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Progress on immigration
Just when Washington looked like it was completely preoccupied with the scandals, real and imaginary, swirling around the White House, a group of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate managed the unexpected (and, these days, extraordinary): They...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Crime, Law and Justice, Parties and Movements, Social Issues, Immigration
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Citadel's Kenneth Griffin exposes 'cronyism,' causes a stir at Economic Club
Citadel LLC founder Kenneth Griffin named and shamed local corporations that have taken tax incentives from the financially strapped state in a speech to a prominent Chicago business group. "The last election cycle I called a local CEO to talk to him...
Tags: Al Gore, Political Corruption, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, CNBC (tv network)
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Rep. Issa tested by the spotlight
WASHINGTON — During the 2010 campaign, Rep. Brad Sherman, a Democrat from Sherman Oaks, joked, "Every time I try to encourage the White House to do more to help us elect Democrats to the House of Representatives, I send them a picture of Darrell...
Tags: Tom Davis, Labor Legislation, Arts and Culture, Social Sciences, Parties and Movements
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Policy pits candy against sugar
Some of Baltimore's best-known candy makers are pressing Congress to overturn a decades-old sugar policy they say is leaving a bad taste in their mouth. Goetze's Candy Co., Wockenfuss Candies and others want lawmakers to rethink long-standing...
Tags: National Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Business, Globalization, Conservation
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Ken Griffin calls Illinois tax incentives cronyism
Tribune staff reporterCitadel founder Kenneth Griffin named and shamed local corporations that have taken tax incentives from the state’s financially strapped government in a Monday evening speech to a prominent Chicago business group. "The last election cycle I called...Tags: Political Corruption, Pat Quinn, Google Inc., Chicago Mayor, CNBC (tv network)
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Dems' Senate campaigns marked by internal battles
ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections. Two top-tier Democratic prospects recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota,...
Tags: Mark Pryor, Crime, Law and Justice, Parties and Movements, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Jack Kingston
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Top item on Obama's agenda: damage control
As it must come to all American presidents, it seems, Barack Obama's policy agenda is being crowded out of the headlines by the imperative of damage control against administration scandal. The allegations of incompetence or worse in the IRS' targeting...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, U.S. Senate
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Nancy Pelosi - 'I'm proudly liberal'
Financial TimesNancy Pelosi is beaming as she bustles into the House of Representatives dining room on Capitol Hill, which combines the busyness of a staff cafeteria with the grace of a late 19th-century reception room. A large painting of George Washington on the...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Health Care Reform (2009), Healthy Diet, Social Issues, Parties and Movements
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'Maldonado for governor' off to a bad start
SACRAMENTO — It seemed like a fairly good idea at the time — the idea of Abel Maldonado running for governor. He wasn't going to win. But neither would he be a Republican embarrassment. There was no Republican in sight with even a faint...Tags: George H.W. Bush, Crime, Law and Justice, Jerry Brown, Parties and Movements, Abusive Behavior
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Democrats seeking office have their eye on Sacramento
WASHINGTON — Early this year, Leticia Perez and her husband flew here for a whirlwind 48 hours. The couple dined at the Italian Embassy, visited the Lincoln Memorial and joined the crowd on the National Mall watching as President Obama was...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice, Jackie Speier, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements
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Civil War divided Lehigh Valley
Democrats of the Lehigh Valley opposed the Republican administration's war. They were suspicious of the shifting justifications for it. They weren't interested in fighting to free anyone. They denounced the president's restrictions on civil liberties....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Parties and Movements, Battle of Antietam, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Walorski, Upton vote to repeal health care law
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Jimtown, was among 227 House Republicans and two House Democrats to vote Thursday to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. The vote was 229-195 in favor of repeal. Four Democrats...
Tags: Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, U.S. Congress
May 22, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 22, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
May 21, 2013
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May 21, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 21, 2013
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May 20, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
May 20, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 20, 2013
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May 19, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
May 17, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 16, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 17, 2013
|Story| South Bend Tribune
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