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10 hrs ago | Mediaite.com

FBI Director: NSA Leaks Educate Terrorists Who 'Don't Understand The Internet'

Testifying before a Senate committee on Wednesday, FBI Director Robert Mueller said that the leaks relating to the communications monitoring practices of the National Security Agency can hurt American national security interests in a variety of ways including educating aspiring terrorists about the internet itself.

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Related Topix: Robert Mueller, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Television

18 hrs ago | Washington Times

EDITORIAL: The microwave tax

The Energy Department is once more deciding what kind of appliances are good for you.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, US Politics, Roy Blunt, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Roy Blunt, Democrat, Opinion

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Townhall

Daniel J. Mitchell: Heritage Foundation vs. Paul Krugman

I'm not reluctant to criticize my friends at the Heritage Foundation. In some cases, it is good-natured ribbing because of the Cato-Heritage softball rivalry, but there are also real policy disagreements.

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Related Topix: Heritage Foundation, Charitable Organizations, Social Security, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Opinion

Sun Jun 16, 2013

RedState

@SenWhitehouse must think "meretricious" means "proof my staff can't do research."

Executive summary: Heritage scholar Dr. Salim Furth was testifying to the Senate Budget Committees about European austerity programs, and how " to date , 'austerity' in Europe has consisted mainly of tax increases."

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

Washington Examiner

Somebody owes the Heritage Foundation an apology

Disagreements happen all the time in Congress. It is a natural part of any democracy.

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Related Topix: Heritage Foundation, Charitable Organizations, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Daily Kos

Good news on climate

It is likely that a good package of executive actions will be coming forth in the near future to really tackle the climate change planet emergency still looming over us.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environment, Science, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat

NH Insider

Cooler Heads Digest 14 June 2013

The Chinese Academy of Sciences has translated and published a Chinese edition of two massive climate change volumes originally published by the Heartland Institute in 2009 and 2011, Climate Change Reconsidered and Climate Change Reconsidered: 2011 Interim Report .

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Related Topix: Global Warming, US Politics, US News, Al Gore, US Senate, Democrat, State of the Union

Fri Jun 14, 2013

The Washington Post

Obama faces a tough political sell on climate policy

A pair of fundraisers just 90 minutes apart in the San Francisco Bay area last week laid bare the competing forces of politics and policy that President Obama is grappling with as he prepares to unveil a slate of major initiatives on global warming in late June or July.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, Environment, Science, Activism, US News, State of the Union, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat

Thu Jun 13, 2013

The Providence Journal

Whitehouse says he hopes settlement will improve opportunities for disabled people

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse also commented on the settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice, the State of Rhode Island, and the City of Providence over violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act that affected about 200 disabled Rhode Islanders: "I appreciate the hard work of DOJ, and the leadership of the City and the State to ... (more)

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

The Heritage Foundation

For the Record: Tax Increases Are Harmful, but Europe Has Pursued Them Anyway

Heritage economist Salim Furth gave testimony last week to the Senate Budget Committee, reminding the Senators that economic research shows that deficit reduction should be pursued through spending cuts, not tax increases.

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

The Huffington Post

Al Gore: Obama Needs To 'Get Moving' On Key Issue

During the same week that a massive storm system threatened millions from Chicago to Boston , former Vice President Al Gore urged President Barack Obama to get serious on climate change.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Al Gore, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Jim Bridenstine, Oklahoma Government, Oklahoma

Wed Jun 12, 2013

Daily Kos

Al Gore Passes the Climate Change Advocacy Torch to a Most Worthy Successor

"We are on the cusp of a fantastic revolution that is going to make a lot of things better, but there is ferocious resistance because, as is often the case, the legacy industries that have built up wealth and power in a previous age don't see their sun setting yet," Gore said.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Al Gore, Capitol Hill (Washington, DC), US Senate, Democrat, Liberal Political News

The Heritage Foundation

Did Tax Increases or Spending Cuts Preface the 1990s Boom?

Following Senate Budget Committee testimony, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse asked me seven "questions for the record."

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

The Heritage Foundation

Questions for the Record Submitted by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

I am pleased to have the opportunity to respond to Senator Whitehouse's extensive written and oral questions.

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Tue Jun 11, 2013

In These Times

Food Stamps on the Chopping Block

"If the Democratic Party doesn't stand with the poor and the vulnerable then I don't know what the hell we stand for," says Rep. Jim McGovern.

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Related Topix: Nutrition, Agriculture, Lottery, US Politics, Jack Reed, Democrat, Tom Harkin

The Hill

White House plots climate strategy with Senate, House Democrats

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Henry Waxman met with White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough last week to coordinate climate strategy, the Rhode Island Democrat told reporters Tuesday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, US House of Representatives, Henry Waxman

Politico

Gore to Obama: Get 'serious'

Add Al Gore to the chorus of environmentalists who say it's time for President Barack Obama to get serious about climate change.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Al Gore, State of the Union, US Senate, Democrat, Texas

The Huffington Post

Gore Praises Senator, Snubs Obama For Leadership On Climate

Former Vice President Al Gore made a rare appearance on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to support the man who's become the new face of climate action in Washington.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Al Gore, US Senate, Democrat

Politico

Gore: Science lagging on tornadoes

Former Vice President Al Gore lamented today that scientists "will not let us link record-breaking" tornadoes in Oklahoma and elsewhere to climate change because of inadequate record keeping on the twisters.

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

The Washington Post

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The delayed regulations include a safety rule on silica dust for miners and construction workers, an extension of minimum-wage laws to home-care workers and new oversight standards for imported food.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, US Politics, Democrat, Tom Harkin, Sports