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In Race to Fill John Kerry's Seat, Little Talk on Policy
Boston :: MA :: USA | 7 hours ago
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For an election that was supposed to be about the big issues of the day, the special election in Massachusetts to fill the Senate seat vacated by John Kerry seems to be about everything but. John Wilcox/Boston Herald, via Associated Press This race
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Wall says party to revisit policy on abolition
Saskatoon :: Canada | 7 hours ago
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Premier Brad Wall said Friday that he thinks abolishing Canada's Senate is more likely than reforming it and that his Sask...I think abolition is also difficult, but it's more doable than reform. And I think it's reflective of what Canadians are
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Gov. Scott targeted local projects in many of his $368 million of vetoes
Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | 8 hours ago
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Florida lawmakers sprinkled the new state budget with projects to take to the folks back home. But when Gov. Rick Scott issued $368 million in budget vetoes this week, he raised pointed questions about whether Florida taxpayers should pay for local
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Ill. Dems: Deal would keep school funding level
Springfield :: MO :: USA | 9 hours ago
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Ill. (AP) House and Senate Democrats said Friday they've agreed on a proposed Illinois budget that avoids another cut to education funding and immediately pays bills owed to human services providers, including those who help the mentally ill,
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Sex education bill for Nevada schools dies
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | 9 hours ago
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Legislation to create a new medically-accurate, age-appropriate sex education program for Nevada schools died quietly on the state Senate secretary's desk Friday. Assembly Bill 230 needed Senate approval Friday to stay alive under the Legislature's
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Okla. Legislature tries to leave one week early
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | 10 hours ago
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Oklahoma House members worked late Friday to wrap up a legislative session that saw Gov. Mary Fallin advance her agenda to reduce taxes and overhaul the state workers' compensation system. State senators went home at midday, but House members worked
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Menendez: We don't have 60 votes
Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 hours ago
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One of the chief authors of the Senate's Gang of Eight immigration bill is still hunting around for 60 votes in his chamber. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) said in an interview set to be aired Sunday that the Gang of Eight does not have the votes
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Republican rips Obama for meeting with illegal immigrants, icing out officer union
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 11 hours ago
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Published May 24, 2013 FoxNews.com A top Republican lawmaker blasted President Obama after he held an Oval Office meeting this week with illegal immigrants, despite having ignored recent requests for a sit-down from the union representing immigration
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Five things to love about Canada's Senate
Quebec :: Canada | 11 hours ago
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As the Senate-expenses affair rocks Parliament Hill, it seems the right moment to point out some of the red chamber's redeeming qualities...Here are five (and-a-half) good things about the Canadian Senate: 1...Sen. Romeo Dallaire, a retired
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Capitol Alert: California Senate votes to regulate e-cigarettes
Asheboro :: NC :: USA | 14 hours ago
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May 24, 2013 Electronic cigarettes would be subject to the same prohibitions as regular cigarettes under a bill passed Friday by the Senate. Perhaps you've had this experience: you're sitting in a bar and you see what appears to be someone smoking a
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