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White House fights back on IRS as GOP keeps up pressure
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON — A senior White House aide insisted Sunday that President Obama learned only from news reports that an IRS office had singled out dozens of tea party organizations and other conservative groups for questionable scrutiny, while...Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, White House, ABC (tv network), Mitch McConnell
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Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: 'Doctor Who'
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 19 - 25, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies   -------------------- SERIES Doctor Who The Doctor's (Matt Smith)...
Tags: Afghanistan, Politics, Dave Camp, Jason Chaffetz, Bob Menendez
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GOP rejects gay marriage, asks Supreme Court to uphold Prop. 8
Republican leaders unanimously approved a resolution Friday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Proposition 8, the measure under court review that forbids same-sex marriage in California. The Republican National Committee “affirms its...
Tags: Reince Priebus, Social Issues, Politics, Gays and Lesbians, Barack Obama
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Sen. Mark Kirk announces support for same-sex marriage
WASHINGTON — Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) on Tuesday announced that he supports gay marriage, joining a growing list of U.S. senators who offer such support. "When I climbed the Capitol steps in January, I promised myself that I would return to the...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice, Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy Repeal (2010), U.S. Congress
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Supreme Court gay marriage debate prompts lawmakers to state support
WASHINGTON -- Six Democratic senators have announced their support for same-sex marriage in nearly as many days, policy reversals that reflect the changing politics of the issue as the Supreme Court hears arguments in potential landmark cases. Since...
Tags: Jon Tester, Social Issues, Politics, Gays and Lesbians, Mark Pryor
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At Supreme Court, gay marriage comes full circle
It is the hottest ticket in the country. On Tuesday morning, only a lucky few will be inside the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the historic arguments over whether California’s gay marriage ban is constitutional. Among the 400 courtroom spectators...
Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, George W. Bush, U.S. Congress, Justice System
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Chief Justice Roberts' lesbian cousin hopes for gay marriage win
SAN FRANCISCO – For Ohio senator Rob Portman, knowing that his son was gay helped change Portman's mind. For President Obama, talking with gay White House staffers and learning that his daughters’ friends had same-sex parents proved...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Medical Research
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Daum: Cure for homophobia? It's personal
The other day, I stumbled across a conversation about homosexuality on a local Christian radio station. There were three people talking, and after the predictable hemming and hawing about loving the sinner and hating the sin (though in this case, the...
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Social Issues, Gays and Lesbians, Discrimination
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Fuming over the assault weapons ban's failure
To say that that the preponderance of letters we receive on assault weapons call for their ban wouldn't be an exaggeration. So when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Tuesday that the ban proposed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein wouldn't be brought to...
Tags: Politics, Interior Policy, U.S. Congress, Weaponry, Harvey Milk
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Hillary Clinton, Portman and gay marriage: What took her so long?
L.A. NOWI’m sorry, did I miss something? Is Hillary Clinton, the Democrats’ presumptive 2016 presidential nominee, just now coming out now in support of gay marriage? How weird. How is it possible that Sen. Rob Portman, a Republican stalwart who... -
Hillary Rodham Clinton announces support for same-sex marriage
WASHINGTON – Hillary Rodham Clinton, free to dip her toe in the water of domestic politics after four years as the nation’s chief diplomat, joined other leading Democrats in endorsing same-sex marriage. Clinton’s announcement –...
Tags: Barack Obama, Social Issues, Gays and Lesbians, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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GOP Sen. Rob Portman announces support for same-sex marriage
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio has become one of the most prominent elected Republicans to announce his support for same-sex marriage, a "change of heart" that he said began when his son told him that he was gay. Portman, who was on Mitt Romney'...
Tags: Politics, Social Issues, Gays and Lesbians, Barack Obama, Religion and Belief
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