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    May 23, 2013 |Column| Tribune Media Services

  1. Rape and winning

    Robert Koehler
    Maybe the problem is that rape is an extension of military culture. And it's metastasizing, even as legislation to address it stays trapped in congressional subcommittee. Scandals and outrage come and go, but rape is ever-present. In 2011, a Pentagon...

    Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Military, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Kirsten Gillibrand

    2. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Democrats seeking office have their eye on Sacramento

    WASHINGTON — Early this year, Leticia Perez and her husband flew here for a whirlwind 48 hours. The couple dined at the Italian Embassy, visited the Lincoln Memorial and joined the crowd on the National Mall watching as President Obama was inaugurated for a second term.
    WASHINGTON — Early this year, Leticia Perez and her husband flew here for a whirlwind 48 hours. The couple dined at the Italian Embassy, visited the Lincoln Memorial and joined the crowd on the National Mall watching as President Obama was...

    Tags: Kevin de Leon, Parties and Movements, Democratic Party, U.S. Senate, MSNBC (tv network)

    3. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Sexual assaults in military: 'Little monsters' now in charge

    Paula Coughlin was grocery shopping in Jacksonville, Fla., when I caught up with her on the phone this week. If anyone has an interesting perspective on the U.S. military’s absurd inability to deal with sexual assault, it’s Coughlin. She is the former Navy lieutenant who blew the lid off the tawdry goings on at the 1991 gathering of Naval aviators known as the Tailhook Assn. Symposium.
    Paula Coughlin was grocery shopping in Jacksonville, Fla., when I caught up with her on the phone this week. If anyone has an interesting perspective on the U.S. military’s absurd inability to deal with sexual assault, it’s Coughlin. She is...

    Tags: U.S. Military, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Department of Defense, Lotteries, Assault

    4. May 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. House Speaker Boehner unlikely to support Internet sales tax bill

    WASHINGTON — House Speaker John A. Boehner said he probably won't support legislation allowing states to require that larger retailers collect sales taxes on Internet purchases.
    WASHINGTON — House Speaker John A. Boehner said he probably won't support legislation allowing states to require that larger retailers collect sales taxes on Internet purchases. And a key House committee chairman said his panel would take a...

    Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Justice System, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, E-Commerce Industry

    5. May 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Military sex crime record should bring shame

    Maybe, in the end, we will thank Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinksi, head of the Air Force’s Sexual Assault Prevention Unit, who was arrested on suspicion of sexual battery early Sunday after a woman reported he drunkenly approached her in a parking lot and grabbed her breasts and buttocks.
    Maybe, in the end, we will thank Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinksi, head of the Air Force’s Sexual Assault Prevention Unit, who was arrested on suspicion of sexual battery early Sunday after a woman reported he drunkenly approached her in a parking lot and...

    Tags: U.S. Military, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Senate, Kirsten Gillibrand, White House

    6. May 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Key lawmaker: House will be 'more thoughtful' on Internet sales tax

    WASHINGTON -- A key House committee chairman said his panel would take a "more thoughtful" approach to legislation allowing states to force retailers to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases.
    WASHINGTON -- A key House committee chairman said his panel would take a "more thoughtful" approach to legislation allowing states to force retailers to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases. His comments signaled that momentum from Monday's easy...

    Tags: Global Expansion, Justice System, Finance, Politics, Bob Goodlatte

    7. May 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Senate OKs Internet sales tax

    WASHINGTON — The Senate gave strong bipartisan approval to landmark legislation that could largely lead to the end of the nation's decades-long Internet sales tax holiday.
    WASHINGTON — The Senate gave strong bipartisan approval to landmark legislation that could largely lead to the end of the nation's decades-long Internet sales tax holiday. Now the issue shifts to the more skeptical, Republican-controlled House,...

    Tags: Parties and Movements, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Dick Durbin, Justice System, Bob Goodlatte

    8. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Climate change causes prostitution? Rep. Barbara Lee explains

    Climate change is causing glaciers to melt, heat waves to become more intense, species to become extinct and low-lying island nations like Tuvalu to disappear altogether. To <a href="http://climate.nasa.gov/effects">this list of calamities</a>, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee has added another: Climate change could force more women to become prostitutes.
    Climate change is causing glaciers to melt, heat waves to become more intense, species to become extinct and low-lying island nations like Tuvalu to disappear altogether. To this list of calamities, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee has added another: Climate...

    Tags: Democratic Party, Steve Israel, Raul Grijalva, Malaria, Earth Day

    9. Apr 25, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  9. Officials: Review Merchant Marine Academy's sex-harassment policies

    Newsday
    Two members of Congress have asked for a review of the sexual assault and harassment prevention policies and reporting procedures established by the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point. The congressional request, from Reps. Elijah E. Cummings...

    Tags: Elijah E. Cummings, U.S. Congress, United States Merchant Marine Academy, Assault, Environmental Issues

    10. Mar 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Obama wraps up his three-day Capitol Hill tour

    WASHINGTON&nbsp;-- After a rough-and-tumble meeting with House Republicans&nbsp;earlier in the week, President Obama wrapped up his Capitol Hill tour Thursday with friendlier crowds in the House and Senate, &nbsp;even as lawmakers signaled opposition to his budget proposals and revealed the deep divide that could prevent a deficit-reduction deal.
    WASHINGTON -- After a rough-and-tumble meeting with House Republicans earlier in the week, President Obama wrapped up his Capitol Hill tour Thursday with friendlier crowds in the House and Senate,  even as lawmakers signaled opposition to his budget...

    Tags: Parties and Movements, Pete Sessions, Barack Obama, Budgets and Budgeting, Justice System

    11. Oct 25, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. Duckworth criticizes Walsh on abortion

    Democrat Tammy Duckworth today campaigned with a California congresswoman who said she had to have an abortion to save her life as part of Duckworth's ongoing effort to highlight her differences with Republican Rep. Joe Walsh.
    Clout Street
    Democrat Tammy Duckworth today campaigned with a California congresswoman who said she had to have an abortion to save her life as part of Duckworth's ongoing effort to highlight her differences with Republican Rep. Joe Walsh. The appearance with...

    Tags: Joe Walsh, Abortion, Social Issues, U.S. Senate, Joe Walsh

    12. Jan 21, 2012 |Story| Daily Pilot

  12. Steinberg: Steriods not for sports

    Warren Moon, the late coach Bill Walsh, Ken Dorsey and I testified before the California Senate and Assembly several years back supporting a bill by State Senator Jackie Speier to ban steroids and dangerous supplements from high school students and...

    Tags: Football, Drugs and Medicines, Weightlifting, Baseball, Politics

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