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14 hrs ago | NAFCU

disputes Fed on interchange fee report

May 24, 2013 - NAFCU disputed a Federal Reserve Board report Thursday that asserts the small-institution exemption in its Durbin amendment rule is working as intended.

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

Thu May 23, 2013

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Smooth confirmation hearing for Pritzker

Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Sen. John D. Rockefeller, D-W.Va., questions Chicago billionaire business executive Penny Pritzker, President Obama's pick for Commerce Secretary, as she testifies at her nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 23, 2013.

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Related Topix: 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Mark Kirk, Republican, Barack Obama

Reuters

Local lawyer named to corruption fighting Chicago prosecutor job

President Barack Obama has nominated Chicago attorney Zachary Fardon to be the U.S. prosecutor in Chicago, which has seen the indictments of many top local politicians and mob figures, the two U.S. senators from Illinois announced on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, US Politics, Barack Obama, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Mark Kirk, Republican, Illinois, Illinois Government

Pike Press

NSDAR holds meeting

Regent Julie Kremer opened the meeting with the DAR Ritual. Elizabeth Turnbull presided as Chaplain.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Dick Durbin, Democrat, Pike County, IL

Breitbart.com

Sen. Kirk to Support Pritzker: She Will 'Take on Special Interests'

Senator Mark Kirk was "uncertain" about supporting Hyatt Hotel heiress and Obama campaign bundler Penny Pritzker for Commerce Secretary until a few days ago.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Senator Mark Kirk, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Dick Durbin, Democrat

Wed May 22, 2013

CNews

U.S. Army sergeant accused of videotaping showering female cadets

An Army sergeant at the U.S. Military Academy has been accused of videotaping female cadets in the showers a West Point, a defence official said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of sex-related incidents that has rocked the armed forces.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, United States Military Academy, Criminal Defense Law, Law, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Fort Hood, TX

US News & World Report

Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer Make Vines to Help Pass Immigration Reform Bill

Senate Judiciary Committee members Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., confer on as the committee assembled to work on a landmark immigration bill.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, Senator Chuck Schumer, US News, US Senate, Harry Reid, Democrat, Barack Obama

Southwest News-Herald

Will Tom Cross Run For Attorney General?

One of the worst kept secrets over the past few weeks is that House Republican Leader Tom Cross has been considering a run for Illinois attorney general.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Representative Aaron Schock, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Democrat, Western Springs, IL, John McCain

Tue May 21, 2013

Daily Herald

Not far off: Federal review of articles

The editorial: "Assaults on core values of freedom cry out for response" on May 15 was a bit sophomoric.

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Related Topix: Guns, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Dick Durbin, Democrat, Illinois

The Beaumont Enterprise

Senate panel approves immigration bill

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, US News, US Politics, Patrick Leahy, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, Chuck Grassley, Senator Chuck Schumer

Windsor Beacon

Deal eases some hiring restrictions for U.S. tech firms

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, has reached a compromise with Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer of New York on an amendment that would change the immigration bill to help large technology firms.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, Orrin Hatch, US News, US Senate, Republican, Charles Schumer, Democrat, Outsourcing

Quincy Journal

Rebel Media: Double Standard Dick

The story of the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative-leaning organizations for special scrutiny in nonprofit status is one of the biggest scandals to hit Washington, D.C., in my lifetime.

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Related Topix: Tax, Non-Profit, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Dick Durbin, Democrat, Barack Obama, Illinois

Mon May 20, 2013

US News & World Report

The Problems With the Senate's Newest Farm Bill

Pete Sepp is Executive Vice President for the 362,000-member National Taxpayers Union , a nonpartisan citizen group founded in 1969 to work for lower taxes and limited government at all levels.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US News, US Politics, Democrat, Tom Coburn, Republican, Opinion

KFVS12

Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports

Senate supporters of far-reaching immigration legislation accepted minor changes in public while negotiating over more sweeping alterations in private Monday as they drove toward expected Judiciary Committee approval by mid-week. In a long day of drafting, the panel voted to begin phasing in a requirement for foreigners to undergo fingerprinting ... (more)

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

Sun May 19, 2013

River Cities' Reader

Two Republicans Looking Seriously at Attorney General

One of the worst-kept secrets over the past few weeks is that House Republican Leader Tom Cross has been considering a run for Illinois attorney general.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Aaron Schock, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Democrat, Western Springs, IL, John McCain

Sat May 18, 2013

The Southtown Star

Kadner: No chairs for chatty old veterans

As 79-year-old Gerald Lee slumped to the floor, he wondered why there were no chairs for patients at the registration desks in the Edward Hines Veterans Affairs clinic in Oak Lawn.

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs, Oak Lawn, IL, US Politics, Senator Mark Kirk, US News, US Senate, Republican, Democrat, Palos Hills, IL

Bill Baar's West Side

Il U.S. Senator Durbin encouraged Irs harassment in 2010 - Illinois Review

Why did the #IRA investigate Conservatives, Pro-lifers, and Tea Partiers; 'cause Progressives told them too.

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Related Topix: US Senate, US Politics, Senator Dick Durbin, Democrat, US News

Fri May 17, 2013

FiveThirtyEight

Joe Nocera's Blog: The Day in Gun Violence

Yesterday, on the Senate floor, Richard Durbin, the Illinois Democrat, gave a nine-minute speech about the continuing gun violence in the months since Newtown, and the Senate's inability to pass a universal background check bill.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Violent Crime, Chicago, IL

Wed May 15, 2013

CSP

U.S. Senate Seeks Tobacco Tax Increases

Five U.S. Senators have introduced Senate Bill Number 826, which would increase the cigarette tax by $.94 per pack for a new federal rate of $1.95 per pack, and impose tax parity on other tobacco products.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Harry Reid, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Richard Blumenthal, Tom Harkin, Frank Lautenberg, Healthcare Law, Law

Tue May 14, 2013

SFGate

Senators battle over tech worker visas

Silicon Valley tech companies are aggressively seeking looser requirements to "hire American workers first" to fill tech jobs, potentially splitting the bipartisan Gang of Eight coalition that put together the huge immigration bill.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Outsourcing, US Politics, Orrin Hatch, US News, US Senate, Republican, Democrat, Dianne Feinstein