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The big splash FBI agents made Feb. 9 when they simultaneously served subpoenas across the state in their campaign contribution investigation of power broker Harvey Whittemore was designed to interview witnesses before they had a chance to get their stor
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In this Feb. 13, 2012, photo, a gas station attendant pumps gas, in Portland, Ore. At an average of $3.51 a gallon, gas is up 23 percent since Jan. 1. And experts say motorists could pay a record $4.25 a gallon by late April. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) Here
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he’s going to recommend the White House make recess appointments of all 90 outstanding executive nominees if the GOP doesn’t cooperate with him on confirmation through the Senate's advise and consent function. "If s
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Now that the 112th Senate’s second session is taking its first recess, this is an ideal moment to analyze lower federal court judicial selection. The bench experiences 84 vacancies in the 858 appellate and district court judgeships, three of which are in
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“Team Rubio” -- U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s campaign staff -- is turning perceived jabs from the news media and Democrats into a fundraising tool to draw conservative money. “For months, we've been warning you that the Democrats, led by President Obama himse
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This is curious because, before Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he had no intention of bringing a budget to the floor this year, Senate Budget Chairman Kent Conrad signaled that he did intend to produce a budget. Now, he says Democrats have had a
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Man is not here to serve the Earth, as “radical environmentalists” seem to believe said Santorum on “Face the Nation” on CBS. It’s the other way around – the Earth is here to provide man with resources which he needs to use wisely. The GOP presidential a
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"It's been more than 1,000 days, and we wonder what kind of financial mess we're in," Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) said Monday on FOX News. "When Harry Reid and the senators there in the United States Senate won't even pass a budget, won't even discuss, de
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The most mundane man in Washington puts his finger on the prevailing mood. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , fed up with the Republicans blocking judicial nominees, says they are being “being held up out of spite.” Spite, malice, resentment increasingl
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Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) -- A Moroccan immigrant was charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction in a suicide bombing at the U.S. Capitol. Amine El Khalifi, 29, of Alexandria, Virginia, was arrested yesterday in a parking garage near the Capit
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A month after Congress backed away from legislation that would have given government unprecedented power over the Internet, the Senate is preparing to fast-track another bill that would regulate cyberspace. The Hill reported last week that Majority Leade
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Many Republican House members, and the bloggers and tea partiers who cheered their victory in gaining a majority in November 2010, seem to be seething with discontent and eager for confrontation. They believe, reasonably, that that victory represented a
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Many Republican House members, and the bloggers and tea partiers who cheered their victory in gaining a majority in November 2010, seem to be seething with discontent and eager for confrontation. They believe, reasonably, that that victory represented a
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WASHINGTONAs Congress neared the end of session in December 2010, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand met with a key Republican who was blocking the Zadroga 9/11 health bill.During that 20-minute meeting in his Russell Senate Building office, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla
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In February 2009 — having signed into law his $787 billion stimulus package — President Barack Obama made a pledge to the nation. “Contrary to the prevailing wisdom in Washington these past few years,” the president noted, “we cannot simply spend as we p
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When asked about Congress' really horrible recent poll numbers with only ten percent approval and eighty two percent disapproval, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor couldn't give Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace a straight answer about why they're so lo
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It was a rainy day at the Capitol building as Republican and Democrat lawmakers gathered to ceremoniously mark the occasion of a historic bipartisan compromise. The two parties put partisan politics aside to work together on a bill that would have seen t
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What Keith failed to report is that it was Democrat Tom Harkin who had been threatening a filibuster in this case, requiring a little last minute arm twisting from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to move forward. One would think that as she sa
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