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59 min ago | Santa Cruz Sentinel

Rules on e-commerce so complex that even calculator won't help

Two friends order identical books from Amazon. One is from California and is charged sales tax.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Loretta Sanchez, Zoe Lofgren, Democrat, California, California Government, Representative Jackie Speier

5 hrs ago | Forbes.com

White House Agrees DOMA Should Be Repealed But Dianne Feinstein Not A Traitor

MARCH 16: Sen. Dianne Feinstein listens during a news conference on gay marriage on Capitol Hill on March 16, 2011 in Washington, DC.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Gay/Lesbian, Capitol Hill (Washington, DC), Washington, DC, Business News

8 hrs ago | Times-Standard

Fire them if they are not getting the job done

During these times of uncertain economic stability in our country, it is interesting to take a look at those who are responsible for getting us out of this economic mess -- the 435 members of the House of Representatives and the 100 members of the U.S. Senate.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, US House of Representatives, Jane Harman, Senator Mark Warner, Republican, Darrell Issa, Opinion

12 hrs ago | Detroit News

Saturday Shorts: The case against bipartisanship

Matt Purple in The American Spectator : The bipartisan machine grinds on. The criticism most commonly leveled at Republicans over Obamacare is that they refused to find common ground with Democrats.

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Related Topix: US News, Senator Ted Cruz, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Pop/Rock, The Tea Party, Tea Party, Tax, Opinion

Fri May 24, 2013

Hispanic Business

Senate Will Keep Subsidizing Tobacco

The U.S. Senate voted 52-44 Thursday afternoon to kill an amendment to the Farm Bill that would have eliminated federal crop insurance subsidies for tobacco.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Mitch McConnell, Senator Rand Paul, John McCain, Democrat, Richard Burr

Star Tribune

Keep drones in the air as long as terrorists target U.S.

President Obama promised more transparency for the drone program, something critics have long sought.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Opinion

Daily Camera

Immigration reform, intact

The most far-reaching overhaul of the nation's immigration system in a generation has emerged mostly unscathed from the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, Senator Marco Rubio, US Senate, Republican, Illegal Immigration, Democrat, Opinion

RecordNET

Letters -- Published May 24, 2013

I read Jerry Meral's May 19 op-ed piece in The Record, "Clarifying issues with Bay Delta Conservation Plan." He did not mention how BDCP's twin tunnel plan will use eminent domain to take away thousands of acres of Delta family farms.

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Related Topix: Hood, CA, Clarksburg, CA, Fresno, CA, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa, California, Opinion

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

The Buzz: Southern California lawmakers trumpet 'strong support' for Jerry Brown's water plan

Add to that list where House members stand on Gov. Jerry Brown 's divisive plan to construct a massive new water delivery system in the state.

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Related Topix: Jerry Brown, US Governors, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, US House of Representatives, Representative Julia Brownley, UC Berkeley

Thu May 23, 2013

BusinessWeek

The Drone War: A Comprehensive Map of Lethal U.S. Attacks

In 2002 the first Hellfire missile was shot from a U.S.-operated drone at suspected terrorists in Yemen.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Lindsey Graham, Democrat

The Huffington Post

Obama: Leak Investigations Could 'Chill Investigative Journalism'

President Obama said Thursday that he is "troubled by the possibility that leak investigations may chill the investigative journalism that holds government accountable." In a major speech on national security , Obama said that the "Justice Department's investigation of national security leaks offers a recent example of the challenges involved in ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Capitol Hill (Washington, DC), James R. Clapper, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mike Rogers

Lexington Herald-Leader

Bid to end crop insurance subsidy for tobacco worries burley growers

On Monday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., introduced an amendment to the 2013 Farm Bill to drop the eight USDA tobacco insurance programs.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, John McCain, Republican, United States Department of Agriculture, Mitch McConnell

TIME.com

TIME Remembers Harvey Milk

To commemorate Harvey Milk Day, TIME republishes a snippet of its coverage on the remembrance of his death.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, San Francisco, CA, Castro (San Francisco, CA), US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat

Wed May 22, 2013

ABC7 KGO

Immigrant families disappointed by Feinstein's vote

The controversial immigration reform bill is finally headed to the Senate floor.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, Lindsey Graham

Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph

Some Senators Think We Should Arm Rebels in Syria Because Assad's Opposition Includes Extremists

Yesterday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to authorize the arming of some rebels in Syria.

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Related Topix: Robert Menendez, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, Senator Bob Casey, Senator Marco Rubio, Republican, Senator Rand Paul

WHMI-FM Howell

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The camaraderie of the four leaders of the House and Senate Intelligence panels - Rogers, Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mike Rogers, Dutch Ruppersberger, US Senate, Democrat, Saxby Chambliss

Business Journal

VA aims for $500 million Mission Bay hospital

The VA Medical Center is looking to form a public-private partnership to fund a $500 million hospital and research facility in Mission Bay.

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Related Topix: Salesforce, US News, US Senate, US Politics, Democrat

Packer

Immigration bill advances in Senate

Movement expected about the same. Trading seeded slow, others moderate. Prices seedless 35-60 counts lower, others generally unchanged.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Jeff Flake, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Jeff Flake, Agriculture, Science, Orrin Hatch

The Hill

Obama, lawmakers ready to renew push to shutter Guantanamo Bay prison

As President Obama gears up for a new push to close GuantA namo Bay, lawmakers from both parties are skeptical the president will be successful in persuading Congress to shutter the facility.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Carl Levin, Democrat

Tue May 21, 2013

Christian Science Monitor

Immigration reform moves forward: What's included?

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy of Vermont confers with Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York and Dianne Feinstein of California as the Senate Judiciary Committee assembled to work on a landmark immigration bill.

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