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House passes CISPA, sets up showdown with White House and Senate
The House of Representatives passed a controversial cybersecurity bill as expected on Thursday, moving toward a possible confrontation with the Senate and White House. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2013, or CISPA, passed by a vote...
Tags: Business Enterprises, Rand Paul, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Computer Crime, Corporate Crime
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McManus: Can Obama sell 'chained CPI'?
President Obama won't release his proposed budget for 2014 until Wednesday, but liberals and AARP have been howling all week about something they expect to be in it. What has our president done to provoke such outrage among his supporters? He's...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, U.S. Congress, Consumer Confidence, Steaks, Career and Workplace
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Lawmakers push bill to break up too-big-to-fail banks
WASHINGTON -- Two lawmakers on Tuesday introduced legislation to break up banks that are deemed too big to fail, arguing taxpayers should not be faced again with bailing out firms that have become even larger since the financial crisis. "We have a...
Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Small Businesses, Government, Financial and Business Services
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Socialist senator at odds with Obama over veterans benefits
WASHINGTON — A few hours before midnight during a marathon budget session, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the only member of Congress elected as a socialist, called for a vote on his proposal to oppose any cut in cost-of-living adjustments for...
Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Congress, Consumer Confidence, Inflation and Deflation, John Boehner
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Letters: Worry vs. action on global warming
Re "Most in U.S. worried about sea level rise," March 30 Building sea walls and other measures to protect coastal developments address the symptoms of climate change, not the cause. We need to support legislation to counteract global warming, such as...Tags: Global Warming, Dana Rohrabacher, Republican Party, Environmental Issues, Weather
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Sen. Rand Paul ends marathon filibuster of John Brennan
WASHINGTON – Sen. Rand Paul ended a marathon filibuster of John Brennan's nomination to lead the CIA early Thursday after holding the floor for nearly 13 hours, focusing on concerns over the constitutionality of the administration’s use of...
Tags: U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Murder, Marco Rubio, Justice System, Harry Reid
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Paul filibuster gains support, delays Brennan vote
WASHINGTON -- What began as Rand Paul’s one-man crusade to press the Obama administration for clarity regarding its prosecution of U.S. citizens suspected of terrorist ties became a bipartisan spectacle in the Senate chamber Wednesday -- one that...
Tags: Rand Paul, Republican Party, Mike Lee, Marco Rubio, Government
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Rand Paul vows to speak 'as long as it takes' to block Brennan
WASHINGTON -- In a rare, traditional filibuster, Sen. Rand Paul vowed to speak on the Senate floor "as long as it takes" to draw attention to his concerns about the Obama administration's policy regarding the targeted killing of American terrorism...
Tags: Rand Paul, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Unrest, Conflicts and War, John O. Brennan, George W. Bush
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Senate confirms Jacob Lew as Treasury secretary
WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Jacob J. Lew as Treasury secretary, allowing the longtime budget expert to take office as President Obama deals with looming automatic federal spending cuts. Lew, 57, was approved by a 71-26 vote. He...
Tags: Timothy Geithner, Republican Party, Jeff Sessions, Jack Lew, New York University
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Postal Service dying from 1,000 cuts and a GOP stab in the back
As AOL used to say, “You’ve got mail!” But maybe not on Saturdays if the mail you are looking for is being delivered by the much-maligned “snail mail” of the United States Postal Service. On Wednesday, the USPS announced...
Tags: John Boehner, Mail Order Industry, FedEx Corporation, Interior Policy, AOL LLC
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Politics and energy policy
Quick: Name one thing mainstream Republicans and Democrats agree on when it comes to energy policy. Other than that both sides would like it to be cheaper, you're probably drawing a blank. That's why there was something a little quixotic in President...
Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Energy Resources, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Republican Party, Environmental Issues
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Senate Democrats are united against GOP push to weaken consumer bureau
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats said Thursday they were united in opposing Republican efforts to weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and told President Obama they supported the renomination of Richard Cordray to head the agency. "It is...
Tags: Work Relations, Jack Reed, Republican Party, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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