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May 03 2019
News
Speaker Nancy Pelosi accuses Attorney General Barr of lying to Congress
US Speaker Nancy Pelosi has accused the Attorney General William Barr of lying to Congress.
Her comments came a day after Mr Barr's testimony to a Senate panel about Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russia's alleged meddling in 2016.
Mr Barr faced sharp questioning about his decision to clear President Donald Trump of obstruction of justice.
The top US law
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Jan 25 2013
Opinion
The pygmies vs. the Zulu warrior -- how Republicans missed a big opportunity with Clinton
Republican Senators and Congressmen thought they finally had a chance to cross-examine Secretary Clinton Wednesday on the Obama administrations failure to provide adequate security for our Benghazi consulate. They thought they could grill her about what happened both before the attacks that killed our ambassador and three others and the failure to mount rescue operations once the attacks
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Aug 22 2012
News
Akin Defies Calls to Step Down in TV Interviews
Representative Todd Akin on Wednesday morning took his case for staying in Missouris Senate race to the mainstream media he has blamed for his travails, telling both ABCs “Good Morning America and NBCs “Today show that his decision to defy his partys leadership and conservative cognoscenti was a stand for the Republican voters of the Show Me State.
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May 02 2019
News
Democrats blast Barr for missing hearing
House Democrats blasted Attorney General William Barr for refusing to appear at their hearing on Thursday — a day after much of the nation was transfixed on his testimony to the Senate on his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller's report.
Barr skipped the House Judiciary Committee hearing because he objected to Democratic demands that their staff counsel be able to question him.
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Mar 05 2016
News
Likely Supreme Court Nominee Judge Jane Kelly Is a True Moderate
Judge Jane Kelly, now being vetted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a potential Supreme Court nominee, has emerged as a leading contender to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Kelly may have the best chance of any nominee: she was confirmed to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in 2013 by a 96-0 vote; she is from Iowa, home state of Republican Charles Grassley, chairman of the
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Sep 22 2020
Perspectives Blog
Trump vs Biden: Criminal Justice Policy
This is the first of our "Trump vs Biden" Perspectives Blogs, in which we'll analyze and explain each candidate's positions on major issues leading up to the 2020 presidential election. This blog will examine each candidate's stances on matters pertaining to criminal justice.
Biden: Shift from incarceration to preventionIn the 1980s and 90s, Biden pushed for
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May 01 2019
News
Barr testifies about the Mueller investigation
Attorney General William P. Barr is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday to discuss special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.
The appearance is Barr’s first on Capitol Hill since he released a redacted version of Mueller’s 448-page report, which outlined unflattering conduct by President
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Oct 12 2013
News
Collapse: Shutdown talks break down on Capitol Hill
Talks between House Republicans and President Obama to end the government shutdown and avoid hitting the debt limit have collapsed, lawmakers said Saturday morning, leaving few paths out of a catastrophic budget crunch. “That’s over with. It’s done. They’re not talking anymore,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said as he opened his chamber.
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May 28 2015
News
Cool Mitch McConnell gets passionate — and pays
Mitch McConnell rarely goes out on a limb on issues that divide Senate Republicans. He’s more prone to sit back and listen, let his conference work out their differences — and only then assert his own views. But the majority leader ditched that dispassionate approach when it came time to renew the country’s anti-terrorism surveillance laws — he spoke out early and vociferously against
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Sep 06 2014
News
Obama Delays Immigration Action, Yielding to Democratic Concerns
President Obama has delayed action to reshape the nation’s immigration system without congressional approval until after the November elections, bowing to the concerns of Senate Democrats on the ballots, White House officials said on Saturday.
The decision is a striking reversal of Mr. Obama’s vow to take action on immigration soon after summer’s end. The president made that promise on
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