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By DAVID M. DRUCKER | 06/18/13 08:10 PM
There was a mild uproar Tuesday when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that he would move to bring the immigration debate to a close as early as Friday, less than two weeks after it began.
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By JOEL GEHRKE | 06/18/13 07:45 PM
Two service members charged with sexual assault cannot be kicked out of the military, even if they are convicted, because comments made by President Obama about the issue constitute “unlawful command influence,”...
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By PHILIP KLEIN | 06/18/13 07:30 PM
If the Senate immigration bill becomes law, federal health care spending would increase by $112 billion over the next decade as more people take advantage of Medicaid, Medicare and subsidies from President Obama’s...
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By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/18/13 07:20 PM
The Republican-led House Tuesday passed a bill banning most abortions after 20 weeks.
The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, approved by a vote of 228 to 196, comes in the wake of gruesome details that emerged...
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By MICHAEL BARONE | 06/18/13 06:25 PM
Veteran USAToday reporter Richard Benedetto, now with American and George Mason Universities and the Fund for American Studies, has the details–”the carefully chosen, softer words used by the news media when reporting...
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By ASHE SCHOW | 06/18/13 05:55 PM
In a new Gallup poll, Americans rate Republicans less favorably than Democrats, 39 percent to 46 percent.
With the onslaught of scandals surrounding the Obama administration, Democrat favorability fell more than GOP...
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By SEAN LENGELL | 06/18/13 05:35 PM
Sen. Ted Cruz wasted little time in reacting to Monday's Supreme Court rejection of an Arizona law that demands would-be voters prove they are citizens, filing legislation hours later to allow the measure to return.
The...
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By SEAN HIGGINS | 06/18/13 05:05 PM
Two Indianapolis residents have filed claims with the National Labor Relations Board, stating that despite Indiana’s right to work law, they are still having union dues deducted from their paychecks against their...
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By ASHE SCHOW | 06/18/13 04:55 PM
James Cole, deputy attorney general, testified before the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that when it comes to metadata collection, "every now and then there may be a mistake."
Cole made the revelation while...
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By ASHE SCHOW | 06/18/13 04:55 PM
Testifying before Congress on Tuesday about the National Security Agency's collection of private American's phone records, Deputy Attorney General James Cole stated that, "Under the law, the Fourth Amendment does not...
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By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/18/13 04:50 PM
The Senate Tuesday defeated two amendments aimed at strengthening border security in the “Gang of Eight” immigration reform bill, including a provision that would have required a double-layer fence on the nation’s...
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By ASHE SCHOW | 06/18/13 04:45 PM
Representatives from the Heartland Institute, Heritage Foundation, R Street Institute and Energy and Enterprise Initiative gathered last week at the FHI 360 Conference Center in Washington, D.C. to debate whether...
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By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/18/13 04:35 PM
Vice President Joe Biden, angrily denouncing opponents of gun control, predicted Tuesday that senators who helped block an expansion of background checks for gun sales two months ago would pay a political price for their...
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By DAVID M. DRUCKER | 06/18/13 04:05 PM
The Heritage Foundation and the Cato Institute on Tuesday continued their debate over comprehensive immigration reform, this time before a closed-door meeting of the Republican Study Committee.
The caucus of...
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By JOSEPH LAWLER | 06/18/13 04:00 PM
As the Federal Reserve begins a two-day meeting to determine monetary policy, there are signs cropping up that the markets are confused about what Chairman Ben Bernanke and company are saying – or unconvinced that...
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By SEAN HIGGINS | 06/18/13 03:40 PM
No, I’m not trying to pull the wool over your eyes, the federal government really does fund a National Sheep Industry Improvement Center. It is part of the Agriculture Department. You can read a request for grant...
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By SEAN HIGGINS | 06/18/13 02:40 PM
In a statement released today, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said that US working families had “no higher legislative priority” for Congress than passing immigration reform. That reform must not not include any...
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By DAVID M. DRUCKER | 06/18/13 02:30 PM
Democratic and Republican senators are in tense discussions over a border-security amendment to the Gang of Eight immigration-reform package that could prove critical to its passage, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said...
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By SEAN HIGGINS | 06/18/13 02:30 PM
My column today focuses on the strange bedfellows and ironic situations created by the immigration reform bill. I highlight the case of the Communications Workers of America and its concerns regarding the bill’s...
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By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/18/13 01:25 PM
The National Security Agency’s power to scrutinize the nation’s telephone records have helped to thwart more than 50 potential terrorist plots, including plans to bomb both the New York City subway system and...
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By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/18/13 01:20 PM
Governor Chris Christie elicited boos from students at an elementary school in New Jersey today, after he explained that he was a fan of the Dallas Cowboys – not the New York Jets or the New York Giants.
Christie...
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By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/18/13 12:55 PM
World leaders at the Group of Eight summit in Northern Ireland signed off on an agreement aimed at cracking down on tax evasion as part of transatlantic trade negotiations.
In still uncertain economic times, U.S. and...
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By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/18/13 12:45 PM
Two military religious freedom amendments proposed by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas are challenging the Obama administration after they objected to a similar Amendment proposed in the House.
The...
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By ASHE SCHOW | 06/18/13 12:35 PM
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., told Sean Hannity Monday night that what the Obama administration and the NSA did with the Patriot Act was “clearly not within the law.” Referring to the dragnet collection of American...
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By CONN CARROLL | 06/18/13 12:05 PM
For almost 20 years, California’s 52nd Congressional District was owned by the Republican Party. Then in 2012, Democrat Scott Peters stole it from them. Now, Republicans want it back. And they have turned to an openly...
