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Bob Menendez, senator of the evening
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bob Menendez is embroiled in a prostitution scandal -- and it has little if anything to do with sex. The New Jersey Democrat has for three months been the target of voluminous allegations, all unconfirmed, that he hired prostitutes,...
Tags: Politics, FBI, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, News Media, Ethics
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Senate panel approves Hagel for Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate panel on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary in a rancorous session at which Republican questioned the former GOP senator's truthfulness...
Tags: Republican Party, Bill Nelson, Israel, Thad Cochran, United Nations
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A solvable problem
WASHINGTON -- It was always clear that the 11 million people in this country without papers were not going to be rounded up and deported. The question was when our leaders would officially recognize this fact -- which could only happen if Republicans...
Tags: International Law, Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Politics, Career and Workplace
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Battle-tested for a fight
WASHINGTON -- In Vietnam in 1968, two separate mine explosions left Chuck Hagel with shrapnel in his chest and burns on his face and arms. This is not a man who is going to shrink from a fight with the chicken hawks of the Senate. President Obama...
Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Mitch McConnell, George W. Bush, Leon Panetta
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Petraeus' affair doesn't meet textbook definition of 'scandal'
Five years ago, when I covered David Petraeus' triumphant visit to Capitol Hill after he salvaged the war effort in Iraq, I likened the reception he received to that of conquering generals of Rome, who were feted with laurels, purple robes, trumpets and...Tags: Anthony D. Weiner, FBI, Mayflower Voyage (1620), Larry Craig, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means
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Vitter, Young Push for Ability to Fire Entergy
He wasn't shy about criticizing Entergy's response after Hurricane Isaac and now, Jefferson Parish President John Young is taking his outrage a step further. He's pushing to allow communities to essentially "fire" utility companies like Entergy. ...
Tags: Entergy Corporation, Drue Vitter, Hurricane Isaac (2012), Entergy New Orleans Incorporated
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Senate committee approves tougher chemical reporting bill
WASHINGTON — Chemical companies would need to provide more health and safety information about their products and regulators would have more authority to force harmful substances off the market under legislation approved along party lines...
Tags: Frank Lautenberg, Republican Party, Laws, Marketing, Economy, Business and Finance
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LA Votes To "Restore" The Good Ol' Boy Network
Well those high fallutin', English-accented louts at BP are learning that if you want to do business in the United States you have to do business with her politicians; and while much of the Gulf South, Louisiana included, is doing joyous cartwheels down...
Tags: Mary L. Landrieu, Organized Crime, BP Plc, Blackmail and Extortion
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Delicate D.C. dance in Secret Service sex scandal
WASHINGTON (AP)— The widening Secret Service prostitution scandal has touched off a delicate dance in Washington. People are loath to criticize an agency whose employees are trained to take a bullet for the people they protect. Members of Congress...
Tags: Laura Ingraham, Republican Party, Mitt Romney, White House, Chuck Grassley
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2011 LA Political Winners and Losers
WGNO NewsA lot to talk about in the political arena, both good and bad. WGNO Political Analyst Jeff Crouere , who is also with "Politics with A Punch" came up with his list of the top five list of winners and losers. So starting with the "Losers" list, here's the...Tags: Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Politics, Democratic Party, Regional Authority
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Local Leaders Demand Better Storm Protection After Lee
WGNO NewsPeople across Southeast Louisiana are still trying to dry out from this weekend’s rain. Local leaders from Jefferson Parish and Lafitte are planning a trip to Washington D.C. to voice their frustrations. They want better protection from future...Tags: U.S. Army, Tropical Storms, Barack Obama
Feb 12, 2013
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Feb 6, 2013
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Nov 25, 2012
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Sep 26, 2012
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Jul 25, 2012
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Mar 15, 2012
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Apr 24, 2012
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Dec 27, 2011
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Aug 11, 2011
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Sep 6, 2011
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