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May 24 2019
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Frustration boils over with Senate's 'legislative graveyard'
Senators are growing increasingly frustrated as legislative activity has slowed to a crawl during the first half of the year.
The Senate voted on two bills Thursday, breaking a nearly two-month drought during which Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has focused instead on judicial nominations, his top priority.
The lack of floor action has left lawmakers publicly complaining
The HillAug 12 2014
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Has the ‘Libertarian Moment’ Finally Arrived?
“Let’s say Ron Paul is Nirvana,” said Kennedy, the television personality and former MTV host, by way of explaining the sort of politician who excites libertarians like herself. “Like, the coolest, most amazing thing to come along in years, and the songs are nebulous but somehow meaningful, and the lead singer kills himself to preserve the band’s legacy.
“Then Rand Paul — he’s Pearl Jam
New York Times (News)Nov 05 2021
Headline Roundup
Biden Dismisses Idea Of Paying $450,000 To Immigrant Families Separated At Border
President Joe Biden on Wednesday dismissed a report from The Wall Street Journal that suggested his administration is considering paying immigrant families who were separated at the southern border around $450,000 a person, calling the story "garbage" and saying "that's not gonna happen." A White House spokeswoman later clarified that the president is “perfectly comfortable” with paying
New York Post (News) New York Times (News) ForbesJun 10 2015
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Burwell: Obama Won't Sign GOP Measure to Extend Health Subsidies
U.S. President Barack Obama would not sign a Republican plan to extend subsidies for buying insurance under Obamacare if the Supreme Court rules against such assistance in the pending King v. Burwell case, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell said on Wednesday.
The proposal, offered by Republican Senator Ron Johnson and has 31 Republican co-sponsors, would extend the
Newsmax (News)Jul 26 2019
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Democrats seize on Mueller hearings in election security push
Democrats calling for action on election security legislation got a boost from Robert Mueller this week after the former special counsel issued a dire warning to lawmakers about Russia’s intentions for 2020.
Mueller emphasized during Wednesday’s hearings that in addition to interfering in the 2016 presidential election, the Kremlin is laying the groundwork “as we sit here” for a repeat
The HillApr 09 2019
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Secret Service director is the latest casualty in DHS shake-up
A day after Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen abruptly resigned, the director of the Secret Service is out, too.
On Monday, the White House confirmed that Randolph “Tex” Alles, whom President Donald Trump appointed as director of the Secret Service in April 2017, would be leaving his post, after multiple media outlets reported that he had been ousted. The announcement comes
VoxJun 17 2019
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Inside Trump's plan to battle the 15 investigations facing him
Unlike most other candidates who face allegations of wrongdoing, he hopes to use them as part of a strategy that he hopes will help win him re-election.
President Donald Trump is facing a hurdle no other president has — an unprecedented onslaught of investigations into almost every recent organization he has led.
In California, investigators are examining some of the more than $
PoliticoAug 17 2014
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Seven arrested, 1 shot as police use tear gas on protesters defying Ferguson curfew
Police fired smoke and tear gas canisters early Sunday in an effort to disperse several dozen protesters who defied a curfew in a St. Louis suburb where a black teenager was fatally shot by a white police officer last week.
The Missouri Highway Patrol said that seven people were arrested and one man had been shot at the site of the protest in Ferguson, Mo. Missouri State Highway Patrol
Fox News (Online News)Sep 03 2012
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Convention vote expected to be unanimous for Obama
Unlike at the Republican convention, there will be no dissenting votes at the Democratic convention.
President Obama is slated to receive the vote of every single credentialed delegate attending the Democratic convention, party officials say.
The vote will be "unanimous," DNC communications director Brad Woodhouse confirmed in an email.
Though several perennial and long-
PoliticoApr 22 2021
Perspectives Blog
/Story of the Week: Derek Chauvin Found Guilty On All Charges In George Floyd's Death
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On Tuesday, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts in the May 2020 death of George Floyd, which sparked nationwide protests and riots against racism and police shootings. Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-
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