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4 hrs ago | Park Record

PCHS graduate accepted to Naval Academy

Admission to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy doesn't require a Congressional nomination like other divisions of military schools in the country.

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Related Topix: United States Coast Guard Academy, Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Salt Lake City, UT, Park City, UT

Tue May 21, 2013

Salt Lake Tribune

Veterans push child identity protection in immigration bill

Bountiful a Too many Utah children fall victim to identity theft at the hands of undocumented immigrants and the contentious immigration reform bill in Congress does nothing to curb the crime.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, Orrin Hatch, US News, US Senate, Republican, Bountiful, UT

Washington Times

Immigration bill backers say not all back-taxes will be paid

The Senate immigration bill's authors acknowledged Tuesday that their legislation does not require illegal immigrants to pay all back taxes, saying it would be too difficult to make them ante up everything they might owe.

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

Examiner.com

Utah's Common Core Opposition Turns Up The Heat at the Republican Convention

Those following the safety of our children are likely to have heard about the ongoing opposition to Common Core and CSCOPE .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Rob Bishop, Utah Government, Utah, Texas Government, Texas

Mon May 20, 2013

The Hill

'Duck Dynasty' nation needs Sarah Palin

Why Sarah Palin? Because when I write a blog here on Jeb Bush or President Obama, it will bring in maybe 10 comments.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Sarah Palin, US News, Tea Party, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul, Senator Ted Cruz, Ron Paul, US House of Representatives

Recordpub.com

Dana Milbank: Gop overplays its hand

At the end of a truly dismal week in his presidency, President Obama remains lucky in one crucial category: his opposition.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Michele Bachmann, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Senator Rand Paul, John Boehner, Tea Party, Mitch McConnell, Opinion

Sun May 19, 2013

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

In the Spotlight: GOP overplays its hand on Libya, IRS scandals

At the end of a truly dismal week in his presidency, President Barack Obama remains lucky in one crucial category: his opposition.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Representative Michele Bachmann, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Senator Rand Paul, John Boehner, Opinion

Sat May 18, 2013

KSL-TV

James Evans elected as new Utah GOP chairman

Several thousand Republicans convened in Sandy where James Evans was selected as the new leader of the Utah Republican Party at the annual organizing convention.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Jim Matheson, Robert Bennett, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Utah

Fox News

GOP Calls for Reform After Scandal Shows IRS Is 'Rotten at the Core'

The IRS targeting Tea Party groups and other conservative-leaning political organizations has reignited calls for reform and the argument among Capitol Hill Republicans that the federal government has become too big and out of control.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, Tea Party, US Politics, Dave Camp, Republican, US House of Representatives, Ron Paul, US Senate

Fri May 17, 2013

The Washington Post

Tea party tax filings show low-budget activism, with some million-dollar exceptions

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, center, accompanied by, from left, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, Rep.

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Related Topix: Activism, Senator Ted Cruz, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Representative Michele Bachmann, US House of Representatives, Tea Party, Texas

Travel Industry Wire

Senate Judiciary Approves Important Travel Facilitation Amendment to Immigration Bill

Roger Dow, president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association, released the following statement commending members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee for approving an important travel-related amendment to S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, and specifically Senators Amy Klobuchar , Mike Lee and ... (more)

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Amy Klobuchar, Republican, Representative Mazie Hirono, US House of Representatives, Travel

NH Insider

CEI - Diverse Coalition Supports E-Verify Reform

This week, an ideologically diverse coalition of 44 organizations led by the Competitive Enterprise Institute , National Small Business Association, American Civil Liberties Union, and Service Employees International Union called on the U.S. Senate to vote in favor of a bipartisan amendment proposed by Sens.

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Related Topix: Small Business, Personal Finance, Immigration Reform, US Politics, Senator Al Franken, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Republican

Thu May 16, 2013

Roll Call

IRS Scandal Falls Right in McConnell's Wheelhouse

On Thursday, McConnell found himself flanked by tea-party-backed Bachmann, left, and King at a news conference outside the Capitol.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Michele Bachmann, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Mitch McConnell, Senator Rand Paul, Steve King, John McCain

Washington Post

Sri Srinivasan approved by Senate Judiciary Committee

Deputy Solicitor General Sri Srinivasan, who President Obama has nominated to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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

Randex

aoe- a- a- Does Mike Lee have the formula for a GOP resurgence?

While much of the mass media has focused on Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Jeb Bush, and other prominent names, an interesting contribution has come from a figure largely unknown to national audiences: Utah Senator Mike Lee.

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

KESQ-TV Palm Desert

Obama tries to regain political balance

Facing a trio of possible scandals that threaten to overwhelm his second term agenda, President Barack Obama on Thursday rejected calls for a special counsel to investigate Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups and declared he would fix any problems in government.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Tax, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, World News, Middle East, US Senate, Republican

Salt Lake Tribune

IRS chief ousted over tea party scandal

President Barack Obama removed the Internal Revenue Service's acting commissioner Wednesday in reaction to a growing scandal over the targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, US Senate, Republican, Orrin Hatch, Utah, Senator Marco Rubio

American Thinker

Time for Legal Fees from Lawbreaking Government

Following the IRS scandal targeting Tea Party and conservative organizations for special "scrutiny," Republican Congressman Michael Turner introduced legislation to increase penalties against government employees who violate laws governing issuance of tax-exempt status.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, Michael Turner, US News, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tea Party, Environmental Law, Law

Wed May 15, 2013

The Afro American Newspaper

Gholish Gosnell: Black on Black Crime?

A Philadelphia prosecutor called it a "house of horrors." But it was no amusement day at Hershey Park for the unsuspecting women who entered the Women's Medical Society in West Philly for more than 15 years.

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Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA, Abortion, US News, US Politics, Trent Franks, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Opinion

Politico

Holder testimony today: What tech needs to watch - High noon nears...

HOLDER TESTIMONY DRIVES THE DAY: WHAT TECH NEEDS TO WATCH - Rep. Bob Goodlatte's committee has been harping on wasteful spending at the Justice Department already this year, but he and his fellow lawmakers have a whole new can of worms to deal with today.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Bob Goodlatte, ACLU, US Senate, Senator Dick Durbin, Immigration Reform, Orrin Hatch