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Farming: Old school for old boys
While Max Baucus and Jon Tester are both Democrats, both U.S. senators and both Montana country boys, last month’s hurried vote to fund nearly $1 trillion of current federal spending shows just how different these Big Sky legislators really are....Tags: Lobbying, Max Baucus, Washington, DC, Democratic Party, Easter
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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: Claire McCaskill, Justice System, USA Today, Mitt Romney, 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: Claire McCaskill, Anglicanism, Dianne Feinstein, Labor Legislation, Religion and Belief
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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: Starbucks Corp., Claire McCaskill, Justice System, Voting, Politics
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Mikulski says she doesn't support 'Monsanto rider' in funding bill
Food safety groups are ramping up pressure on Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski over language included in a government funding bill that would make it harder for courts to block the planting of genetically engineered crops. The language, tucked into...
Tags: Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Barbara A. Mikulski, Elections, Politics
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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: Social Media, Social Issues, Claire McCaskill, Mary L. Landrieu, John D. Rockefeller IV
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Senate vote: OK $85 billion cuts, avert shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved legislation Wednesday to lock in $85 billion in widely decried spending cuts aimed at restraining soaring federal deficits — and to avoid a government shutdown just a week away. President Barack Obama's...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Max Baucus, Justice System, Democratic Party, Tom Coburn
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NFU applauds Tester, bipartisan coalition
WASHINGTON - National Farmers Union (NFU) commended a recently formed bipartisan coalition of Senators, led by Jon Tester of Montana, in calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to work...Tags: International Organizations, Tom Vilsack, Politics, Consumers, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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R-CALF USA applauds Senate country-of-origin-labeling letter
Billings, Mont. - R-CALF USA applauds yesterday's action by a group of 31 U.S. Senators led by Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Tim Johnson (D-SD), and Charles Grassley (R-IA). who sent a joint letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack...Tags: Chuck Grassley, International Organizations, Tom Vilsack, Tim Johnson, Politics
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The challenging math of passing immigration reform
WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. But while immigration politics appears to have changed in the wake of sweeping Republican rejection...
Tags: Amy Klobuchar, Lindsey O. Graham, Dianne Feinstein, Ron Wyden, Politics
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Floods blamed for 16 pipeline spills
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Pipeline spills caused by flooding and riverbed erosion dumped 2.4 million gallons of crude oil and other hazardous liquids into U.S. waterways over the past two decades, according to a new report from federal regulators....
Tags: Max Baucus, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Enterprise Products Partners LP, Exxon Mobil Corporation, U.S. Congress
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Nancy Pelosi on ‘Real Time With Bill Maher’; Paul Ryan on ‘Meet the Press’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelSen. Dianne Feinstein speaks Thursday on Capitol Hill about her bill to ban assault weapons. Photo credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED: The weekend political discussion starts on HBO's “Real Time With Bill Maher.” Maher...
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