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Joe Miller Contemplates 2014 Senate Run
Channel 2 NewsJoe Miller, the 2010 Republican Senate Candidate, made his first major political speech in 12 months in the state and said he’s contemplating a 2014 Senate run at the Alaska Libertarian Party convention held Saturday in a midtown hotel. Miller kept...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Republican Party, Elections, Libertarian Party, Politics
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Pro-gun voters put heat on Democratic senators
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Max Baucus has been here before. Back during the Clinton era, the Democrat faced a choice: support an assault weapons ban urged by a president from his own party and risk angering constituents who cherish their gun...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senate, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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Democrats face challenging Senate landscape
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a surprising string of victories last fall, Democrats now face a challenging terrain as they look to hold onto their Senate majority in 2014 and prevent Republicans from gaining full control of Congress during President...Tags: Justin Amash, Steve Scalise, Mark Schauer, Tom Latham, Charles W. Boustany, Jr.
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Begich Ends 2012 with $950K in Bank
Channel 2 NewsU.S. Sen. Mark Begich ended 2012 with nearly $1 million on hand. A fundraising disclosure, provided by his campaign, shows the Alaska Democrat raised about $334,000 during the last quarter of the year, and ended the reporting period with about $950,...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Elections, Sean Parnell, Politics, Government
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Giffords' plea to Congress on guns: 'you must act'
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a dramatic appeal, wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords urged Congress on Wednesday to enact tougher curbs on guns, saying, "too many children are dying" without them. "The time is now. You must act. Be bold, be courageous,...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Personal Weapon Control, Chuck Grassley, Gabrielle Giffords, Dianne Feinstein
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A rally cry to tame spending
"Even victors are by victories undone." — John Dryden WASHINGTON — Democrats not allergic to arithmetic must know the cost of their "fiscal cliff" victory. When they flinched from allowing all of George W. Bush’s tax rates,...Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Culture, The Washington Post, Services and Shopping, Vehicles
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Begich and Murkowski Oppose Congressional Pay Raise
Channel 2 NewsAlaska's U.S. senators say they oppose an executive order that would give members of Congress a pay raise. Senator Mark Begich said on his Facebook page that the American people don't get an automatic pay raise, and neither should members of Congress....Tags: U.S. Congress, Lisa Murkowski, Barack Obama
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Alaska Delegation Fillets GM Salmon Report
Channel 2 NewsAlaska’s congressional delegation was united in its opposition Friday to a draft report from the federal Food and Drug Administration saying that the nation’s health and environment wouldn’t be significantly harmed by genetically...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Genetic Engineering, Lisa Murkowski, Health Organizations, Don Young
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House Passes Defense Funding Bill with Alaska Amendments
Channel 2 NewsThe U.S. House passed a conference version Thursday of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2013, containing a number of amendments affecting Alaska’s military forces made by the state’s congressional delegation. Rep. Don...Tags: Defense, National Defense Authorization Act, U.S. Congress, Elections, Armed Forces
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Defense Funding Bill Passes Senate, Heads to Obama
Channel 2 NewsThe U.S. Senate has passed a defense funding bill one day after the House did so, sending several provisions that affect Alaska’s military forces to President Obama’s desk to be signed into law. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich’s...Tags: Defense, National Defense Authorization Act, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces, Lisa Murkowski
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Senate Passes 1-Year Delay in Eielson F-16 Squadron Move
Channel 2 NewsThe Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act Tuesday with a number of amendments affecting Alaska, including a one-year delay in the planned transfer of an F-16 fighter squadron from Eielson Air Force in Fairbanks to Anchorage. Sen. Lisa...Tags: Defense, National Defense Authorization Act, Sean Parnell, Armed Forces, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye Passes Away, Longtime Friend of Late Sen. Stevens
Channel 2 NewsSenator Daniel Inouye, of Hawaii, and longtime friend of the late Sen. Ted Stevens died Monday at the age of 88 after respiratory complications, according to his office. Sen. Inouye, D-HI, was a World War II veteran and served in the Senate since 1962...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Indigenous People, Ted Stevens, Politics, Human Interest
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