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U.S. to revise cigarette warning labels
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The U.S. government is abandoning a legal battle to require that cigarette packs carry a set of large and often macabre warning labels depicting the dangers of smoking and encouraging smokers to quit. Instead, the Food and...
Tags: Lawyers, Reynolds American Incorporated, U.S. Supreme Court, Justice System, Tobacco Products
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John Boehner on ‘This Week’; Paul Ryan on ‘Face the Nation’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelHouse Speaker John Boehner speaks at a Thursday press briefing on Capitol Hill. Photo credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED: The Sunday morning guest list: House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, talks to Martha Raddatz on ABC's “... -
Rand Paul calls on conservatives to embrace immigration reform
WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul is calling for conservatives to embrace the cause of immigration reform, outlining a proposal that would grant some form of legal status to the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants after the federal government has...Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, Migration, Elections, Illegal Immigrants
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Senators protest sequester cuts, shutdown threat looms
WASHINGTON — It was bound to happen: As the sequester budget cuts are felt around the country, lawmakers are having second thoughts — and trying to tinker with them in a way that could lead to a full-scale government shutdown. Senators...Tags: Washington, DC, Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Congress
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Obama must work with Paul Ryan
It's an odd-numbered year, which means this is when something might get done in Washington before next year's elections shut everything down. But for that to happen, it may require an odd political pairing: President Obama and Rep. Paul Ryan, the GOP's...Tags: Government Health Care, Budgets and Budgeting, Donald Trump, Medicare, Social Security
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Meat inspector furlough looms
LAS VEGAS - Sequestration could force the U.S. Department of Agriculture to furlough up to 6,000 meat inspectors for up to two weeks, plunging the meat industry into chaos and raising consumer prices, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Feb. 7 in...Tags: Biofuels, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Career and Workplace, Renewable Energy, Thad Cochran
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Charm offensive produces no Budget Battle breakthroughs
WASHINGTON (AP) — Over dinner at a swank hotel a few blocks from the White House, Republican senators wanted to know if President Barack Obama would support a gradual increase in the age of eligibility for Medicare, set at 65 since the program's...
Tags: Government Health Care, Washington, DC, Social Security, John Thune, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means
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Obama announces $2B alternative fuel research proposal
Tribune reportersPresident Barack Obama returned to Chicago Friday to push an energy policy aimed at weaning the country off of oil by using revenues from increased oil and gas production. In a roughly 20-minute speech at Argonne National Laboratory, Obama touched on...Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Petroleum Industry, Energy Resources, Science and Technology, Hybrid Vehicles
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Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Tom, Dick and Harriet' on Hallmark
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 17 - 23, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES My Big Redneck Vacation In Las Vegas, Doug...
Tags: Television Industry, Iraq War (2003-2011), Pakistan, Entertainment, Scott Walker
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Obama touts new energy trust at Argonne National Laboratory
With Washington in political gridlock over spending, President Barack Obama traveled Friday to Argonne National Laboratory to announce an energy proposal that would secure money for advanced vehicles by diverting federal revenue from offshore oil and...
Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Government Debt, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, State of the Union Address, Petroleum Industry
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Obama meets with House Republicans in effort to rebuild trust
WASHINGTON — President Obama delivered a pitch for cooperation, and even word of a new pope, as he met with House Republicans on Wednesday, the latest of a series of meetings in his attempt to reboot his relationship with Congress. The afternoon...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Government Debt, Michael Grimm, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Politics
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McManus: Sadder but wiser pols
President Obama took a posse of Republican senators to dinner last week, and this week he's giving Congress the unusual courtesy of no fewer than four presidential visits to Capitol Hill. Can a flurry of presidential schmoozing change Washington from...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Lindsey O. Graham, Kelly Ayotte, Mitch McConnell, Gun Control
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Mar 13, 2013
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