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Senate Republicans introduce education overhaul

WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Arne Duncan would see his authority greatly cut and governors would have final say over their schools under Republican-sponsored legislation. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Reid To Introduce Gun Control Legislation With Background Checks

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.,  will move forward with Senate Democrats’ gun control legislation, a move designed to set the Senate up to start working on the controversial legislation when they return from recess on April 8. The bill will include a proposal for… Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Senators introduce bill to approve Keystone XL pipeline

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of Senators said on Thursday they had introduced legislation to approve TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL pipeline that would link Canada's oil sands to refineries and ports in Texas. The legislation, introduced by John Hoeven, a North Dakota Republican, and Max Baucus, a Montana Democrat, would give Congress the power [...]

Lawmakers Again Introduce Legislation to Pardon Boxing Legend

  Maybe the ninth year’s the charm. A number of legislators, including  Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y.,reintroduced legislation this week to posthumously pardon boxing legend Jack Johnson, who was convicted 100 years ago of transporting a woman across state lines for an “immoral… Tweet This Post