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Republican Leadership Split on Whether to Protect Native American Women

Source: Think Progress, Dec 7 2012, 3:50pm CST

Our guest blogger is Erik Stegman, Manager of the Half in Ten campaign for the Center for American Progress Action Fund. With only three weeks left for Congress to pass the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), one man is standing in its way: Hous ...

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U.S. House won't follow Senate lead on immigration bill - Boehner

Source: Thomson Reuters News & Insight  |   May 24 2013, 6:38am CDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday his chamber would chart its own path on immigration rather than simply considering a Senate-passed measure, quashing hopes some Democrats had fo ...

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Republican Women Score 2013 Legislative Session as "Poor"

Source: PR Newswire  |   May 24 2013, 6:08am CDT

TUSCALOOSA, Ala., May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Alabama Federation of Republican Women credits the 2013 Alabama Legislature for accomplishments in several major areas: gun rights, forbidding foreign law such as Sharia to be used in Alaba ...

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23 weeks ago


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"Rape is rape, and there’s no splitting hairs over rape."


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Mass. Senate Passes $34 Billion Budget

Source: WBUR | 90.9 FM  |   May 24 2013, 5:45am CDT

BOSTON — The Senate on Thursday night voted 36-3 to approve a $33.99 billion budget for fiscal 2014, adding $68.4 million in spending to the plan over the course of two days of debate. The budget now heads to conference committee wh ...

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House OKs bill on student-loan rates

Source: Arkansas Online  |   May 24 2013, 5:36am CDT

WASHINGTON - The House on Thursday passed legislation to head off a doubling of student-loan interest rates on July 1, instead tying rates to prevailing market trends and ending federal subsidies. The bill, which passed 221-198, kicks off what is ...

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Groups look for next step in delicate immigration reform dance

Source: MSNBC  |   May 24 2013, 3:19am CDT

By Carrie Dann, Political Reporter, NBC News After clearing the first hurdle in some of the most delicate legislative jockeying in recent memory, advocates of a comprehensive immigration reform bill are already looking to the next stag ...

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McCain out of touch with Senate GOP, Cruz says

Source: United Press International  |   May 24 2013, 2:46am CDT

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks at a press conference on repealing President Obama's Affordable Healthcare Act, on Capitol Hill on March 11, 2013 in Washington, D.C. UPI/Kevin Dietsch License photo WASHINGTON, Ma ...

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US tax official put on leave over scandal

Source: Al Jazeera  |   May 24 2013, 2:36am CDT

Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official at the centre of the scandal over the agency's extra scrutiny of conservative groups, has been put on administrative leave after she refused to resign, accor ...

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Senate votes to maintain New Hampshire's participation in RGGI

Source: SeacoastOnline.com  |   May 24 2013, 1:10am CDT

CONCORD — The Senate voted 14-10 Thursday to approve a bill that will ensure New Hampshire's future participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Voting with all 11 Democrats were Republican Sens. N ...

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New Newspaper Contributors for 05/24/2013

Source: Creators Syndicate  |   May 23 2013, 11:55pm CDT

The measure would give freedom to employers, who could cut overtime pay for their workers. Those workers who rely on overtime to supplement their pay — single mothers being a big part of that group — could ...

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