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13 hrs ago | Stars and Stripes

Pentagon wants $450M for Guantanamo prison

In this Jan. 14, 2011, file photo human rights activists, hooded and wearing orange prison garb to represent prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, demonstrate in front of the White House in Washington because the prison has not been closed down by President Obama.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Cuba, World News, US News, Guantanamo Bay, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat

20 hrs ago | Politico

Dem: Benghazi turns 'witch hunt'

Republican lawmakers have turned the investigations of the Benghazi attack into a "political witch hunt," the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee said today.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Martha Roby, Howard McKeon, Democrat, Hillary Clinton

Wed May 15, 2013

Fox News

Lawmakers outraged as claims against American soldier said to include sexual assault, prostitution

The allegations against the latest military official accused of sexual assault include claims that he may have arranged for a woman to engage in prostitution, sources say.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, US Politics, US News, Claire McCaskill, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, US House of Representatives

Mon May 13, 2013

Anniston Star

Hot Blast: Scandals and longevity

Just past the 100-day mark of its second term, the Obama administration is feeling the rushing wind of scandal.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Darrell Issa, Dianne Feinstein, Opinion

Sun May 12, 2013

Breitbart.com

Wallace Responds To Dem Rep's Attack On Benghazi Talking Points: 'I'm Not A Potted Plant'

It's clear that Rep. Adam Smith had an aggressive strategy for his appearance on "Fox News Sunday" for a segment on the emerging scandal and cover-up surrounding the alteration of talking points for Amb.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, US Politics, Democrat, US News, Terrorism

CBS News

Lawmakers decry "outrageous" IRS conduct as targeting scandal deepens

Amid a rising tide of outrage following revelations that the IRS targeted conservative tea party groups for excessive review of their tax-exempt status during the 2012 elections, the besieged tax agency found few defenders on Sunday, with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle condemning the practice and demanding further investigation.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Dennis Kucinich, Republican, Darrell Issa, Mike Rogers

Crooks and Liars

Sunday Morning Bobblehead Thread

There are 436 representatives and 100 senators in Congress today. The Washington press corps is comprised of several dozens of reporters.

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Related Topix: Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler, US Politics, Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Cathy McMorris, Democrat, Capitol Hill (Washington, DC)

Washington Times

Rep. Adam Smith: GOP obsessed with Benghazi

The senior Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee says Republican obsession over the White House 's handling of the inquiry into last year's deadly attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya , is hurting the investigation.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, Mike Rogers

Free Republic

Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 12 May 2013

FOX NEWS SUNDAY : Reps. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., and Adam Smith, D-Wash.; Rep.-elect Mark Sanford, R-S.C. MEET THE PRESS : Reps.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, Mike Rogers, Darrell Issa, Representative Adam Kinzinger, World News, Africa, Libya

Thu May 09, 2013

Salem-News.com

Lawmakers Not Stoked About Protecting State's Pot Laws

LEGALIZE POT: Demonstrators demand the legalization of cannabis as they walk in downtown Washington, D.C., on July 4, 2009.

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Related Topix: Marijuana, US News, US Politics, Rick Larsen, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Jim McDermott, Republican, Dana Rohrabacher

Hot Air

House Armed Service chair denied access to Benghazi files

One question left mainly unaddressed by yesterday's hearing on Benghazi - and by others, as well - is the lack of preparation by the Obama administration and the US military for the potential for attack in Benghazi.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Howard McKeon, Republican

Free Republic

Some progressives viewed Theodore Roosevelt as a socialist, in his day

It was economic government by anybody's economic philosophy, though it was supposed to be controlled by immutable laws of political economy that must in the end produce harmony.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, US Politics, Democrat, US News

Wed May 08, 2013

Daily Kos

Grotesquely Misshapen South Carolina Congressional District 1

An elongated figure lies prone against the Atlantic Coast , rising from its middle a freakish twisted, wandering sort of stupendously giant penis ... are its twisted contortions and monstrous proportions pointing at the Appalachian Trail? A gerrymandered prick.

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Related Topix: Mark Sanford, US Governors, Dick Cheney, US News, Prison, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Liberal Political News

Tue May 07, 2013

The Highline Times

Congressman Smith tells Highline College town hall strong middle class is key to economy

A strong middle class is the key to a strong economy. That was the overall theme at Congressman Adam Smith's Town Hall meeting May 2 at Highline Community College in Des Moines.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Des Moines, WA, King County, WA

Mon May 06, 2013

WHIO

Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider: Internet sales tax bill moves to House

The Senate on Monday gave easy, bipartisan approval to a bill that would push internet retailers to collect and remit sales taxes for 45 states, but the bill's future remained unclear in the House.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Rick Larsen, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Suzan DelBene, Senator Marco Rubio, US Senate, Republican, Lincoln Diaz-Balart

Fri May 03, 2013

Patch.com

VIDEO: Challenges ahead for Mountains to Sound Federal Designation

Despite the ebuillent mood at the King County Library Services Center earlier this week, U.S. 8th District Rep.

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Related Topix: King County, WA, Auburn, WA, Greenway (Washington, DC), US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Thu May 02, 2013

Wall Street Journal

Renewed Push to Close Gitmo Faces Test

Dow Jones Reprints: This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com WASHINGTON-President Barack Obama's renewed call to close the Guantanamo Bay prison faces its ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US News, Camp Delta, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Barack Obama, Washington, DC

Wed May 01, 2013

Daily Kos

Public Interest Comcast Media Consolidation

When I attempted a Google search on the term "public interest," I was told by my internet provider, Comcast, that it was, in big bold letters, a: Evidently, Comcast does not like the United States Constitution either, because it gave me the same message when I requested internet access to the preamble to the U.S. Constitution.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Comcast, Qwest, Savvis, Telecom, CenturyTel, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Liberal Political News

Politico

Obama forward, backward on Syria - Gitmo an imperative but not a...

OBAMA FORWARD, BACKWARD ON SYRIA, by POLITICO's Stephanie Gaskell and Philip Ewing: "The White House sought Tuesday to spin a new narrative that it's mulling an aggressive new position on the Syrian civil war even as President Barack Obama and his top advisers repeated that Washington must proceed with caution.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Washington, DC, Foggy Bottom (Washington, DC), Washington Post, Publishing

Tue Apr 30, 2013

Patch.com

VIDEO: 'Ideological' Congress Poses Challenges to Mountains to Sound Federal Designation

Despite the ebuillent mood at the King County Library Services Center on Tuesday, U.S. Eighth District Representative Dave Reichert said "good things don't come easy" on announcing a new bill to designate the Mountains to Sound Greenway a National Heritage Area.

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Related Topix: US News, King County, WA, Greenway (Washington, DC), Auburn, WA, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat