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Rand Paul filibuster splits GOP, Graham now supports CIA nominee
WASHINGTON – The political fallout from Sen. Rand Paul’s filibuster has begun as fellow Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham switched Thursday to support John Brennan as CIA director, saying the vote has become a “referendum” on the...
Tags: John O. Brennan, Lindsey O. Graham, Republican Party, Rand Paul, U.S. Senate
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After drone answers, Paul drops objections to Brennan nomination
WASHINGTONÂ — A day after launching an unusual talking filibuster, Sen. Rand Paul quickly dropped his objection to a Senate vote on John Brennan's nomination to lead the CIA after Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. satisfied his concerns that the...
Tags: Ron Wyden, Barack Obama, Republican Party, White House, Parties and Movements
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Hoping to break the stalemate, Obama takes GOP senators to dinner
President Obama had a dinner date Wednesday night with a dozen of his worst enemies, thus proving that the governmental stalemate in Washington, D.C., is driving him to unusual acts of political creativity -- or desperation. The president personally...
Tags: Bill Clinton, John Hoeven, Kelly Ayotte, U.S. Congress, Tom Coburn
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McManus: Fiscal crisis? What crisis?
Here's what is most maddening about the "Perils of Pauline" fiscal crises that President Obama and Congress have led us into during the last year: Both sides have known from the beginning what the final deals would look like, but neither side has been...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Budget Control Act of 2011, Social Security, Career and Workplace, Health Insurance
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Senate committee approves John Brennan's nomination as CIA director
WASHINGTON -- The Senate Intelligence Committee voted 12 to 3 on Tuesday to approve John Brennan's as the next CIA director, ending weeks of delay and setting the stage for the full Senate to vote on Brennan's nomination later this week. The committee...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, John O. Brennan, U.S. Department of Justice, Benghazi, Terrorism
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GOP primary voters not opposed to immigration reform
WASHINGTON -- Conservative Republicans are open to an overhaul of the nation’s immigration system, including creating a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, according to a new report on voter attitudes in two states with early...
Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, John McLaughlin
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As a rising GOP star, Rubio treads a fine line on immigration
WASHINGTON — When Marco Rubio was the No. 3 Republican in the Florida House of Representatives, he worked with Democrats in 2003 to protect farmworkers from unscrupulous contractors and harmful pesticides. "My heart goes out to the workers in this...
Tags: Immigration, Employees, Marco Rubio, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice
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Biden: President promises to keep Iran from getting nuclear weapons
This post has been updated, as indicated below.WASHINGTON – President Obama is “not bluffing” when he vows that he will not allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon, Vice President Joe Biden said Monday in a speech that put a heavy emphasis on winning consensus on that view from the rest...Tags: Iran's Nuclear Program, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Passover, Joe Biden, Weaponry
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President Obama: When making nice can be naughty
Does it matter that President Obama was right? That Kamala Harris is “the best-looking attorney general in the country”? Not really. As a quip, it failed; as an attempt at gallantry, it didn’t need saying. The president cushioned his...
Tags: U.S. Secret Service, Crime, Law and Justice, Racism, Hillary Clinton, Justice System
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Republican lawmaker: Obama should back off immigration reform
WASHINGTON -- With President Obama making immigration reform a top priority, the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee has just one bit of advice: Stay away. Rep. Robert Goodlatte, a conservative immigration lawyer from Virginia, said...
Tags: Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress
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Letters: Republicans' revenge on Hagel
Re "For Hagel, opposition from GOP is personal," Feb. 15 Despite the fact that a Cabinet nomination has never in history been blocked by a minority filibuster, Republicans are filibustering Chuck Hagel's appointment as secretary of Defense....Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Republican Party, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Chuck Hagel, Harry Reid
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Republicans maintain filibuster threat ahead of Hagel vote
WASHINGTON – On the eve of a Senate committee vote on Chuck Hagel’s nomination to lead the Pentagon, a group of Republican senators continued Monday to threaten what would be a historic filibuster for a Cabinet appointment despite warnings...
Tags: Dirk Kempthorne, James Inhofe, Armed Forces, Carl Levin, United Nations
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