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  • Immigrant health care bills stump House group

    23 May 2013, 7:32 pm

    WASHINGTON--Differences over whether immigrants should be deported for failing to have health insurance or pay their healthcare bills have stalled a bipartisan group of House lawmakers, who blew past a self-imposed Thursday deadline as they press forward on a…
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  • IRS replaces head of division that targeted conservative groups

    23 May 2013, 6:20 pm

    WASHINGTON -- Lois Lerner, the head of the IRS office under fire for improperly targeting conservative groups, was replaced by the agency's acting commissioner on Thursday, a day after she insisted she had done nothing wrong and refused to answer questions…
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  • Senate confirms Obama's first D.C. Circuit Court nominee

    23 May 2013, 2:48 pm

    WASHINGTON -- Deputy Solicitor General Sri Srinivasan, a rising star in legal circles, won an easy and unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, giving President Obama his first appointee to a…
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  • Obama restricts drone strikes overseas

    23 May 2013, 2:24 pm

    WASHINGTON -- Under pressure from Congress and international allies, President Obama announced a change in what has been a central piece of his counter-terrorism strategy, saying he will place new restrictions on the targeting of terrorists with missiles fired…
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  • Conservative economists endorse immigration reform bill

    23 May 2013, 3:00 am

    WASHINGTON -- More than 100 conservative economists will call on Congress to approve an immigration overhaul, highlighting the potential economic benefits.    
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  • Top IRS official pleads the 5th Amendment at testy House hearing

    22 May 2013, 11:47 am

    WASHINGTON — A top Internal Revenue Service official invoked the 5th Amendment and declined to testify Wednesday before a House committee investigating the agency’s mishandling of applications by some conservative groups for tax-exempt status.    
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  • Immigration reform bill heads to full Senate

    21 May 2013, 8:02 pm

    WASHINGTON — A sweeping bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation’s immigration system headed to the Senate floor after a key committee approved it Tuesday, but not before tilting the bill to the political right with amendments designed to attract more…
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  • Reid to delay Senate votes on most Obama nominees until July

    21 May 2013, 7:27 pm

    WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that he will delay votes on several of President Obama’s nominees for key posts until July, a decision raising the prospect that he’ll seek further changes to Senate rules that would allow…
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  • Majority thinks global warming, clean energy should be priorities

    21 May 2013, 4:39 pm

    WASHINGTON – Global warming and clean energy should be priorities for Congress and the president, a majority of Americans said in a recent survey.    
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  • Top IRS official will invoke 5th Amendment

    21 May 2013, 4:17 pm

    WASHINGTON — A top IRS official in the division that reviews nonprofit groups will invoke the 5th Amendment and refuse to answer questions before a House committee investigating the agency’s improper screening of conservative nonprofit groups.    
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  • Obama meets with young immigrants, encourages them to speak out

    21 May 2013, 3:29 pm

    WASHINGTON -- President Obama met Tuesday with young immigrants and others who expressed their fear that family members will be deported and their hope that Congress will pass new immigration laws to keep families intact.    
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  • IRS officials still don't have full explanation of targeting

    21 May 2013, 2:32 pm

    WASHINGTON – The outgoing head of the IRS said the agency still doesn’t know which staff members were responsible for using politically loaded language to screen out nonprofit groups, as senators pressed them to explain how certain conservative…
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  • Sen. Orrin Hatch emerges as key GOP vote on immigration

    21 May 2013, 1:13 pm

    WASHINGTON – When Sen. Orrin Hatch takes his seat on the dais in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, the 79-year-old slides into his status as the most sought-after vote for immigration reform.    
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  • Tentative deal reached on high-tech visas in immigration bill

    21 May 2013, 12:13 pm

    WASHINGTON — The outlines of a possible agreement emerged Tuesday on the criteria for high-skilled visas in the immigration overhaul, potentially paving the way for a key Republican senator to support the sweeping legislation and give it a boost when it…
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  • Former IRS commissioner 'dismayed' by inspector general's report

    21 May 2013, 11:36 am

    WASHINGTON -- The former top official of the Internal Revenue Service told senators Tuesday he was “dismayed and saddened” by an inspector general’s report detailing how, during his tenure as IRS commissioner, the agency inappropriately scrutinized…
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  • Obama: Nation to stand by Oklahoma survivors 'as long as it takes'

    21 May 2013, 10:49 am

    WASHINGTON -- President Obama on Tuesday assured the survivors of Oklahoma’s deadly tornado that the nation is “there for them” and that the government will keep its focus on the rescue effort as long as is needed.    
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  • Conservatives, tea party leaders seek to block immigration bill

    21 May 2013, 12:00 am

    WASHINGTON – Top conservative leaders, along with tea party activists from across the nation, have crafted a letter of opposition to the Senate’s bipartisan immigration overhaul.    
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  • White House officials knew of IRS audit findings weeks in advance

    20 May 2013, 6:37 pm

    WASHINGTON — Top officials in the White House learned in April that an investigation of the IRS would probably end up showing that the agency targeted conservative groups for special scrutiny, the White House spokesman conceded Monday, contrary to earlier…
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  • Senators press forward on immigration bill

    20 May 2013, 3:03 pm

    WASHINGTON – Senators are pushing forward on changes to a sweeping immigration overhaul, preparing to vote the bill out of the Judiciary Committee before Congress adjourns for the Memorial Day recess.    
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  • U.S. attorney involved in leaking Fast and Furious document

    20 May 2013, 1:47 pm

    WASHINGTON -- The former top federal prosecutor in Arizona retaliated against the lead whistle blower in the Fast and Furious controversy by leaking an internal report that suggested he too once favored “walking guns” along the Southwest border and would…
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  • Crossroads GPS believes it is under IRS scrutiny

    20 May 2013, 1:36 pm

    WASHINGTON — Crossroads GPS, the behemoth conservative advocacy group behind some of the most robust attacks against President Obama’s administration, said Monday that it believes it is among the organizations subjected to special scrutiny by the Internal…
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  • Federal immigration services union joins opposition to bill

    20 May 2013, 1:13 pm

    WASHINGTON – A labor union that represents federal officers who vet immigration applications has decided to oppose the immigration overhaul winding through the Senate, saying provisions in the bill could lead to fraud.    
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  • Supreme Court to hear prayer case

    20 May 2013, 10:20 am

    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will revisit the issue of church-state separation and decide whether a town council can begin its monthly meetings with a prayer from a Christian pastor.    
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  • White House fights back on IRS as GOP keeps up pressure

    19 May 2013, 4:02 pm

    WASHINGTON — A senior White House aide insisted Sunday that President Obama learned only from news reports that an IRS office had singled out dozens of tea party organizations and other conservative groups for questionable scrutiny, while Republicans vowed…
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  • Obama urges Morehouse College graduates to help others

    19 May 2013, 2:48 pm

    WASHINGTON — President Obama urged graduates of a celebrated historically black college Sunday to use their education to help others and to work for "something larger than yourself," citing the example of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.    
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