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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: Republican Party, Jeanne Shaheen, Ted Cruz, U.S. Department of Defense, Robert Gates
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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: Republican Party, Jeanne Shaheen, Washington, DC, Iran, Ted Cruz
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South Dakota delegation and Governor Daugaard to meet with VA Secretary
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tim Johnson, John Thune, Mike Johanns from Nebraska, and U.S. Representative Kristi Noem, along with South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard, and representatives of the Save the VA Group will meet with Veterans...
Tags: Kristi Noem, Executive Branch, Government, Dennis Daugaard, Bodies of Water
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The scandal of loyalty
WASHINGTON -- President Obama hasn't even begun his second term, yet already he has been ensnared by scandal. Republicans have uncovered a shocking level of wrongdoing in the Oval Office, and I'm afraid what they say is true: The president is brazenly...
Tags: Washington, DC, Republican Party, Budgets and Budgeting, Jeff Sessions, Elections
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Midwest ranchers, lawmakers protest EPA flyovers
DES MOINES, Iowa - Midwest ranchers have never been enamored with environmental regulators, but they really began to complain after learning federal inspectors were flying over their land to look for problems. The Environmental Protection Agency flies...Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Punishment, Adrian Smith, Chuck Grassley
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Bipartisan effort leads to Senate OK of farm bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday completed a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill that cuts farm subsidies and land conservation spending by about $2 billion a year but largely protects sugar growers and some 46 million food stamp...Tags: Washington, DC, Mitch McConnell, Forestry and Timber, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Tom Coburn
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American Chemistry Council Spends Big Bucks on Pro-Murkowski Ads
Channel 2 NewsSen. Lisa Murkowski isn't up for election until 2016, but that's not stopping the American Chemistry Council from buying lots of commercial airtime on TV and radio stations in Anchorage, airing a pro-Murkowski political advertisement hundreds of times....Tags: Entertainment, Radio, Elections, Environmental Issues, Politics
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Senate panel will investigate MF Global collapse
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Democrat and Republican on a key Senate panel say Congress should look deeply into what led to the collapse of MF Global, a trading firm run by one of their former colleagues. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, the chairman of the...Tags: Washington, DC, MF Global, Credit Ratings, Max Baucus, Metal
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Amid partisan fights, holiday cheer as senators play Secret Santa
There is no war on Christmas in the U.S. Senate. Sixty senators were exchanging gifts and good cheer – we hope – at a Secret Santa party just off the Senate floor tonight. The bipartisan fete was hosted by Sens. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and...Tags: Republican Party, Al Franken, Christmas, Elections, Holidays
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Roberts: Stop EPA from Regulating Farm Dust
Disclaimer: This news release is a statement provided by the elected official’s office.
Continuing his efforts to repeal burdensome, costly and ridiculous regulations, U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) signed on as a co-sponsor this week to a...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Litigation and Regulation, Regional Authority, Chuck Grassley, Economy, Business and Finance
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EPA tries to put to rest myth of farm dust rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — The EPA is trying to put to rest what it calls a ‘‘myth’’ that it is going to crack down on farm dust. In letters to two senators last week, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said the agency won’t...Tags: Washington, DC, Republican Party, Folklore and Mythology, Kristi Noem, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Good to know
The EPA is trying to put to rest what it calls a “myth” that it is going to crack down on farm dust. In letters to two senators last week, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said the agency won’t expand its current air quality standards to...Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Kristi Noem, Regional Authority, Herman Cain
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Oct 18, 2011
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Oct 20, 2011
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