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GOP whip hopes to mend Heritage rift
Washington :: DC :: USA | 14 days ago
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A key member of House Speaker John Boehner's leadership team is hiring The Heritage Foundation's top Capitol Hill hand as his policy director, an appointment that could help bolster GOP leadership's rocky relationship with the party's right wing. The
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Legislators close in on Racial Justice Act repeal
Greensboro :: NC :: USA | 14 days ago
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Tuesday, Jun. 04, 2013 The legislature took another step Tuesday toward wiping out a signature law that allows convicted killers to be spared the death penalty if they can show court decisions tainted by racial bias. The 77-40 vote in the state House
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Americans for Prosperity Maine Expresses Disappointment in House Vote to Expand Medicaid
Millinocket :: ME :: USA | 15 days ago
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Americans for Prosperity -- Maine is expressing their disappointment over today's House vote in support of expanding Medicaid in Maine. The expansion would come as part of a "deal" wherein the federal government would pay for some of the coverage
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House debates measure boosting veterans' programs
Boston :: MA :: USA | 15 days ago
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The GOP-controlled House is advancing the first of 12 spending bills for the budget year beginning Oct. 1, a popular measure providing more money for veterans' programs, including health care. The boost for veterans comes even as the House marches
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Much chewing and spitting over gutka ban
New Delhi :: India | 15 days ago
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BJP stages walkout, Siddaramaiah sticks to his guns The Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, led by its floor leader Jagadish Shettar, on Tuesday staged a walkout in the Legislative Assembly when Chief Minister Siddaramaiah refused to heed to their
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Obama in San Jose to speak on 'Obamacare' Friday
San Jose :: CA :: USA | 15 days ago
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President Barack Obama will come to San Jose on Friday to tout California as proof that his "Obamacare" health care reforms are working. The White House on Tuesday announced the policy address, which follows the president's appearances Thursday at a
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Ohio Senate proposes more changes to state budget
Columbus :: OH :: USA | 15 days ago
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Ohio (AP) The latest version of Ohio's budget would send more money to schools and keep a provision that would effectively defund Planned Parenthood by putting it at the back of the line for public family planning money. The Senate Finance Committee
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House Republicans: God Told Us to Keep Boehner as Speaker
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 15 days ago
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Jun 4, 2013 Divine intervention saved John Boehner's speakership, according to a new Washington Post story detailing GOP infighting. You may recall that in the midst of the battle to avert the so-called fiscal cliff this year, House Republicans were
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House aims to speed vets' compensation for abuse
Boston :: MA :: USA | 15 days ago
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The House passed legislation Tuesday designed to make it easier for veterans to obtain financial compensation for injuries or illness linked to sexual abuse while in the military. About 4,000 veterans last year sought compensation from the federal
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Budgetary sleight of hand on sequester spending limits
Washington :: DC :: USA | 15 days ago
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House appropriators have moved us forward by agreeing to adhere to the limit of $966 billion for non-entitlement spending in 2014. This is the maximum amount the law would allow without having to make any across-the-board cuts in other words, no
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