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Pa. Sen. Casey says he now supports gay marriage
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:54PM April 01, 2013 CommentHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey announced Monday that he favors gay marriage, the latest of several lawmakers to change positions on the issue now before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Arkansas' GOP-led Legislature passes voter ID law
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:47PM April 01, 2013 CommentLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas legislators passed a law Monday requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, overriding Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of the bill, which he called an expensive solution to a non-existent problem.
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Rubio Treads Lightly in Immigration Battle
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:33PM April 01, 2013 Comment
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says he wants to help reform the U.S. immigration process.
Rubio hopes to earn street cred on both sides of the aisle with immigration talks.
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Rubio claims pivot point on immigration overhaul
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:21PM April 01, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Whatever immigration deal might be claimed by labor and business, or by Democrats and Republicans, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is serving notice it has to go through him.
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New Work Visa Program a Step, But Immigration Fight Far From Over
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:17PM April 01, 2013 Comment
An immigrant walks near the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales, Mexico, March 10, 2013.
Low-wage worker agreement is just the beginning of massive immigration overhaul.
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White House tries its hand at April Fools' joke
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:01PM April 01, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The White House, busy with its annual Easter Egg Roll, also managed to pull off an April Fools' prank.
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Obama nominates economic aide to 2nd budget slot
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:13PM April 01, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has nominated one of his senior economic advisers as deputy director of the White House budget office.
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White House: No military moves seen in N. Korea
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:42PM April 01, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says that despite bellicose rhetoric from North Korea the Obama administration has not seen changes in the regime's military posture.
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White House 'encouraged' by immigration progress
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:11PM April 01, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says it is "encouraged" by recent progress on efforts to overhaul immigration.
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Furlough notices out to presidential budget staff
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:10PM April 01, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says 480 workers on the president's budget staff have been notified they may have to take days off without pay because of a partisan budget stalemate.
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Court leaves in place rule for ads on airfares
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:46AM April 01, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is refusing to review a federal rule that requires airlines to include taxes in their advertised fares, a practice that carriers say violates their free-speech rights.
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High court denies appeal from ex-prof in Colorado
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:42AM April 01, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from former University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill in his effort to reclaim his job.
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Athletes, Stars Join Obama for Easter Egg Roll
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President Barack Obama cheers on children before blowing the whistle to start the White House Easter Egg Roll on April 13, 2009.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Easter Bunny, dozens of professional athletes and thousands of children will be hippity-hopping across the White House's South Lawn as President Barack Obama and his family lead the annual Easter Egg Roll.
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Can mass marketing heal the splits on 'Obamacare'?
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:12AM April 01, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — How do you convince millions of average Americans that one of the most complex and controversial programs devised by government may actually be a good deal for them?
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Obama hears Easter service with political theme
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:58PM March 31, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama attended Easter services at an Episcopal church near the White House and heard a sermon that criticized "captains of the religious right" for holding some people back.
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Senators caution immigration deal not final
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:17PM March 31, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Even with one of the largest hurdles to an immigration overhaul overcome, optimistic lawmakers on Sunday cautioned they had not finished work on a bill that would provide a path to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants.
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Sen. Flake sees GOP contender backing gay marriage
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:40PM March 31, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Jeff Flake says it is "inevitable" that his party will see one of its own run for president while supporting gay marriage.
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Marketing studies help craft health overhaul pitch
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:15PM March 31, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — How do you convince millions of average Americans that one of the most complex and controversial programs devised by government may actually be a good deal for them?
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Kelly: Gun checks need mental health component
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:45AM March 31, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Gun control activist Mark Kelly says a proposed national gun background bill under discussion in the Senate should include better access to mental health records that could prevent psychologically disturbed people from obtaining guns.
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Business, labor get deal on worker program
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:40PM March 30, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Big business and labor have struck a deal on a new low-skilled worker program, removing the biggest hurdle to completion of sweeping immigration legislation allowing 11 million illegal immigrants eventual U.S. citizenship, labor and Senate officials said Saturday.
