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37 min ago | WMFE

Is Wall Street Still "Untouchable"?

This fall will mark the five-year anniversary of Lehman Brothers filing for bankruptcy, sparking the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Politics, Sherrod Brown, US Senate, Republican

4 hrs ago | The Montgomery Advertiser

Dana Milbank: Sessions fighting for a lost cause

Not since George Wallace, perhaps, has an Alabamian taken as passionate a stand for a lost cause as the one Jeff Sessions is taking now.

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Related Topix: Alabama, US Politics, US News, Jeff Sessions, US Senate, Republican, Senator Mike Lee, Orrin Hatch

7 hrs ago | The Miami Herald

Amid immigration reform, calls to change asylums

As Congress debates legalizing about 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, immigration advocates are pushing plans they say will open the asylum process for thousands of more people who flee persecution in their home countries.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News

Tue May 21, 2013

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Leahy steps back on gay marriage issue

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, confers with the committee's ranking Republican, Sen.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Gay/Lesbian, US Politics, US News, Patrick Leahy, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, Senator Chuck Schumer

Media Matters for America

WSJ Supports Dismantling Federal Court In Order To Block Obama Nominees

The Wall Street Journal is endorsing Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley's absurd claim that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit doesn't need to fill its judicial vacancies, a position the senator didn't take when he was helping confirm former President George W. Bush's right-wing judges.

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Related Topix: District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, George Bush, Liberal Political News

Mon May 20, 2013

Law.com

Career Public Defender a Rarity for Federal Appeals Courts

On Friday, Jane Kelly became a federal appeals court judge with an unusual background that supporters say makes her a perfect fit for the job and a potential U.S. Supreme Court candidate someday.

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Related Topix: US News, US Supreme Court, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, Tom Harkin, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Republican

The Gazette

Iowa senator under fire for change-of-heart on fuel tax increase

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee took a swipe at an Iowa state senator Monday for her change-of-heart on a statewide fuel tax increase.

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Related Topix: Iowa, Tom Harkin, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Democrat, Terry Branstad, US Governors

WMDT

IG: ex-US Attorney retaliated in Fast and Furious

The U.S. Attorney in Arizona violated Justice Department policy by providing Fox News with information apparently aimed at undercutting the credibility of a federal agent who helped reveal the botched arms-trafficking probe called Operation Fast and Furious, the Justice Department's inspector general said Monday.

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Related Topix: US News, ATF, US Politics, US Senate, Republican

The Gazette

Staff wrote a new blog post: Legislators optimistic about federal farm bill

The new 2013 version of the federal farm bill will be slimmer than before, and with several notable differences.

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Related Topix: US News, Agriculture, Science, US Politics, US Senate, Debbie Stabenow, Democrat, Tom Harkin, US House of Representatives, Representative Bruce Braley, Republican

NOLA.com

Senate Judiciary Committee moves toward vote on immigration

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, defends his amendment to prohibit anyone from obtaining legal status until the Homeland Security Department has maintained "effective control" of the border for six months, as lawmakers examine proposed changes to immigration reform legislation, on Capitol Hill in ... (more)

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Orrin Hatch, Senator Dick Durbin, Gay/Lesbian, Patrick Leahy, Democrat

Pleasanton Weekly

Obama Staggered by Recent Scandals: Polls Show the Public Is Incensed ...

State, National, International , posted by Freedom is more than just a word, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, 16 hours ago Yesterday's Gallup poll shows Obama with a 51-42 approval rating.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Steve King, US Senate, Iowa, Senator Ted Cruz

Sun May 19, 2013

Arutz Sheva Israel News

AFSI: Grassley's "Hitler" Reference is Spot On

Sen. Chuck Grassley's tweet reference to Hitler's 1939 invasion of Poland, as part of statement that the US currently lacks a foreign policy, is "spot on," says Mark Langfan, Chairman of Americans for a Safe Israel .

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Related Topix: US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News

Sat May 18, 2013

Star Tribune

Despite setback, U.S. Rep. Tim Walz continues push for transparency

Tim Walz that explicitly banned insider trading by congressional members and government employees was hailed by watchdog groups as one of the most significant congressional reforms in more than a decade.

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Related Topix: 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Capitol Hill (Washington, DC), Washington, DC, US Senate, Republican

Fri May 17, 2013

Forbes.com

The Tea Party and IRS Controversy: More Scrutiny Needed -- Not Less

Despite the uproar over the Internal Revenue Service's scrutiny of certain Tea Party applications for tax-exempt status, the IRS should be doing more - not less - to ensure that only those organizations that truly qualify for tax-exempt status get it.

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Related Topix: Tax, Pop/Rock, The Tea Party, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

Thu May 16, 2013

InformationWeek

H-1B At Center Of Immigration Reform Debate

But it is the one that matters most to IT. Don't look for a short, sweet process of H-1B reform.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Outsourcing, Social Software, Startups, Facebook, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Ted Cruz

The Hill

Senate panel rejects E-Verify changes

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday rejected a proposal requiring the government to implement the E-Verify program to combat illegal immigration 18 months after enactment of immigration reform.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, Orrin Hatch, US News, US Senate, Republican, Jeff Flake, US House of Representatives, Lindsey Graham

Wed May 15, 2013

Pushing Rope

The Obama Administration is Cracking

Attorney General Eric Holder snapped at members of House Judiciary Committee. "I don't, frankly, think I've always been treated with respect, and it's not even a personal thing," he said.

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Related Topix: George Bush, US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News

The Hill

AG Holder slams Issa's conduct as 'unacceptable and shameful'

Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday lashed out at Rep. Darrell Issa , calling his conduct "unacceptable and shameful." In a tense moment at a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Holder clashed with the lawmaker who led the successful vote in the House finding the nation's top cop in contempt of Congress.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa, St. Paul, MN, ATF, US Senate

MotherJones

Top Dem Trying to Resurrect Political Intel Disclosure Requirement

Rep. Louise Slaughter, the top Democrat on the powerful House rules committee, has a response to Republican efforts to water-down financial reform legislation: Tie it to political intelligence.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Startups, McAfee, US News, Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, US Senate, Republican

New Media Journal

Senators Vote to Weaken Entry-Exit System in Immigration Bill

Senators fended off changes to the immigration bill in committee on Tuesday, but the first cracks emerged in the carefully crafted compromise between business groups and labor unions, leaving even some supporters frustrated at the defensive votes they had to cast.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, Senator Marco Rubio, US Senate, Republican, Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat