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3 hrs ago | The American Spectator

Enough With the Bipartisanship

In 1987, on the evening of her third general election victory as leader of the Conservative Party, the late and great Margaret Thatcher gave a speech before her constituents in the district of Finchley.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Joe Wilson, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Immigration Reform, US Senate, Lindsey Graham, Illegal Immigration

Fri May 24, 2013

Berkeley Daily Planet

the Public Eye: Good Grief, Barack Obama

The most famous running joke in the Peanuts comic strip repeats at the beginning of every football season.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Charlie Brown, Country, US Senate, Republican, Senator Pat Toomey

The American Spectator

The United States of El Norte

Rookie Florida Senator Marco Rubio continues to work tirelessly to get the United States to annex Mexico, though an exhaustive search of his 2010 election campaign reveals no promises to do, nor even a mention that he might consider doing such an outlandish thing.

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

St. Petersburg Times

Editorial: The best chance to reform immigration

The immigration bill that the Senate Judiciary Committee has passed with bipartisan support and sent to the full Senate still faces many hurdles.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Richard Nugent, Representative Gus Bilirakis, Bill Young, Illegal Immigration, Opinion

Daily Kos

Debt limit, budget fight fracturing GOP

The best political show in D.C. this week wasn't the IRS hearings, it was the GOP drama playing out sporadically on the Senate floor as four tea party bombthrowers, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Mike Lee faced off against Susan Collins and John McCain over the budget.

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Related Topix: Senator Ted Cruz, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul, John McCain, Senator John Boozman

Forward

For Republican Presidential Hopefuls, 2016 Campaign Efforts Have Begun

Seeking to raise money for the New Hampshire Republican Party, state chairwoman Jennifer Horn recently called the party's national boss, Reince Priebus, with a question: Could he get Rand Paul to visit? The request, and Paul's appearance here last Monday in a room packed with 500 Republicans, spoke volumes about the party as its followers - some ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, Ron Paul, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Immigration Reform, Senator Kelly Ayotte, US Senate, Paul Ryan

CNN

Iowa voters say yes to Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton has the early edge in a key battleground state, should she choose to run for president in 2016.

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Related Topix: Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul, Bill Clinton, History in the News, Barack Obama

The Hill

Gang of Eight plots strategy for immigration floor fight

The Gang of Eight's strategy for passing immigration reform through the Senate next month is to stick close together through a barrage of tough amendments.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, Harry Reid, US Senate, Democrat, Charles Schumer, Byron Dorgan, Republican

Examiner.com

Protesters demand LGBT equality in immigration reform

In between rainy hours, about three dozen activists gathered in Doral to protest against Senator Marco Rubio 's latest move in the immigration debate that has become the largest non-issue of Washington, D.C. The controversial immigration bill, hoping to give undocumented aliens a small light at the end of a long tunnel, passed the Senate Judiciary ... (more)

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

American Reporter

An Ar ExclusiveCRIST Gets 'Cold Feet' on Offshore Drilling Ban

Fla. State Rep. Keith Fitzgerald, a high-ranking two-term Sarasota Democrat, told the Federation of Manatee County Community Associations Tuesday night that judging from comments Crist made Tuesday afternoon, Republican House speaker-designate Dean Cannon of Orlando appears to be near success in persuading the newly-re-registered governor to ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Offshore Drilling, Sarasota, FL, Manatee County, FL, Charlie Crist, US Governors, Oil Spill

Thu May 23, 2013

Washington Times

Inside the Beltway: Rumsfeld rule for Obama

Donald H. Rumsfeld has created considerable buzz with his book "Rumsfeld's Rules: Leadership Lessons in Business, Politics, War, and Life," which includes 400 advisories for those who would be leaders.

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

Daily Kos

CO-Gov: Tom Tancredo (R) To Run For Governor... Again

Well it's looking Governor John Hickenlooper is looking more and more like he's safe for re-election: Former U.S. Rep.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, Tom Tancredo, US Governors, John Hickenlooper, US Senate, Republican

Roll Call

McCain Looks to Defuse 'Nuclear' Threat

McCain and Rubio disagree over how hard the GOP should push debt limit restrictions when allowing the appointment of budget agreement conferees.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, Senator Mike Lee, Senator Ted Cruz

Roll Call

Drone Strike Oversight Sought by King, Rubio

Just a day after the Justice Department disclosed publicly that four Americans had been killed overseas as a result of targeted drone strikes, two senators are calling for an independent "red-strike analysis" before launching lethal strikes directed at other Americans.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Angus King

Free Republic

Rubio: ‘I do not have trust in Washington DC’

Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, whose immigration reform proposal would grant far-reaching powers to the Secretary of Homeland Security and other top administration officials, says he does not trust Washington DC to make critical decisions about the nation's future.

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

Confectionery News

NCA president: Sugar reform necessary to preserve US candy industry

Lawrence T. Graham, president of the National Confectioners Association said sugar industry reform is needed to keep the American confectionery industry competitive.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Candy, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

Politico

Sugar interests win Senate vote

Helped along by a run of relatively low prices, sugar interests won a Senate farm bill vote Wednesday evening, defeating efforts at reform sought by a coalition of candy-makers, conservative activists and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Mary Landrieu, Democrat, Senator Dick Durbin, Illinois, Senator Patrick Toomey

Wed May 22, 2013

Bloomberg

Senate Leaders Millionaires in Disclosure Data

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell both reported their net worth in the millions of dollars as the U.S. Senate today released personal financial disclosure reports for its members.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Harry Reid, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, Mitch McConnell, Senator Rand Paul, Senator John Barrasso, W.

Garden City Observer

5 things to watch as Senate immigration debate continues

The drive to get the core of a sweeping immigration bill through a Democrat-controlled Senate committee ended in success, but showed how some aspects of the bill provide ammunition for critics who seek to derail the historic measure if it is not altered.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Senator Ted Cruz, Jeff Sessions, Chuck Grassley

Seattle Times

Wis. governor to court Iowans, stoke 2016 talk

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is gearing up for re-election next year, his third race in four years.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, Iowa, US Senate, Senator Rand Paul, Scott Walker, US Governors