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One to watch from Michigan
WASHINGTON -- America's most interesting development since November is the Republican Party becoming more interesting. Consider the congressman from Grand Rapids, Mich., who occupies the seat once held by Gerald Ford, embodiment of vanilla Republicanism....
Tags: Mike Lee, Crime, Law and Justice, Violence Against Women Act, Rand Paul, Barack Obama
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Can Jeb Bush save the GOP?
Amid the wreckage of the Mitt Romney presidential debacle and the Republican scramble to find a new savior, now comes ... yet another Bush! The ruminations of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, son of one former president and younger brother of another, on...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Immigration, Mitt Romney
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Rob Reiner on 'Meet the Press'; Richard Land on 'This Week'
Staff writerThe Sunday morning chat shows will get religion for Easter. They also will focus on the gay marriage issues before the U.S. Supreme Court. Cardinal Timothy Egan, archbishop of New York, will be a guest on ABC's "This Week" and CBS' "Face the Nation."...Tags: Anglicanism, Religious Events, U.S. Congress, Gays and Lesbians, Richard Blumenthal
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Obama: 'Shame on us' if Congress forgets Newtown
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Thursday not to forget the heartbreak of the Newtown elementary school massacre and "get squishy" on tightened gun laws, though some lawmakers in his own Democratic Party remain a tough...
Tags: Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Mark Pryor, National Rifle Association of America, Parties and Movements, Heidi Heitkamp
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Senators hush-hush as they craft immigration bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The eight senators meet in private several times a week, alternating between Sen. John McCain's and Sen. Charles Schumer's offices. They sit in arm chairs arranged in a circle and sip water or soft drinks as they debate temporary...
Tags: John McCain, AFL-CIO, Career and Workplace, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama
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One more Bush?
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- Amid the wreckage of the Mitt Romney presidential debacle and the Republican scramble to find a new savior, now comes ... yet another Bush! The ruminations of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, son of one former president and younger brother...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Immigration, POLITICO LLC
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Record crop insurance payout stirs subsidy debate
DES MOINES, Iowa - Farmers will be paid a record $16 billion in crop insurance claims for 2012 because of the widespread drought, a staggering amount that has critics calling for changes to what they say is an inefficient taxpayer subsidy the government...
Tags: St. Louis, Natural Disasters, Insurance, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Prices
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The Toomey v. Schwartz money race
Call Washington BureauIf U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz, who is widely known to be eyeing a run for statewide office, does wait and take on incumbent GOP U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey in 2016, both politicians' recent campaign finance filings foreshadow a high-priced race between two...Tags: Allyson Y Schwartz, Mike Fitzpatrick, Patrick J. Toomey, Elections, Political Fundraising
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Ronald Reagan's lead on immigration
Bill PressYes, good things still happen in this country. They just don't happen overnight. That lesson was brought home to me again on Current TV this week when I interviewed Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation, about Defense Secretary...Tags: Ronald Reagan, John McCain, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Republican Party
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Washington bitten by the bipartisan bug
After several bitterly partisan battles on fiscal issues, bipartisanship seems to be breaking out on Capitol Hill in two other controversial areas: immigration reform and gun control. While it's too early to know if it will produce significant...Tags: John McCain, Career and Workplace, Parties and Movements, Firearms, Barack Obama
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Worker shortages drives farms to embrace of immigration plan
WASHINGTON -- Labor shortages that left crops rotting in fields have farm organizations backing a Senate immigration proposal that would treat workers in agriculture "differently" than in other industries. The American Farm Bureau Federation, the United...Tags: John McCain, Career and Workplace, Immigration, Chuck Schumer, Barack Obama
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Cuba travel crack earns rebuke from Cuban-American senator
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee didn't ask a single question of Secretary of State-nominee John Kerry about his views on Cuba policy at his confirmation hearing this week. But a meant-to-...
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