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Senators broker tentative deal to end immigration bill logjam
WASHINGTON — Key senators brokered a tentative deal Wednesday to strengthen the border security provisions in the immigration bill, a compromise that could break a logjam by satisfying Republican demands for tougher enforcement without...
Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, Congressional Budget Office, John Hoeven, Dick Durbin, Migration
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Boehner torn between conservative issues and those with broad appeal
WASHINGTON — About once a week, like clockwork, House Speaker John A. Boehner insists in a Capitol news conference that jobs and the economy are the "No. 1 concern" of his GOP majority. But from week to week, there's often another priority in the...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Benghazi, Barack Obama, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Internal Revenue Service
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Lawmaker, university spar over 'control' of Chinese dissident in U.S.
ReutersBy Paul Eckert WASHINGTON, June 20 (Reuters) - A U.S. congressman who has been blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng's main champion in Washington said people working for New York University have tried to keep him from meeting Chen, barging into a...Tags: Chris Smith (New Jersey Politician), U.S. Embassy, Colleges and Universities, Civil Rights, Blindness
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India sets up elaborate system to tap phone calls, e-mail
ReutersBy Anurag Kotoky NEW DELHI, June 20 (Reuters) - India has launched a wide-ranging surveillance programme that will give its security agencies and even income tax officials the ability to tap directly into e-mails and phone calls without oversight by...Tags: Personal Income, LinkedIn Corp., Civil Rights, Social Media, India
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Special Report: How Syria's Islamists govern with guile and guns
ReutersRAQQA, Syria (Reuters) - The Syrian boys looked edgy and awkward. Three months ago their town, the eastern desert city of Raqqa, had fallen to rebel fighters trying to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad's government. Now the four boys - clad in tight...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Rebellions, Renewable Energy, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Rights
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U.S. cites Russia, China among worst in human trafficking: report
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - An annual U.S. State Department report on Wednesday cited Russia and China among the world's worst offenders in fighting forced labor and sex trafficking, which could lead to U.S. sanctions, prompting angry rebuttals from Moscow and...Tags: Sex Crimes, Career and Workplace, Barack Obama, Chris Smith (New Jersey Politician), Civil Rights
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Citizens deserve a safe haven for their private viewpoints
As CSPAN proves, government can be boring, and that's OK. Yet you probably don't want our government to engage in a different kind of boring: drilling into your brain to see what's on your mind. Of course, as the Internal Revenue Service scandal...Tags: Taxation, NAACP, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Civil Rights, U.S. Supreme Court
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Tea party rallies against IRS in Washington
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The tea party is using the Internal Revenue Service scandal as a springboard to renew calls to limit or even abolish an agency it's always disliked. Thousands of tea party supporters rallied Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol, cheering on proposals...Tags: John Fleming, Mike Crapo, The Wall Street Journal, Laws, Ethics
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Stop force-feeding Guantanamo prisoners -U.S. senator
ReutersBy Jane Sutton GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba, June 19 (Reuters) - U .S. Senator Dianne Feinstein urged the Pentagon on Wednesday to stop force-feeding hunger-striking prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and called the practice "out of...Tags: Ethics, Career and Workplace, Barack Obama, Prisons, Civil Rights
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FBI tells Congress it uses drones in US
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON FBI Director Robert Mueller acknowledged Wednesday that the bureau has used unmanned aerial drones for surveillance in the United States and suggested that government needs to develop guidelines as their use grows. Testifying before the Senate...Tags: Barack Obama, Police Investigations, Central Intelligence Agency, Government, Dianne Feinstein
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Immigration bill negotiators see Senate breakthrough
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prospects for U.S. Senate passage of an immigration bill with strong bipartisan support brightened on Wednesday when a group of Republican and Democratic negotiators reached a tentative deal on ways to shore up border security,...Tags: Career and Workplace, Migration, Parties and Movements, Crime, Law and Justice, Public Finance
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