Harry Reid Cites "Lincoln" And "Django Unchained" At Rosa Parks Ceremony
The Senate majority leader said, “It's significant that 150 years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, we are still considering in film, in photo, in art, and activism how to...
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Congressman Wins Voters One Snowmobile Ride At A Time
Retail politics in rural Michigan. WASHINGTON — When Michigan Rep. Bill Huizenga wanted to make the rounds to see his constituents during the President's Day recess, he hopped on a snowmobile....
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Automatic Spending Cuts Could Diminish Access To Student Loans
Pell Grants will be exempt, but other loans could take a hit. Image by Bita Honarvar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/MCT WASHINGTON — Many a Republican member of Congress has lately compared the...
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Democrat Donor Under Fire for Gun Ties
An activist shareholder casts media executive — and Democrat — Leo Hindery as the gun lobby's Roger Ailes. Leo Hindery Image by Ted Richardson / Reuters A prominent Democratic fundraiser and...
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The Biggest Slap Fight Washington Has Ever Seen
The issue of sequestration has led to lots of petty finger-pointing but little action in D.C. while regular Americans struggle. Two years ago, both Congress and President Obama agreed that if they...
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13 Dogs Who Are Really Concerned About Sequestration
Think humans have it rough when trying to understand the details of the impending automatic federal spending cuts? Try being a dog, man. 1. These guys are wondering if their research and development...
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Nearly 300 Employers Tell Supreme Court To Dump DOMA
“Far from creating uniformity, DOMA obliges employers to treat an employee married to someone of the same sex and an employee married to someone of a different sex unequally,” the employers write....
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Tennessee Republican Slams Administration Over Release Of Undocumented Workers
Using sequestration as “an excuse,” Republican Rep. Diane Black charges. Image by Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images WASHINGTON — Rep. Diane Black Wednesday attacked the Obama administration for a...
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Cory Booker Helps Newarker Pop The Question
The Newark mayor plays cupid. “You know, I'm a romantic guy and I love to help with surprises,” Booker tells BuzzFeed. Israel Burns proposed to his girlfriend, Misha Wright, in New York City Wednesday...
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Obama Faces Deadline For Weighing In On Proposition 8 Case
The president, who has said he personally supports marriage equality, has never said whether he believes the Constitution requires it. Supreme Court briefs supporting the challenge to Proposition 8...
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Economic Official Sperling Warned Woodward
The meaning of the word “regret.” Source: whitehouse.gov The White House official whom Bob Woodward charged had crosssed a line by saying he would "regret" printing his version of a set of Washington...
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Violence Against Women Act Shows House Republicans Can't Go It Alone
To get any major legislation passed, Republican leaders will need Democrats' help. Image by Jonathan Ernst / Reuters WASHINGTON — When the House votes Thursday to reauthorize the Violence Against...
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A Congressman's Push For Native American Protections In The Violence Against...
Oklahoma's Rep. Tom Cole wouldn't take “no” for an answer. Image by Charles Dharapak / AP WASHINGTON — As Rep. Tom Cole encouraged his colleagues over the course of a few months to support protections...
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Senators Take A Short Cut To Foreign Policy Experience
The new way to quickly become serious about foreign policy: A dip in the dead sea. “Craven and creditworthy,” says Prince. Image by Gary Cameron / Reuters WASHINGTON — American politicians used to...
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Liberals See A Trap After The Sequester
What really scares progressives isn't the automatic spending cuts; it's the grand compromise that may replace them. “Entitlements may get ensnared when we go to an alternate fix,” says Rep. Nadler....
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Senate's Moderate "Gangs" Stay On The Sidelines As Spending Cuts Take Effect
Where did all the compromisers go? “Every time a group of us get together to try and work on a problem, we get labeled a gang and then it becomes a political issue and we never get to finish the job,”...
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212 Members Of Congress Ask Court To Strike Down DOMA
“DOMA imposes a sweeping and unjustifiable federal disability on married same-sex couples,” the Democratic members of Congress write. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, left, and House Minority Leader...
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In Defense Of Bob Woodward
Free Woodward. Why we should show Bob the mercy he rarely shows anyone else. Bob Woodward Image by Alex Gallardo / Reuters Bob Woodward's public drubbing over the past 24 hours confirms his own four...
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