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By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/19/13 09:15 PM
The House Wednesday added an amendment to a $1 trillion Farm Bill that would give states the right to screen food stamp applicants for drug use.
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By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/19/13 10:15 PM
The embattled Internal Revenue Service said it is legally obligated to pay $70 million in bonuses to its unionized employees, despite the new budget constraints and the objections of lawmakers.
Sen. Charles Grassley,...
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By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/19/13 05:55 PM
The Federal Bureau of Investigations employs the use of drones for surveillance on U.S. soil, the agency’s director told lawmakers on Wednesday.
At an oversight hearing conducted by the Senate Judiciary Committee, FBI...
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By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/19/13 10:15 AM
The Treasury Department has yet to provide Congress with a full list and cost of employee conferences, despite repeated requests from Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.
Treasury officials blame multiple requests from different...
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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 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 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 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 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 SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/16/13 06:05 PM
Congress this week will tackle immigration reform, farming and abortion, though lawmakers also will continue to focus much of their time on a growing list of scandals surrounding the Obama administration.
Immigration...
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By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/14/13 02:35 PM
Six months after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Connecticut, the daughter of the school’s principal sent out a plea on behalf of President Obama’s legislative lobbying group to keep pushing...
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By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/13/13 06:50 PM
The Tea Party is coming after me, Rep. Ed Markey, told supporters in a Thursday fundraising request.
Markey, who is battling Republican Gabriel Gomez for the open U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts, said he is seeking...
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By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/13/13 05:45 PM
Lawmakers plan to seek the declassification and release of information related to the National Security Agency’s collection of phone and email data so they can show Americans it has helped stop terrorism.
House...
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By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/12/13 05:20 PM
BOSTON - With poll numbers showing a tightening Massachusetts Senate race, President Obama made a stop in the Bay State on Wednesday to raise money and rally the state's powerful Democratic base for Rep. Edward Markey...
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By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/12/13 04:40 PM
BOSTON – With poll numbers showing a tightening Massachusetts senate race, President Obama made a stop in the Bay State Wednesday to raise money and rally the state’s powerful Democratic base for Rep. Edward Markey...
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By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/11/13 03:55 PM
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said lawmakers should stop complaining that they were unaware the National Security Administration was tracking the phone records of millions of Americans.
Lawmakers in the House and...
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By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/10/13 07:45 PM
Lawmakers are pledging to investigate the National Security Administration's practice of collecting the phone and Internet records of millions of Americans.
Aides to House leaders told The Washington Examiner that...
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By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/10/13 02:40 PM
A new poll shows the Massachusetts Senate race is tightening.
Suffolk University reports Monday that their latest survey gives Democratic Rep. Edward Markey a 7-point lead over Republican businessman and former Navy Seal...
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By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/09/13 05:45 PM
The Senate this week opens debate a long-awaited, bipartisan immigration reform bill that pairs tighter border security with a 13-year path to citizenship for the nation's estimated 11 million illegal immigrants.
But...
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By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/07/13 04:30 PM
Republicans, long criticized for pushing for the elimination of the health care reform law without a way to replace it, have come up with their own plan.
Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., an orthopedic surgeon, has authored a...
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By SUSAN FERRECHIO | 06/06/13 07:00 PM
Top Internal Revenue Service officials on Thursday struggled to explain to congressional lawmakers why the agency spent $64,000 on plastic squirting fish and other "swag bag" trinkets during an over-the-top employee...
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