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Immigration reform to be subject of Latino Memphis round-table discussion
Commercial AppealWith his graduation from Kingsbury High School Saturday, Dante Bonilla became closer to his dream of being the first person in his family to attend college. The 18-year-old has received a full scholarship to Victory University in Memphis, where he plans...Tags: Graduation, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Migration, United States Census Bureau
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IRS report details Chattanooga Tea Party probe
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.The IRS subjected the Chattanooga Tea Party to "unnecessary" questioning and "significant processing delays" in the group's request for nonprofit status, according to an inspector general's report and documents obtained by the Chattanooga Times Free...Tags: Taxation, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Senate, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Obama administration to tighten pressure on Iran, aide says
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration said Wednesday that it would add more sanctions on Iran in an effort to dissuade Tehran from continuing its nuclear program, but stopped short of backing tough new penalties that lawmakers are considering....
Tags: Energy Resources, Crime, Law and Justice, Iran's Nuclear Program, Justice System, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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EDITORIAL: Internet sales tax payments bill would benefit Tennessee
Knoxville News SentinelThe U.S. Senate last week voted to restore balance to the nation's retail market and to sales tax collections nationwide with the passage of the Marketplace Fairness Act. Tennessee's Republican senators -- Lamar Alexander, one of the bill's key...Tags: Marsha Blackburn, U.S. House of Representatives, Chuck Fleischmann, U.S. Senate, Republican Party
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Congress speaks with a loud, muddled voice on Syria
WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein made headlines recently by demanding a forceful U.S. response to Syria's use of chemical weapons against its population. Less noticed was that the California Democrat wasn't urging deeper military involvement...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Justice System, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Harry Reid, Barack Obama
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Ramsey urges Internet tax OK: Bill now stuck in U.S. House after Senate passage
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey joined with Gov. Bill Haslam Thursday to encourage congressional Republicans to support a bill allowing states to collect sales tax on Internet purchases. "I'll encourage everybody. This is not a new tax," said Ramsey, R-Blountville,...Tags: Marsha Blackburn, Taxation, U.S. Senate, Republican Party, Sales
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Obama's plan to avoid lame-duckery
For the last two months, President Barack Obama has been mired in Washington's inside game, caught up in backroom congressional politics as he tried unsuccessfully to pass a bill on gun control and nudge Republican senators toward compromise on the...Tags: Doyle McManus, Interior Policy, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Republican Party
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Freshman senator with senior pluck takes on the financial industry
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the newest member of the Senate Banking Committee, waited patiently for her first chance to question top financial regulators at a recent hearing on Capitol Hill. When her turn finally came after 90 minutes,...
Tags: Ben Bernanke, Republican Party, Scott P. Brown, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Sports
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Haslam, Ramsey seek U.S. House support for Internet tax bill
Knoxville News SentinelGov. Bill Haslam and Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey say they hope the U.S. House will go along with the U.S. Senate in approving legislation that would allow states to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases. Haslam, who last year testified before a...Tags: Marsha Blackburn, Chuck Fleischmann, U.S. Senate, Humane Society of the United States, Republican Party
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Column: Obama's plan to avoid lame duckery
For the last two months, President Barack Obama has been mired in Washington’s inside game, caught up in backroom congressional politics as he tried unsuccessfully to pass a bill on gun control and nudge Republican senators toward compromise on...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Interior Policy, U.S. Senate, Republican Party, Barack Obama
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Can Warner save the economy? Easier said than done
The Virginian-PilotAfter years of struggle to fix the federal budget mess, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner is in a familiar place. Decades ago, not long after graduating from Harvard Law School, he stumbled repeatedly in his quest to be an entrepreneur. He lost $5,000 -- his life...Tags: Public Finance, Diseases and Illnesses, Alzheimer's Disease, U.S. Senate, Justice System
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S.F. woman nominated as envoy to Libya
Albuquerque JournalDeborah K. Jones, a Santa Fe resident nominated by President Barack Obama as the next ambassador to Libya, vowed on Tuesday to pursue Islamic militants in Benghazi who last year killed four Americans, including the former Libyan ambassador. "As the...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Muammar Gaddafi, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Christopher Stevens, Tom Udall
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