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3 hrs ago | The Hill

Smart spending for national security

Sens. Carl Levin and James Inhofe , the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, have written to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel asking him to lay out in detail the consequences of the department having to reduce its fiscal 2014 budget from $526 billion, the level requested by the Pentagon, to $474 billion, the 2014 cap ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Carl Levin, Republican, Democrat

Fri May 24, 2013

Daily Kos

The baseless Hoax that is Climate Change Denial

Isn't it funny how those who couldn't perform a Scientific Experiment , or even understand the results of one, if their livelihoods depended on it, -- are usually the ones that appoint themselves as uniquely qualified to pronounce blanket statements about the credibility of Scientific findings , as if by some sort of Divine Fiat.

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Related Topix: Peers, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Global Warming, Liberal Political News

The York Daily Record

Mike Argento: Tornado twists up preachers, politicians

Alli Christian, left, returns Jessica Wilkinson's dog Bella to her after finding her among the wreckage of Wilkinson's home shortly after a tornado struck near 156th street and Franklin Road on Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Norman, Okla.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Natural Disasters, Christie, OK, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Tom Coburn, Oklahoma, Norman, OK

The Huffington Post

Poll: Most Don't Support Spending Cuts To Fund Tornado Aid

American support for federal disaster relief programs is high, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll .

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Related Topix: Tornado, Natural Disasters, Moore, OK, Tom Coburn, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Sandy

Ohio.com

As Expected, Obama Surrenders To Al-Qaeda

Here's the transcript of Obama's "war on terror" speech yesterday. The president called for closing Guantanamo and possibly rescinding the AUMF...the Authorization to Use Military Force...passed in 2001, which legalized the "endless war" against al-Qaeda that the U.S. military has been waging in 6 or 7 different countries simultaneously over 12 ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Saxby Chambliss, Michael McCaul, US House of Representatives, Lindsey Graham

Thu May 23, 2013

WHIO

Tea party vs. old guard in Senate GOP rift

In this Feb. 7, 2013, file photo, Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, questions Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, Senator Rand Paul, Senator Mike Lee

Free Republic

Politicizing Tragedy - The Moore Tornado

While following the aftermath of the tornado in Moore I was disgusted to see people using the tragedy to make political statements or to slam the political opposition.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat, Tom Coburn, Republican, Senator Jim Inhofe

Chickasha Daily Express

Senator Inhofe opposes federal fracking rules

U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, has issued a statement in opposition to federal fracking rules that have been proposed by the Department of Interior.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Senator Jim Inhofe, US News, US Senate, Republican, Duncan, OK

National Review Online

Jillian Kay Melchior: The EPA's Conservative Problem

The agency has rubber-stamped fee-waiver requests from environmentalist groups seeking information, but it denied similar requests from conservative groups, an extensive examination of EPA correspondence suggests.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa, US Senate, David Vitter

New York Daily News

May 23: Corrupt politicians, Oklahoma and the IRS

Plainview, L.I.: I have recently discovered a long-lost secret Article VIII of the U.S. Constitution, which clearly states: "Any future citizens casting a vote for the likes of a disgraced politician such as Vito Lopez, Sheldon Silver, Anthony Weiner or Mark Sanford shall henceforth be deprived of both their right to vote and U.S. citizenship; and ... (more)

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Related Topix: Tom Coburn, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Oklahoma, Twitter, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Sandy, Opinion

Wed May 22, 2013

Time

After Tornado, Moore Handles Media Circus with a Smile

Angie Tennyson and her teenage daughter Taylor were sitting in folding chairs here in front of the ruins of Tennyson's sister-in-law's home on the corner of 7th Street West and Telephone Road.

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Related Topix: Moore, OK, Oklahoma City, OK, Retail, Dicks Sporting Goods, Sporting Goods, US Politics, US News, Representative Mary Fallin, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mary Fallin, US Governors

The Huffington Post

Oklahoma Disaster Aid: Tom Coburn, James Inhofe Spared Tough Votes By Bills They Opposed

Oklahoma's senators can thank sequestration, and perhaps more importantly, funding for Superstorm Sandy cleanup that they opposed , for sparing them from a difficult vote on disaster aid for tornado-ravaged Oklahomans.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tom Cole, Tom Coburn, US Senate, Oklahoma, Senator Jim Inhofe, Oklahoma Government

NJ.com

Christie urges no retribution for Oklahoma senators who voted against Sandy aid bill

BELMAR - Soured over federal lawmakers' delay in getting aid to Hurricane Sandy victims in the northeast, Gov.

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Related Topix: US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics, Representative Mary Fallin, US Senate, Tom Coburn, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Sandy, Chris Christie, US Governors, Belmar, NJ

WBOC-TV Salisbury

Senate Rejects Bid to Let States Run Food Stamps

The Senate on Wednesday rejected a Republican bid to turn the federal food stamp program over to the states.

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Related Topix: US News, Agriculture, Science, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Debbie Stabenow, Democrat

CBS Local

Senate Rejects GOP Bid To Let States Run Food Stamps

The current food stamp program is administered by the Agriculture Department and federal dollars are unlimited as long as recipients qualify.

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

Right Wing News

New Poll: 48% of Americans Want Obama Impeached

"It may be early in the process for members of Congress to start planning for impeachment of Barack Obama, but the American public is building a serious appetite for it," said Fritz Wenzel, of Wenzel Strategies, which did the telephone poll Thursday.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, US Senate, Republican, Representative Tim Scott, US House of Representatives, Representative Steve Stockman, Representative Michele Bachmann

Reuters

Rescuers comb Oklahoma tornado rubble for buried survivors

Rescue workers with sniffer dogs and searchlights picked through the wreckage of a massive tornado to ensure no survivors remained buried in the rubble of primary schools, houses and buildings in an Oklahoma City suburb.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tom Cole, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK

TCPalm

John Young: Obama covering stuff up? What about these big ones?

Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., says the "cover-up" surrounding the tragic incidents in Benghazi is "bigger than Watergate, bigger than Iran-Contra, bigger than the Pentagon Papers." Already subscribe to TCPalm? Click below to activate your Premium Subscription and receive access to TCPalm on the web, smartphone and tablet.

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

Switched

John Boehner Mum On Offsets For Oklahoma Disaster Aid

House Speaker John Boehner offered his prayers and sympathies to the people harmed by Monday's devastating tornado in Oklahoma.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tom Cole, Frank Lucas, Representative Mary Fallin, Tom Coburn, US Senate, Oklahoma

Tue May 21, 2013

Bad Astronomy Blog

The Forces that Narrow the Climate Debate

Last week on Twitter I lamented the simplistic public discourse on climate change, how it's often framed by those who dismiss the legitimate concerns of a warming planet and those who play up those concerns.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Lamar Smith, Dick Cheney, US Senate, Global Warming, Environment, Science