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Iraqis, Afghans who helped U.S. in wars look to Congress for resettlement
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON Congress will consider legislation Friday that could ease the way for thousands of Iraqis and Afghans to resettle in the United States to escape the dangers that come with their work for the U.S. military, news outlets and nonprofit groups....Tags: U.S. Department of State, Earl Blumenauer, Afghanistan, National Defense Authorization Act, Justice and Rights
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Military sexual assault: Senate approves new procedures
The Senate Armed Services Committee endorsed several steps to improve prosecution of military sexual assault on Wednesday during a rare open debate of its annual defense policy bill, but it killed a controversial proposal opposed by Pentagon leaders....
Tags: Dick Cheney, National Defense Authorization Act, National Security, Ted Cruz, The Washington Post
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Billions on the chopping block: Senate debates farm bill
WASHINGTON - Working on a new farm bill, the Senate recently defeated an amendment to change the sugar program but limited the crop insurance premium subsidies for high-income farmers before putting off further action on the bill until after a Memorial...Tags: Justice System, Voting, Personal Income, Genetic Engineering, Al Franken
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Policy pits candy against sugar
Some of Baltimore's best-known candy makers are pressing Congress to overturn a decades-old sugar policy they say is leaving a bad taste in their mouth. Goetze's Candy Co., Wockenfuss Candies and others want lawmakers to rethink long-standing...
Tags: Justice System, Patrick J. Toomey, Government, Democratic Party, National Government
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Hagel approved by Senate committee in party-line vote
WASHINGTON -- After a sometimes contentious debate, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted on party lines and narrowly approved the nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel to be secretary of Defense, moving the bitter fight over President Obama’s...
Tags: John McCain, Barack Obama, State of the Union Address, Ted Cruz, North Korea
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Senate panel approves Hagel for Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate panel on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary in a rancorous session at which Republican questioned the former GOP senator's truthfulness...
Tags: Barack Obama, Ted Cruz, Kelly Ayotte, Democratic Party, Chuck Hagel
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GOP Expands Majority in Governors' Mansions
CNNRepublicans flipped North Carolina, a state that hasn't elected a GOP governor since the 1980s, expanding their national lead over Democrats at the statehouse level, according to CNN projections. Eleven states held governors' races Tuesday. Democrats...Tags: Justice System, Mike Pence, Barack Obama, Joe Manchin III, Elections
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Republicans score key gubernatorial win in North Carolina
CNNRepublicans picked up a key seat in North Carolina, flipping a state that hasn't elected a GOP governor since the 1980s, according to CNN projections. Eleven states are holding gubernatorial races Tuesday, in which Democrats are defending eights seats;...Tags: Justice System, Voting, Mike Pence, Barack Obama, Joe Manchin III
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Mikulski to speak on Senate women at Democratic National Convention
Sen. Barbara A. Mikulskiwill have a speaking role at the Democratic National Convention, aides said Wednesday. The Maryland Democrat, who this year became the longest-serving woman in congressional history, will lead a program highlighting the record...Tags: 2012 Democratic National Convention, Elections, Barbara Boxer, Democratic Party, Amy Klobuchar
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Sanders takes fight over defense cuts to D.C.
FOX 5 San Diego StaffSAN DIEGO -- San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders spoke in the nation's capital Tuesday against possible automatic cuts in defense spending next year. Sanders was joined by Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.,...Tags: Port of San Diego, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, Jerry Sanders, U.S. Department of Defense
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Bigger programs, bigger boondoggles
In mid-June, the best guessers on Capitol Hill handicapped a probable 2012 Farm Bill this way: either the Senate passes its version by the Fourth of July to push the House to act by late summer or no farm law will pass until after the November general...Tags: Saxby Chambliss, Elections, Agricultural Research and Technology, Republican Party, Agriculture
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O'Malley takes party's message to New Hampshire
— Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley took center stage before a convention of New Hampshire Democrats Saturday, rallying the faithful in a state important to his party's hopes to hold the White House in November — and to his own future should he...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Barack Obama, Justice and Rights, Sylvia Larsen, Elections
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