as bad as feared By Mark Felsenthal and Alwyn Scott WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, April 24 (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Wednesday backed a plan that would temporarily eliminate...Tags: Tom Latham, Budget Control Act of 2011, Barack Obama, Raul Labrador, Government
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Gun votes by Baldwin, Johnson carried political risks
Milwaukee Journal SentinelLast week's big gun votes were politically painless for at least two kinds of senators: rural red-state Republicans voting against gun control, and coastal blue-state Democrats voting for new gun restrictions. But the politics wasn't that simple for...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Russell Feingold, Elections, Democratic Party, Tammy Baldwin
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BRIEF: School Safety Measure on Hold in U.S. Senate
Education Week, Bethesda, Md.A gun-control and school safety bill that had the potential to address school-based mental-health services is stalled in the U.S. Senate. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said last week the entire measure is on hold for now. The Senate had already...Tags: Gun Control, Lamar Alexander, U.S. Senate, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy
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