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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: Adam Schiff, U.S. House of Representatives, Business Enterprises, U.S. Congress, White House
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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: Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Congress, White House, Career and Workplace, Market and Exchange
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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: Financial and Business Services, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Congress, Government, Federal Reserve
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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: Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Congress, Political Systems, Market and Exchange, Consumer Confidence
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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: Republican Party, Dana Rohrabacher, Environmental Issues, Bodies of Water, Global Warming
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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: Justice System, Government, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Dick Durbin, George W. Bush
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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: John O. Brennan, White House, Jerry Moran, Government, National 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: U.S. Department of Justice, John O. Brennan, Terrorism, John Kerry, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
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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: Jeff Sessions, White House, New York University, Republican Party, Citigroup Incorporated
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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: Republican Party, Mail Order Industry, U.S. Congress, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control
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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: U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Energy Resources, U.S. Congress, Natural Resource Industry, Conservation
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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: Career and Workplace, Mitch McConnell, Jack Reed, Angus King, Elizabeth Warren
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