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  • Immigration, farm aid, abortion top Congress' agenda

    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 Reform The Senate will continue debate on comprehensive immigration reform,...

  • Obama chooses lawyer as Guantanamo closure envoy

    06/16/13 05:15 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has chosen a high-powered Washington lawyer with an extensive government experience to be the State Department's new special envoy for closing down the prison at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Officials familiar with the decision tell The...

  • Janet Yellen's ascendancy shows durability of Ben Bernanke's program

    By Joseph Lawler | 06/16/13 04:25 PM

    Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen's candidacy for the top spot at the Federal Reserve received a boost last week when 40 of 44 economists surveyed by Reuters picked her as the most likely replacement for Chairman Ben Bernanke when he leaves. Bernanke's current term is slated to expire in...

  • Marco Rubio says immigration bill nearly in ‘perfect shape’

    By Brian Hughes | 06/16/13 03:05 PM

    Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said on Sunday that lawmakers needed to beef up the border-security portions of a Senate immigration bill but that most of the blueprint should obtain bipartisan support. “I think it’s an excellent starting point,” Rubio said on ABC’s “This Week” about the...

  • House intel chairman says Americans will support surveillance programs

    By Brian Hughes | 06/16/13 02:55 PM

    House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., predicted on Sunday that Americans would ultimately support the National Security Agency’s vast surveillance methods once they learn more about the programs. “If you can see just the number of cases where we’ve actually stopped...

  • Liberal magazine tells 2016 White House hopefuls to distance themselves from Obama

    By Sean Higgins | 06/16/13 02:50 PM

    Unless their name starts with Joe or Hillary, that is. For the rest, American Prospect writer Walter Shapiro thinks potential Democratic primary insurgent candidates should start making the case against President Obama now. He explains in an article addressed to those insurgents: If you wait...

  • Sen. Lindsey Graham rips Obama on Syria

    By Brian Hughes | 06/16/13 02:50 PM

    Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Sunday said President Obama’s decision to provide small arms and ammunition to the Syrian anti-government rebels wouldn’t curtail a civil war that has killed more than 90,000 people. “I really don’t know,” Graham said on NBC’s “Meet the Press,”...

  • Jeb Bush: Family 'split' on White House run

    By Brian Hughes | 06/16/13 02:40 PM

    Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Sunday said his family was divided about whether he should make a bid for the White House in 2016. “I think we’ve got a split ballot amongst the Bush senior family,” Bush said on ABC’s “This Week.” “Pretty sure that’s the case.” It seems that...

  • Dick Cheney 'not a fan' of Obama, says he lacks 'credibility'

    By Brian Hughes | 06/16/13 02:40 PM

    Former Vice President Dick Cheney ripped into President Obama on Sunday, saying Obama had lost credibility with the American public thanks to his handling of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, and the targeting of conservatives by the Internal Revenue Service. “I don’t pay a...

  • Vice President Dick Cheney calls Edward Snowden a 'traitor'

    By Brian Hughes | 06/16/13 02:35 PM

    Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday called Edward Snowden, a government contractor who leaked information about top-secret U.S. surveillance programs, a “traitor.” Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” Cheney defended the government’s widespread gathering of phone and Internet...


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