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Lawmakers rush to catch up on gay marriage
WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, American opinion on gay marriage has been shifting. Now lawmakers are in a mad dash to catch up. In less than two weeks, seven senators — all from moderate or Republican-leaning states — announced their...
Tags: John G. Roberts, Jr., John D. Rockefeller IV, Parties and Movements, Kay Hagan, Politics
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Supremes waffle on marriage equality
Over the last 40 years, I've been involved in a lot of political battles for a lot of different causes: workers' rights, women's rights, gay rights, environmental protection, anti-war, anti-nuclear power, anti-urban sprawl, animal rights, gun control,...
Tags: Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, John D. Rockefeller IV, Civil Rights, Kay Hagan
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However court rules, gay marriage debate won't end
NEW YORK (AP) — However the Supreme Court rules after its landmark hearings on same-sex marriage, the issue seems certain to divide Americans and states for many years to come. In oral arguments Tuesday and Wednesday on two cases involving gay...
Tags: John D. Rockefeller IV, Parties and Movements, Kay Hagan, Politics, Barack Obama
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Supreme Court gay marriage debate prompts lawmakers to state support
WASHINGTON -- Six Democratic senators have announced their support for same-sex marriage in nearly as many days, policy reversals that reflect the changing politics of the issue as the Supreme Court hears arguments in potential landmark cases. Since...Tags: Jon Tester, Minority Groups, John D. Rockefeller IV, Social Media, Mary L. Landrieu
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At Supreme Court, gay marriage comes full circle
It is the hottest ticket in the country. On Tuesday morning, only a lucky few will be inside the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the historic arguments over whether California’s gay marriage ban is constitutional. Among the 400 courtroom spectators...Tags: John G. Roberts, Jr., Parties and Movements, Politics, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Mark R. Warner
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Sen. Roy Blunt placing a hold on Obama's EPA nominee
WASHINGTON -- Missouri Republican Sen. Roy Blunt said on Monday that he is placing a hold on Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency, which could delay a full Senate vote on the nominee. Blunt said the hold...
Tags: Science and Technology, Politics, Environmental Pollution, Barack Obama, Standards
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Nelson would dock congressional pay by same amount as furloughed federal workers
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelU.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., says he and U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., are filing legislation to dock congressional paychecks by the same percentage as any federal worker furloughed as a result of sequestration. “No one should get paid... -
Tax bills for rich families approach 30-year high
WASHINGTON (AP) — The poor rich. With Washington gridlocked again over whether to raise their taxes, it turns out wealthy families already are paying some of their biggest federal tax bills in decades even as the rest of the population continues...
Tags: Taxation, Congressional Budget Office, Personal Income, Parties and Movements, Finance
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All condemn pending budget cuts, spread blame
The Associated PressThe White House and Republicans kept up the unrelenting mudslinging Sunday over who’s to blame for roundly condemned budget cuts set to take effect at week’s end, with the administration detailing the potential fallout in each state and...Tags: Arne Duncan, Parties and Movements, Mitch McConnell, CNN (tv network), Government Debt
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Female vs. male senators
As the son of a woman, the husband of a woman and the father of daughters and granddaughters, I celebrate the record number of females who are now United States senators. However, I do see some differences in the way these and other women are treated,...
Tags: Civil Rights, Politics, Bella Abzug, Feminism, Justice and Rights
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Bobby Jindal, Deval Patrick on ‘Meet the Press’; Jan Brewer on ‘Face the Nation’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelCNN's "State of the Union" talks to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. The program starts at 9 a.m. and noon. The program offers a panel with former Gov. Haley Barbour, R-Miss.; Jackie Calmes of The New York Times; Gwen Ifill of PBS'... -
The double threats
Just as Lenin's body remains on public display in Russia, because one never knows when he might be useful to rally the masses, so, too, does the ghost (but thankfully not the body) of the late Joseph McCarthy, R-Wis., remain a useful symbol for Democrats...Tags: Marco Rubio, Robert H. Bork, Parties and Movements, Politics, Barack Obama
Mar 29, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Mar 29, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Mar 28, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Mar 27, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 26, 2013
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Mar 18, 2013
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Feb 28, 2013
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Mar 3, 2013
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Feb 24, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
Jan 12, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 22, 2013
| Orlando Sentinel
Feb 18, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
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