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Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer Make Vines to Help Pass Immigration Reform Bill
Tweet Share on Facebook May 22, 2013 CommentBackers of immigration reform are trying anything they can to champion the massive reform bill as it moves to the Senate. And on Wednesday, two prominent Democratic lawmakers sought to drum up support by jumping aboard the latest social media craze: Vines, or short looping videos made for Twitter.
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How Congress Is Using the Congo to Weaken Dodd-Frank
Tweet Share on Facebook May 21, 2013 CommentLawmakers expressed what appeared to be heartfelt concern Tuesday over an obscure provision of the Dodd-Frank Act, the major financial reform bill President Barack Obama signed into law in 2010, and how it has affected the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Oklahoma Senators Try to Have It Both Ways on Federal Disaster Relief
Tweet Share on Facebook May 21, 2013 CommentOklahoma Republican Sens. Tom Coburn and Jim Inhofe, both fiscal hawks who have voted against emergency aid in the past, walk a tightrope every time a disaster hits back home. And the enormous tornado that left 24 dead in Oklahoma Tuesday is no different.
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Study: White Americans More Likely to See Obama as Angry Than Non-White Americans
Tweet Share on Facebook May 20, 2013 CommentWhite Americans are more likely to see anger in the facial expressions of President Obama than non-white Americans are, according to a study from the University of Arkansas that will be published in the journal Political Psychology in July.
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Obama's Meeting With IRS Union Leader Not a Smoking Gun
Tweet Share on Facebook May 20, 2013 CommentUPDATED 5/20/13: This story has been updated to include comment from the National Treasury Employees Union.
The conservative blogosphere is up in arms over what appears to be a smoking gun in the Internal Revenue Service scandal.
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Adam Kokesh Arrested at Marijuana Rally
Tweet Share on Facebook May 20, 2013 CommentAdam Kokesh, the libertarian talk show host and activist who encouraged gun owners to march on Washington with loaded guns this July 4, was arrested in Philadelphia on Saturday while participating in a "Smoke Down Prohibition" rally, according to his staff.
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Tea Party Protests Planned At IRS Offices Nationwide Tuesday
Tweet Share on Facebook May 20, 2013 CommentA major tea party group is planning protests at Internal Revenue Services nationwide Tuesday following revelations earlier this month that the tax agency had flagged organizations with the words "tea party" or "patriot" for additional scrutiny.
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5 Commencement Guests Who are Speaking at Colleges You Wouldn't Expect
Tweet Share on Facebook May 17, 2013 CommentA slew of politicos and celebrities have been asked by their alma maters to come dole out advice to the class of 2013 in the coming weeks.
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GOP Lawmakers Raked in Donations for the Obamacare Repeal Vote
Tweet Share on Facebook May 17, 2013 CommentRepublican freshmen this week had an opportunity to vote to repeal "Obamacare," marking the 37th time the House has voted on some version of a proposal to kill President Obama's signature health care law. The House passed the legislation, which now goes on to the Senate, but Govtrack estimates only an 8 percent chance of the measure getting enacted.
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American Craft Beer Getting Bigger in Sweden, Canada Thanks to Ag Department
Tweet Share on Facebook May 17, 2013 CommentAmerican-made craft beer is entering its heyday in America – and with a little help and a little time, dozens of other countries might be buying that same craft beer, too.
