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NOAA head retiring after $44 million misused
CNNThe director of the National Weather Service announced his sudden retirement last week after an audit of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationthat found $43.8 million in performance awards to contractors granted without proper justification....Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Jane Lubchenco, Corporate Officers
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U.S. Senate cloture motion approved 62-37, clearing way to Aponte confirmation
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelUpdated 2:18 p.m. 06/14/12 with comments from Sen. Marco Rubio. Two years after Mari Carmen Aponte was nominated to be U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, the U.S. Senate is ready to confirm her to that post. Aponte's nomination has been on hold but a 62-37... -
Lugar's parting words: Part defense, part warning
As soon as 36-year Senate veteran Richard Lugar finished his concession speech Tuesday, he walked off the stage, out the back door and into his car. But he left behind something unusual and -- in the annals of politics -- somewhat extraordinary. Lugar...
Tags: Immigration, Republican Party, Politics, Philosophy, Richard Lugar
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From Sun Magazine: First look -- 'VEEP' set visit
It's a cold, gray Friday afternoon in a dark and drafty concrete warehouse at an industrial park in Columbia. Not exactly the setting in which anyone would expect to find glamour, wit or the next big thing in pop culture.
But through a series of doors...Tags: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, United Nations, Hillary Clinton, Reid Scott, Comedy (genre)
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For Republicans, moderation is the only vice
Meet Nathan Fletcher, candidate for mayor of San Diego. He will lose, at least if the polls are right. But he has raised a minor stir through a video posted online a few days back. In it, he explains his decision to leave the Republican Party and...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, Personal Weapon Control, Nathan Fletcher, Same-Sex Marriage, Tea Party Movement
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Republicans block Senate proposal to keep student loan rates low
Los Angeles Times & Q13 FOX News OnlineThe political battle over President Obama’s plan to keep student loan interest rates from skyrocketing escalated Tuesday as Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic proposal to tax wealthier earners to pay for it. Republicans stopped the effort...Tags: Loans, Money and Monetary Policy, Republican Party, Politics, Mitch McConnell
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Memo to the GOP: Not everyone is a conservative
As the four surviving Republican presidential aspirants fight over which of them is the "true" conservative, are any of them aware that millions of moderates and, yes, quite a few liberals will also be voting in November?
The views emanating from the...Tags: Richard Lugar, Tea Party Movement, Parties and Movements, Elections, Rick Santorum
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Thinking about Congress
Sure we know we have a presidential election coming up in November but there's plenty at stake in the races for Congress — and what that will mean for continued gridlock. All the members of the House are up for election and here in Michigan,...Tags: Bill Clinton, Thomas Mann, The Washington Post, Joe Scarborough, Richard Lugar
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The purge of bipartisans continues
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelThe latest casualty is Indiana's Richard Lugar, the longest serving Republican in the U.S. Senate. He got his hat handed to him Tuesday in the state's Republican primary, losing 60-39 to an opponent who attacked him for unpardonable sins like voting for... -
GOP foe of reason
Meet Nathan Fletcher, candidate for mayor of San Diego. He will lose, at least if the polls are right. But he has raised a minor stir through a video posted online a few days back. In it, he explains his decision to leave the Republican Party and...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Nathan Fletcher, Same-Sex Marriage, Entertainment Events, Tea Party Movement
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: GOP, that great enemy of reason
Leonard PittsMeet Nathan Fletcher, candidate for mayor of San Diego. He will lose, at least if the polls are right. But he has raised a minor stir through a video posted online a few days back. In it, he explains his decision to leave the Republican Party and...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Nathan Fletcher, Personal Weapon Control, Same-Sex Marriage, Tea Party Movement
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Senators hail Mikulski's milestone in Congress
Associated PressOne by one, Republicans and Democrats recognized a singular achievement by a singular woman — U.S.Sen. Barbara Mikulski, now the longest-serving female member of Congress. The Maryland Democrat reached that milestone Saturday. So on her 12,892th...Tags: Kay Bailey Hutchison, Republican Party, Politics, Democratic Party, Science and Technology
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