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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Charges that an Army sergeant secretly photographed and videotaped women at West Point are part of a military-wide pattern of sexual misconduct, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said Thursday. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
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Senator: Assaults let military culture continue
Posted by admin on May 23rd, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — A senator says repeated sexual assaults in the military allow a culture to continue. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
John McCain Is the Latest Senior Senator to Have Had Enough of Junior Ted Cruz
Posted by admin on May 23rd, 2013
For two days John McCain and Ted Cruz have been fighting on the Senate floor over the rules for negotiating a budget, but, like so many fights, it’s also about so much more. Cruz is being annoying about the budget, but worse, he just doesn’t get the Senate. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This [...]
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No Comments »Key senator to let Myanmar sanctions bill lapse
Posted by admin on May 21st, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Senate Republican says he plans to let key sanctions legislation against Myanmar (mee-an-MAWR') lapse because of the country's progress toward democracy. Tweet This Post
Senator accuses IRS officials of withholding information in 2012 about agency practices
Posted by admin on May 21st, 2013
Two top Internal Revenue Service officials knew that the agency was using a list to scrutinize applications for tax-exempt status that included the phrase “tea party” as early as the spring of 2012, but did not tell lawmakers until this year. Former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman and outgoing Commissioner Steven Miller told the Senate Finance [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: 2012, about, accuses, Agency, Information, officials, practices, Senator, withholding No Comments »Senator: Obama should ‘condemn’ IRS targeting
Posted by admin on May 13th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans say the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative political groups was “chilling”, and at least one Republican senator called on President Barack Obama to “personally condemn” the actions. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Senator: IRS targeting of tea party is ‘chilling’
Posted by admin on May 12th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans said Sunday that the Internal Revenue Service's heightened scrutiny of conservative political groups was "chilling" and further eroded public trust in government. Tweet This Post
Senator: Obama should apologize for IRS targeting
Posted by admin on May 12th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans said Sunday that the Internal Revenue Service's heightened scrutiny of conservative political groups was "chilling" and further eroded public trust in government. Tweet This Post
U.S. will ‘shortly’ be arming Syrian rebels: Key senator
Posted by admin on May 8th, 2013
The United States will “shortly” begin arming Syrian rebels, looking to boost moderate factions over al-Qaida-affiliated extremists whose rise would be a national security “nightmare,” the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee told CBS News on Tuesday. “I do think we’ll be arming the opposition shortly,” Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee said in [...]
Dem. Senator: Threatening to Nullify Fed Gun Laws Is Like Opposing Desegregation
Posted by admin on May 8th, 2013
“Nullification was last used by Southern states to try to eviscerate Civil Rights legislation.” Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
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