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Senate panel approves Foxx as US transportation secretary
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON A Senate panel on Monday unanimously confirmed Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx to be the next U.S. transportation secretary, a final step toward what is expected to be an easy confirmation by the full Senate. Foxx had a smooth confirmation...Tags: Anthony Foxx, John Thune, U.S. Congress, Highway Transportation, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Dems' Senate campaigns marked by internal battles
ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections. Two top-tier Democratic prospects recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota,...
Tags: Mark Pryor, Tea Party Movement, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Column: National Rifle Association winning gun battle
President Barack Obama pleaded with Congress last week to remember the victims of December’s schoolhouse shootings in Connecticut and tighten the nation’s gun laws. "Shame on us if we’ve forgotten," he said. "Don’t get squishy."...Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, Tea Party Movement, Crime, Law and Justice, Assault, New York City
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McManus: Gun control, DOA
President Obama pleaded with Congress last week to remember the victims of December's schoolhouse shootings in Connecticut and tighten the nation's gun laws. "Shame on us if we've forgotten," he said. "Don't get squishy." But four months after the...
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, Tea Party Movement, Crime, Law and Justice, Assault, Television Industry
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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: Minority Groups, Rob Portman, Feminism, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Christianity
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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: Minority Groups, Rob Portman, Judges, Jim Kolbe, Crime, Law and Justice
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Obama: 'Shame on us' if Congress forgets Newtown
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Thursday not to forget the heartbreak of the Newtown elementary school massacre and "get squishy" on tightened gun laws, though some lawmakers in his own Democratic Party remain a tough...
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, Mark Pryor, Criminals, Crime, Law and Justice, Max Baucus
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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: Minority Groups, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Marriage, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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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, Minority Groups, Rob Portman, Mark Pryor, Claire McCaskill
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Senate OKs legislation to keep government open; House votes next
WASHINGTON — All but ensuring there will be no federal shutdown, the Senate on Wednesday approved a measure to keep the government running — but not before tweaking the automatic budget cuts that threaten some of the lawmakers’...
Tags: Mark Pryor, Lisa Mascaro, Air Transportation Industry, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate
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Senators protest sequester cuts, shutdown threat looms
WASHINGTON — It was bound to happen: As the sequester budget cuts are felt around the country, lawmakers are having second thoughts — and trying to tinker with them in a way that could lead to a full-scale government shutdown. Senators...Tags: Washington, DC, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Air Transportation Industry, U.S. Department of Defense
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Pro-gun voters put heat on Democratic senators
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Max Baucus has been here before. Back during the Clinton era, the Democrat faced a choice: support an assault weapons ban urged by a president from his own party and risk angering constituents who cherish their gun...
Tags: Mark Pryor, Max Baucus, Assault, Mary L. Landrieu, Mitt Romney
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