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The last time President Obama tried to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center, Congress stopped him abruptly. The Senate did what it rarely does: It voted in bipartisan fashion, blocking his attempt at funding the closure. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
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Political Barriers Stand Between Obama and Closing Guantanamo Facility
Posted by admin on May 3rd, 2013
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No Comments »Economics Daily Digest: United we stand, except when we don’t
Posted by admin on April 19th, 2013
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Senator urges colleagues to stand firm on gun background checks for gun buyers
Posted by admin on April 16th, 2013
By John Whitesides and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrat Joe Manchin and Republican Pat Toomey defended their plan to expand background checks for gun buyers on Monday, as Manchin opened the Senate's debate on the proposal by urging colleagues to "make a difference" and resist political pressure to reject the measure. Manchin's call for [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Background, buyer's, checks, Colleagues, firm, Senator, stand, Urges No Comments »Kerry, SKorea stand firm on Pyongyang’s threats
Posted by admin on April 12th, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his South Korean counterpart say North Korea will gain nothing by threatening tests of its missile or nuclear programs. Tweet This Post
Kerry, SKorea stand firm on Pyongyang’s threats
Posted by admin on April 12th, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his South Korean counterpart say North Korea will gain nothing by threatening tests of its missile or nuclear programs. Tweet This Post
Rainbow Spring: Where States, Lawmakers Stand on Gay Marriage
Posted by admin on April 8th, 2013
Call it Rainbow Spring, where lawmakers are coming out in support of gay marriage faster than raindrops refract colors across the land. (Note: It rather could be colored purple, red, or pink — see the The Atlantic’s brief history of color use in LGBT-rights campaigns). Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Red state Dems under added pressure to support universal background checks. Some holdouts stand firm
Posted by admin on March 28th, 2013
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: Added, Background, checks, Dems, firm, holdouts, pressure, some, stand, state, support, Under, universal No Comments »Could ‘Standing’ Stand in the Way of a Gay Marriage Decision?
Posted by admin on March 26th, 2013
The long line of people sleeping under plastic tarps already snaked around the block at the Supreme Court Monday as hearty individuals hoped to secure seats for today’s arguments on marriage equality. But all the Dunkin’ Donuts coffee in the world might not be enough to… Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
