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Key House Republican sees support for Rand Paul immigration plan
WASHINGTON – Conservatives in the House could support an immigration reform plan in line with one proposed by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a key House Republican said Wednesday. Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho), a major player in efforts to develop...
Tags: Migration, Labor Legislation, Justice and Rights, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Rand Paul
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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: Justice and Rights, Minority Groups, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony Kennedy, U.S. Supreme Court
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One GOP lawmaker suggests sequester alternative
WASHINGTON – With Washington stalemated over the coming “sequester,” one Republican lawmaker suggested swapping the steep budget cuts for a rollback of President Obama’s regulatory agenda as a way around the impasse. The idea is...
Tags: Justice System, Republican Party, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Parties and Movements
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Rosa Parks statue to be unveiled in Capitol next week
WASHINGTON -- Rosa Parks made history in 1955 by refusing to move to the back of the bus. She will make history again next week when her statue is placed in the U.S. Capitol. It will be the first full-size statue of an African American in the...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Martin Luther King Jr., Sculpture, Arts and Culture, Civil Rights
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Senate OKs legislation to keep government open; House votes next
WASHINGTON — All but ensuring there will be no federal shutdown, the Senate on Wednesday approved a measure to keep the government running — but not before tweaking the automatic budget cuts that threaten some of the lawmakers’...
Tags: Tom Coburn, Justice and Rights, Budget Control Act of 2011, Kay Hagan, Head Start
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Rand Paul calls on conservatives to embrace immigration reform
WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul is calling for conservatives to embrace the cause of immigration reform, outlining a proposal that would grant some form of legal status to the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants after the federal government has...
Tags: Migration, Republican Party, Career and Workplace, Mexico, Employees
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One date is not enough: Obama to dine again with GOP senators
WASHINGTON – President Obama is taking Senate Republicans on another date night. Following his successful dinner earlier this month with a dozen GOP senators, during which they discussed budgets, the president has dialed up his ideological...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Senate, POLITICO LLC, Republican Party, Parties and Movements
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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: Economy, Business and Finance, Bernard Sanders, Democratic Party, Budgets and Budgeting, Elections
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Senators protest sequester cuts, shutdown threat looms
WASHINGTON — It was bound to happen: As the sequester budget cuts are felt around the country, lawmakers are having second thoughts — and trying to tinker with them in a way that could lead to a full-scale government shutdown. Senators...
Tags: Harry Reid, Tom Coburn, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Budget Control Act of 2011, Roy Blunt
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House defeats alternative budgets
WASHINGTON – Think of it as what could have been: Alternative visions of the federal budget from progressives, conservatives and other rank-and-file lawmakers that have little chance of passing but offer another view of priorities. As House...Tags: Republican Party, Medicare, Paul Ryan, Parties and Movements, Budgets and Budgeting
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Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Tom, Dick and Harriet' on Hallmark
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 17 - 23, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES My Big Redneck Vacation In Las Vegas, Doug...
Tags: Roma Downey, Regional Authority, Paul Ryan, Andrew Francis, Carly Fiorina
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Obama meets with House Republicans in effort to rebuild trust
WASHINGTON — President Obama delivered a pitch for cooperation, and even word of a new pope, as he met with House Republicans on Wednesday, the latest of a series of meetings in his attempt to reboot his relationship with Congress. The afternoon...
Tags: Paul Ryan, Michael Grimm, Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Peter T. King
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