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What to get for the political dad who has everything
What do political dads really want on Father's Day? I'm not a political dad. So all I'd like is a pair of leopard-print spandex bike shorts and a Big Wheel Sidewalk Screamer, that I may go on bike rides with the mayor of Chicago. But what do political...
Tags: Illinois Governor, National Security Agency, Crime, Law and Justice, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Father's Day
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Farming: June is . . . a mess
Less than a generation ago, June meant the end of school, the beginning of summer and the arrival of Dairy Month. Now, somehow, June has become the Golf Channel’s official Pace of Play Month, LGBT Pride Month (you can look that up) and Farm Bill...Tags: John Thune, Relief and Aid Organizations, POLITICO LLC, Elections, U.S. Senate
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Senate passes farm bill, moving debate to House
WASHINGTON (AP) - The last time Congress passed a farm bill, Democrats had control of the House and the food stamp program was about half the size it is today. That was five years ago. Conservatives calling for an overhaul of the domestic food aid...Tags: Peanuts, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Elections, Thad Cochran, Tom Coburn
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Laying odds on immigration bill's future
The immigration debate that began this week in the Senate looms as the most consequential in years - for the country's growing Hispanic population and both major political parties. The bill's fate could have more effect on future presidential and...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, John Cornyn, Labor Legislation
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Newtown families push for gun control, go back to Congress
WASHINGTON — Although the drive for tougher gun controls has faded into the background, families of victims in the Newtown school shooting returned to the Capitol on Wednesday to show they are not giving up. Advocacy groups on both sides of the...
Tags: Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Laws, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Crime, Law and Justice
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Debt-limit fight heats up with Pay Your Bills measure
WASHINGTON — As Congress readied for a new battle over raising the debt limit, Sen. Barbara Boxer announced legislation that would prevent lawmakers from being paid if they do not increase the nation's borrowing authority. "It is an American value...
Tags: Labor Day, Budget Control Act of 2011, Labor Markets, Economy, Business and Finance, Financial and Business Services
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Extent of snooping likely too invasive
The question of whether the government has gone too far or if such measures are necessary is hard to answer unless we know the full extent of what is being collected, why it is being collected and what the government will do with the intelligence....Tags: White House, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama
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Is collecting phone records an outrage?
A few weeks ago, the Obama administration found itself under attack from Republicans as well as journalists for its handling of an investigation of a leak to the Associated Press about an al-Qaida operation. It seems the Justice Department had gone to...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Verizon Communications, National Security Agency, Justice System, Lindsey O. Graham
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NSA debate pits far left, right against the middle
WASHINGTON (AP) — Revelations of massive government collections of Americans' phone and email records have reinvigorated an odd-couple political alliance of the far left and right. A number of Democratic civil liberties activists, along with...
Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), National Security Agency, National Government, Civil Rights, Laws
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Senate opens debate on immigration overhaul
WASHINGTON — With an overwhelming vote, the Senate on Tuesday launched debate on an ambitious overhaul of the nation's immigration laws, as Republicans, most of whom have not yet embraced the effort, declined to stand in the way of bringing it to...Tags: Personal Data Collection, Laws, Lindsey O. Graham, Marco Rubio, Crime, Law and Justice
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Snowden's leak of NSA secrets reveals deeper problem
Please. Let's stop focusing on the overpaid, tormented young man who last week revealed the National Security Agency's Power Point Plan for Total Electronic World Domination. Let's focus instead on what our nation's wiretapping agency has actually...
Tags: Social Media, Edward Snowden, September 11, 2001 Attacks, AOL LLC, National Security Agency
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Attacking Edward Snowden misses the bigger problem
Please. Let’s stop focusing on the overpaid, tormented young man who last week revealed the National Security Administration’s Power Point Plan for Total Electronic World Domination. Let’s focus instead on what our nation’s...
Tags: Social Media, Edward Snowden, September 11, 2001 Attacks, AOL LLC, National Security Agency
Jun 16, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jun 15, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
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Jun 12, 2013
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|Column| Chicago Tribune
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Jun 12, 2013
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Jun 11, 2013
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Jun 11, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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