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Hagel approved by Senate committee in party-line vote
WASHINGTON -- After a sometimes contentious debate, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted on party lines and narrowly approved the nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel to be secretary of Defense, moving the bitter fight over President Obama’s...
Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain, Robert Gates, U.S. Department of Defense, Carl Levin
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The challenging math of passing immigration reform
WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. But while immigration politics appears to have changed in the wake of sweeping Republican rejection...
Tags: Carl Levin, Bill Nelson, Orrin Hatch, Bob Menendez, Parties and Movements
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Democrats retain narrow majority in Senate
WASHINGTON — Democrats retained a narrow majority in the Senate on Tuesday, but Republicans kept their grip on the House, delivering another divided, and highly polarized, Congress. The balance of power was likely to shift by no more than a seat...
Tags: Democratic Party, Sherrod Brown, Regional Authority, Paul Ryan, Bill Nelson
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Orange County judge’s rape remarks mirror Todd Akin's
L.A. NOWIn saying that a rape victim's sexual assault was only "technical" because the female body "shuts down" when attacked, an Orange County judge admonished by a state agency expressed a scientifically discredited viewpoint that recently sank the campaign... -
Todd Akin has plenty of company in Republicans' unhinged faction
Missouri congressman Todd Akin’s outrageously weird assertion that a woman cannot get pregnant from “forcible rape" exposes three predicaments facing the Republican Party. First, Akin has made himself so toxic that he may lose his race...
Tags: Rape, Paul Ryan, Fox News Channel (tv network), Elections, Social Issues
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Republican Party suckles at the breast of Big Business
If money is the mother’s milk of politics, then America’s big corporations are Big Mama and Big Baby is the Republican Party suckling at the enormous bosom of business. Democrats, meanwhile, are abandoned brats scrounging for nourishment...
Tags: Barack Obama, Mutual Funds, Democratic Party, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance
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Weekend TV Talk Shows
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of July 31 - Aug. 6 in PDF format TV listings for the week of July 31 - Aug. 6 in PDF format (from latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv) Weekly TV Listings and more can...... -
Sunday shows: Graham, Norquist, Lagarde, Conrad
Top of the TicketAlso, Mitch McConnell, David Plouffe, Raul Labrador, Chuck Schumer, Jason Chaffetz, Jon Kyl, Dick Durbin, Kevin McCarthy, Ray Kelly, Claire McCaskill, John Thune and Gene Sperling.... -
The debt-ceiling debate, @BarackObama & #hashtags: much ado about Twitter
Top of the TicketThe president and others take to Twitter to fight over the debt ceiling, 140 characters at a time.... -
Weekend Talk Shows
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 20 - 26 in PDF format TV listings for the week of Feb. 20 - 26 in PDF format (from latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv) Weekly TV Listings and more can be found...... -
Military sexual assault: Senate approves new procedures
The Senate Armed Services Committee endorsed several steps to improve prosecution of military sexual assault on Wednesday during a rare open debate of its annual defense policy bill, but it killed a controversial proposal opposed by Pentagon leaders....
Tags: John McCain, Carl Levin, Prosecution, U.S. Department of Defense, Kirsten Gillibrand
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Brass seeks to temper military justice overhaul
WASHINGTON (AP) — American military commanders wield substantial power to discipline the troops they lead. But an epidemic of sexual assaults roiling the armed forces has Congress about to rein in that authority. The only question is by how much?...
Tags: Courts-Martial, Prosecution, Carl Levin, U.S. Department of Defense, Kirsten Gillibrand
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