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By DAVID M. DRUCKER | 06/18/13 12:00 PM
House Speaker John Boehner confirmed Tuesday that he would not bring an immigration bill to the House floor that is not supported by most of his Republican majority.
Boehner, R-Ohio, indicated that he still supports a...
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By SEAN HIGGINS | 06/18/13 12:00 PM
A top Labor Department official told the House Education and Workforce Committee Tuesday that the underlying data they provide to calculate wage rates under the Davis-Bacon Act had several limitations and could...
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By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/18/13 11:55 AM
President Obama and other world leaders at the G-8 summit Tuesday agreed in calling for an end to the two-year civil war in Syria, but the U.S. and its allies could not convince Russia to unite behind a call for the...
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By JOEL GEHRKE | 06/18/13 11:20 AM
White House officials announced that the United States and Afghanistan governments will use the negotiating table as the place to ask the Taliban to cut ties with al-Qaeda, a process that can begin now that the Taliban...
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By STEVE CONTORNO | 06/18/13 11:15 AM
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., wants Hillary Clinton to run for president in 2016 and on Tuesday joined a group of activists hoping to make that happen.
The pro-Clinton Super PAC Ready for Hillary announced that...
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By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/18/13 11:05 AM
On ‘Morning Joe’ this morning, the slightly thinner Gov. Chris Christie R-N.J. dodged 2016 presidential speculation by announcing that he would not wear a Speedo swimsuit on the Fourth of July.
“I can announce...
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By SEAN HIGGINS | 06/18/13 10:40 AM
Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., said at a House Education and the Workforce Committee hearing this morning that the Labor Department expanded the reach of Davis-Bacon Act without public comment earlier this year....
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By BYRON YORK | 06/18/13 10:35 AM
With a new poll showing falling support for the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has announced an accelerated schedule in which the Senate would take a final,...
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By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/18/13 10:25 AM
The White House on Tuesday announced two milestones on the long path to peace in Afghanistan: negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban will begin soon in Qatar, and Afghan security forces have taken the...
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By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/18/13 10:10 AM
President Obama in a wide-ranging interview that aired late Monday gave a robust defense of his administration’s phone and Internet surveillance programs and his decision to provide light weapons to the Syrian...
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By JOSEPH LAWLER | 06/18/13 10:05 AM
President Obama hinted Monday night that Ben Bernanke will not be reappointed to a third term as Federal Reserve chairman when his current term ends in January.
Bernanke has “already stayed” at the Fed “a lot...
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By PHILIP KLEIN | 06/18/13 09:40 AM
An unnamed staffer for Sen. Marco Rubio has caused the latest stir over the immigration bill by telling the New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza that, “There are American workers who, for lack of a better term, can’t cut...
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By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/18/13 08:45 AM
Speaking to CNN’s Jake Tapper Monday, journalist Glenn Greenwald dismissed President Obama’s promises of strict oversight of surveillance programs within the National Security Agency.
“It’s totally false,” he...
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By CONN CARROLL | 06/18/13 08:15 AM
CNN released a poll today showing that, by a 62 percent to 36 percent margin, Americans believe “the main focus of the U.S. government in dealing with immigration policy” should be “increasing border security to...
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By BYRON YORK | 06/18/13 07:20 AM
As the Senate turns to full-time debate on the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill, a new poll shows the barest of majorities supports the effort. In a new CNN survey, 51 percent of respondents said they...
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By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/18/13 07:05 AM
A new Texas Tribune poll examines the popularity of some of the biggest stars in the Republican Party and whether they have support from Texas Republicans in the 2016 presidential campaign.
Ted Cruz leads the field with...
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By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/18/13 07:05 AM
Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday will try to revive interest in firearms restrictions and tout actions the Obama administration has taken on its own to reduce gun violence, six months after the mass shootings in...
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By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/18/13 06:40 AM
James O’Keefe is back – this time targeting cell phone stores participating in the government program to offer free phones to low income individuals – or ‘Obamaphones.’
O’Keefe’s latest video features his...
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By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/18/13 05:05 AM
The Senate will vote Tuesday on four amendments to the comprehensive immigration reform bill, including one that would require a double-layer, 700-mile fence along the southern border before any of the nation’s...
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By BYRON YORK | 06/17/13 10:25 PM
As the Senate debate over the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill reaches full speed this week, leading Democrats have pronounced the border security amendment proposed by Republican Sen. John Cornyn a...
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By JOEL GEHRKE | 06/17/13 07:10 PM
Tomorrow, the Congressional Budget Office will release its assessment of the Senate immigration bill’s effect on the federal budget, a Senate Budget Committee spokesman told the Washington Examiner.
“It will come...
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By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/17/13 05:55 PM
Internal Revenue Service agents used "Tea Party" as "shorthand" for any group filing for tax-exempt status that the agents thought was dedicating too much time to campaign activities and not just to single out...
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By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/17/13 05:15 PM
President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin emerged from two hours of talks Monday no closer to a compromise for curtailing a civil war in Syria that has killed more than 93,000 people.
“With respect to...
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By MICHAEL BARONE | 06/17/13 05:00 PM
Barack Obama’s job approval rating is down to 45% in the lastest CNN/ORC poll, conducted June 11-13, with 54% disapproval; the approval number is down from 53% in CNN/ORC’s May 17-18 poll. Most interesting result:...
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By TIMOTHY P. CARNEY | 06/17/13 04:45 PM
The Federal Housing Finance Agency has hired Charles Landgraf, who appears to be a currently registered lobbyist, as an adviser to help form policy on a product involved in mortgage lending called “force-place...
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