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An Alabama senator's lost cause
WASHINGTON — Not since George Wallace, perhaps, has an Alabamian taken as passionate a stand for a lost cause as the one Jeff Sessions is taking now. Bipartisan immigration legislation is making its way inexorably through the Senate Judiciary...Tags: Personal Income, Migration, Dick Durbin, Jeff Sessions, Republican Party
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For Nappier And Other Activists, Only A Moral Victory in Dimon Vote At JPMorgan Chase
Shareholder activists including state Treasurer Denise L. Nappier, who tried to force JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon to give up his chairman post, will have to be satisfied with a moral victory. Their bid fell short Tuesday at the company's...Tags: Jamie Dimon, NYSE Euronext, Inc., Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, Politics, The Walt Disney Co.
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Senate panel votes to provide weapons to Syrian rebels battling Assad regime
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel voted on Tuesday to provide weapons to rebels battling the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad, the first time lawmakers have endorsed the aggressive U.S. military step of arming the opposition in the 2-year-...Tags: Bashar Assad, John McCain, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions
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Immigration reform bill heads to full Senate
WASHINGTON — A sweeping bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation’s immigration system headed to the Senate floor after a key committee approved it Tuesday, but not before tilting the bill to the political right with amendments designed to...Tags: Career and Workplace, Migration, Jeff Sessions, Politics, Gays and Lesbians
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Ott beats Browning for Lehigh County executive nomination
The Lehigh County conservative fiscal movement got a boost Tuesday as Republican voters nominated Scott Ott for county executive. Ott easily cleared the primary hurdle, grabbing 56 percent of the unofficial votes to Browning's 44 percent with 88 percent...Tags: Don Cunningham, Elections, Politics, Corporate Officers, Binney and Smith
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Senate votes to make small cut to food stamps in farm bill
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted Tuesday to keep a $400 million annual cut — or roughly a half of 1 percent — to the food stamp program as part of a major five-year farm bill. Food stamps now cost almost $80 billion annually and are...Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Debbie Stabenow, Washington, DC, Agriculture, Republican Party
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Apple in the hot seat: Expect tough questioning at tax hearing
WASHINGTON -- Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook and other company officials will be in a legendary hot seat Tuesday as they try to defend the company's tax practices -- in front of Sen. Carl Levin. The veteran Michigan Democrat chairs the Senate's...
Tags: Tim Cook, Abusive Behavior, Apple Inc., Republican Party, John McCain
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At heart of IRS scandal: flawed 501(c)(4) rules
Congress passes laws and usually the appropriate agency can write regulations implementing the law. However, the regulations cannot contradict the law. Nevertheless, with respect to the tax law provision 501(c)(4), that is exactly what happened. Under...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Republican Party, Politics, Interior Policy, Judges
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Walker Delivers Pep Talk To State GOP
The Hartford Courant— Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin and hero to conservatives across the nation for his efforts to quash public employee unions, delivered a pep talk to Connecticut Republicans Monday night. Walker reminded the crowd at the state GOP's...Tags: Religion and Belief, Philosophy, Republican Party, Politics, Barack Obama
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Union of federal workers opposes immigration bill
WASHINGTON — Senators pushed forward Monday with changes to a sweeping immigration overhaul over the objections of a union of immigration officers that announced its opposition to the bill. The legislation, written by a bipartisan group of...
Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Career and Workplace, Dianne Feinstein, Migration, Jeff Sessions
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RNC chairman on impeachment: 'There's a few chapters before we get to the last one'
Associated PressCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Republican National Committee chairman and a leading conservative, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, urged caution Monday for Republican critics calling for President Barack Obama's impeachment, but would not rule out impeachment...Tags: Denis R. McDonough, Internal Revenue Service, Republican Party, Politics, Barack Obama
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Toomey, Casey to grill officials on IRS controversy
WASHINGTON – Pennsylvania's two U.S. senators both worry the controversy surrounding the Internal Revenue Service could slow progress in an already divisive and stymied Washington. Democrat Bob Casey and Republican Pat Toomey spoke out Monday...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Republican Party, Politics, Barack Obama, Finance
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