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Yesterday | ABS-CBN News

New bill gives hope to Filipino WW2 veterans

Filipino World War II veterans have a reason to hope this year. U.S. Representative Colleen Hanabusa Senator Dean Heller crossed party lines to introduce a bill that would establish an appeals process for Filipino veterans, who were previously denied their lump sum benefits.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Representative Colleen Hanabusa, Democrat, US Senate, Republican, Senator Dean Heller

Friday | Modern Healthcare

Reform Update: IRS controversy reaches ACA

The tentacles of the Internal Revenue Service controversy have reached the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act .

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Dean Heller, US House of Representatives, Healthcare Law, Law

Thu May 16, 2013

The Las Vegas Sun

Dean Heller disapproves of federal judge nominee because of contributions to Harry Reid

The Senate Judiciary committee voted down party lines to endorse the nomination of Jennifer Dorsey, President Barack Obama's pick to fill one of the two remaining seats on the federal bench in Nevada.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Dean Heller, US House of Representatives, Harry Reid, Democrat, 2012 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Las Vegas, NV

KSMG-FM San Antonio

GOP Raises Concerns About a Sebelius Shakedown'

As the GOP-controlled House of Representatives prepares again to vote this week on a repeal of the 2010 health law, some key Republican senators have seized on recent news developments to show their ire.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Dean Heller, US House of Representatives, Tax, Mitch McConnell, Lamar Alexander

Wilson's Almanac

Get the IRS's hands off my Obamacare

A mere four days after news broke that the Internal Revenue Service had improperly targeted conservative political groups for scrutiny, GOP Sen.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Dean Heller, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa

Wed May 15, 2013

The Washington Post

rachel_weiner

Half of the billion dollars allocated to cover implementation of the Affordable Care Act went to the IRS.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Dean Heller, Chuck Grassley

Tue May 14, 2013

The Hill

GOP preparing bill to deny funds for IRS ObamaCare agents

Republican Sen. Dean Heller is preparing legislation to prevent the Internal Revenue Service from hiring new agents to implement ObamaCare in light of the agency's targeting of conservative groups.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Dean Heller, US House of Representatives, Healthcare Law, Law

Mon May 13, 2013

The Hill

Sen. Hatch calls for Finance Committee hearing, investigation into IRS

Sen. Orrin Hatch , the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, has requested a bipartisan investigation into the Internal Revenue Service.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, US Politics, Orrin Hatch, US Senate, Republican, Senator Dean Heller, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Max Baucus

The Las Vegas Sun

Ex-Gov. Huntsman launching talk show on SiriusXM

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is helping launch a new weekly radio talk show on SiriusXM aimed at promoting bipartisan politics.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Jim Matheson, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Jon Huntsman, Jr., Republican, US Governors, US Senate, Senator Dean Heller, Senator Joe Manchin

Sun May 12, 2013

The Las Vegas Sun

How Congress has become a house of crisis junkies

The Capitol seldom resolves money matters without the looming threat of a fiscal guillotine - at least not in the past few years.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Harry Reid, US Senate, Republican, Senator Dean Heller, Democrat, US House of Representatives, Patty Murray

Thu May 09, 2013

FOXReno

BLOG: Only one anti-internet tax champ in all of Carson City

Turns out there's only one elected representative in the entire Nevada Legislature who got the Internet tax issue correct.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Dean Heller, Representative Steven Horsford, Harry Reid, Representative Dina Titus, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Mark Amodei, Opinion

Wed May 08, 2013

FOXReno

Sens. Whitehouse and Heller reintroduce bill to end breast cancer by 2020

U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has reintroduced bipartisan legislation to establish a "Commission to Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer," the purpose of which will be to help end breast cancer by 2020.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat, Jack Reed, Republican, Senator Dean Heller, US House of Representatives

Washington Times

The tea party vs. math: A look at the 2012 results

The religious right and tea party groups remain convinced that the Republican Party has no need to rethink its policies.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Representative Allen West, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Dean Heller, Representative Joe Walsh, Representative Chip Cravaack

Tue May 07, 2013

Reno Gazette-Journal

Gun control forces struggle to keep issue alive; Nevada's Dean Heller among senators targeted

Washoe Sheriff Mike Haley supports gun background ...: Washoe County Sheriff Mike Haley discusses his support of Mayors Against Illegal Guns and the National Day to Demand Action.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Dean Heller, US House of Representatives, Guns, Harry Reid, Democrat

Thu May 02, 2013

The Atlantic

The Senate and America Are Ready for a Do-Over on Background Checks

There are more indicators that last month's Senate vote on expanding background checks was something of a dress rehearsal.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Dean Heller, Democrat, Max Baucus, Mark Pryor, Joe Biden

Wed May 01, 2013

Reno Gazette-Journal

Senators support local land bill

With both of Nevada's Senators speaking in support, the Lyon County Economic Development and Conservation Act was heard for the first time last week in the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources' Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Dean Heller, Harry Reid, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Nevada, Lyon County, NV, Representative Martin Heinrich

Mon Apr 29, 2013

PennLive.com

Senators Pat Toomey and Bob Casey urge President Obama to resolve...

Sen. Pat Toomey on Monday joined Senators Bob Casey and Dean Heller in urging President Obama to become personally involved and take direct action to reduce the backlog of veterans' disability claims.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Senator Pat Toomey, US News, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Dean Heller

Switched

Obama Urged To Address Veterans Benefits Backlog

The majority of the U.S. Senate sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Friday, urging his "direct and public involvement" in fixing the disability claims backlog plaguing the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Mark Warner, Barack Obama, Life, Veteran Affairs, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Dean Heller, Harry Reid

Talking Points Memo

Polls Plummet For Senators Who Voted No On Gun Background Checks

Anyone who doubted that senators could suffer political fallout for their opposition to expanding background checks on gun buyers may want to talk to Sen.

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Related Topix: Jeff Flake, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Senator Jeff Flake, John McCain, Senator Kelly Ayotte, Senator Dean Heller

The Las Vegas Sun

Top secret mission: Surprises await WWII veterans on first Las Vegas Honor Flight

Retired Marine Capt. Chuck Tremain greets his granddaughter, who drove from New York to Washington, D.C, to surprise him.

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Related Topix: Las Vegas, NV, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Dean Heller, US House of Representatives, Nevada