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Obama signs Violence Against Women Act
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama signed into law Thursday the Violence Against Women Act, formally ending a battle fought in Congress in the last year over controversial changes to the act. In a public ceremony in Washington, Obama said this year&...
Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Senate, White House, Elections, Violence Against Women Act
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Keeping up the outreach, Obama to do lunch with Ryan, Van Hollen
WASHINGTON -- President Obama plans to continue his campaign to win hearts, minds and stomachs on Capitol Hill. Obama is scheduled to have lunch with House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and his Democratic counterpart, Rep. Chris Van...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Senate, White House, Elections, Christopher Van Hollen Jr.
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Conservatives mourn, praise 'hero' Margaret Thatcher
WASHINGTON -- As news of the death of Margaret Thatcher came in Monday, tributes flowed from conservative leaders across the Capitol, showing the lasting influence the "Iron Lady" on the personal careers of many American lawmakers. “Lady...
Tags: Government, Ted Cruz, Mitch McConnell, United Kingdom, Patrick J. Toomey
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McManus: Fiscal crisis? What crisis?
Here's what is most maddening about the "Perils of Pauline" fiscal crises that President Obama and Congress have led us into during the last year: Both sides have known from the beginning what the final deals would look like, but neither side has been...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Medicare, Health Insurance, White House, Career and Workplace
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The House GOP's spending problem
House Republicans often complain that Senate Democrats have been lax on fiscal matters because they haven't approved a budget resolution since 2009. But those resolutions are largely symbolic; the real spending decisions are made in the dozen...
Tags: Republican Party, Politics, U.S. Congress
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With sequester, Congress goes over the cliff and off the rails
The United States Congress has reached a new low in callous disregard for the people of this country. One would hope a price would be paid for failing to stop the budget sequestration before dramatic cuts in programs began to kick in, but given the...
Tags: Republican Party, Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Senate, Tea Party Movement, Budget Control Act of 2011
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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: Budgets and Budgeting, Inflation and Deflation, U.S. Senate, Democratic Party, Consumer Confidence
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Obama dismisses ‘Jedi mind meld’ to solve sequester
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesAs Congress, the president and the nation grapple with the so-called sequester and the possible harrowing effects of billions of ...... -
Saturday's TV Highlights: Mitt and Ann Romney on Fox News Sunday
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 3 - 9, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES "The Graham Norton Show" Richard Gere, John...
Tags: Ann Romney, Television, News Media, David Schweikert, Fox Broadcasting Company
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Boehner solicits House GOP input on budget wars
WASHINGTON – House Speaker John A. Boehner wants his Republican troops to think deep thoughts. As House Republicans prepare for the next budget showdown with President Obama, the Ohioan, in a letter to rank-and-file lawmakers Thursday, drew on...
Tags: Republican Party, Budgets and Budgeting, Budget Control Act of 2011, White House, Politics
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Obama's budget plan draws fire from both sides
WASHINGTON — The budget that President Obama is scheduled to release next week drew attacks Friday from both the left and right — a reaction that White House aides appeared to welcome as they sought to portray the plan as a middle-of-the-...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Taxation, U.S. Senate, Medicare, White House
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Supreme Court may strike down DOMA gay marriage law, experts say
Legal experts said Wednesday that U.S. Supreme Court justices suggested they might strike down the Defense of Marriage Act that denies federal benefits to legally married gay couples. It marked the second landmark gay-rights case the justices considered...
Tags: Judges, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Civil Rights, Same-Sex Marriage, Justice System
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