Posts Tagged ‘support’

2014 Senate Democrats firm up health care support

ATLANTA (AP) — Far from reversing course, Senate Democrats who backed President Barack Obama's health care law and now face re-election in GOP-leaning states are firming up their support for the overhaul even as Republican criticism intensifies. Tweet This Post

Obama trade dilemma: Scant support from Democrats

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is aggressively pushing an ambitious agenda to liberalize global trading. Tweet This Post

Obama to step up military support of Syrian rebels

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has authorized sending weapons to Syrian rebels for the first time, U.S. officials said Thursday, after the White House disclosed that the United States has conclusive evidence President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons against opposition forces trying to overthrow him. Tweet This Post

Ted Cruz offers surprise support in prosecution of military sexual assault; vote still fails

Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand walked into a Senate Armed Services committee markup Wednesday prepared to fight committee chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.), conservatives on the committee, and many members of both parties in a fight to strip military commanders out of the process for prosecuting sexual assault cases. But Gillibrand walked away with a very unlikely [...]

GOP: ‘We Support Our Nation’s 11 Million Latino Criminals’

WASHINGTON—As the debate over immigration reform continues in Congress, members of the Republican Party on Tuesday voiced their unequivocal support for the nation’s “more than 11 million Latino criminals,” emphasizing that much of … The Onion Tweet This Post

Obama loses key support on grand bargain

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Gomez losing support from women

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Rubio rounding up support for immigration bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate debate on a far-reaching immigration bill is becoming a test of Sen. Marco Rubio's influence over fellow Republicans as the Florida conservative works to sell GOP lawmakers on landmark legislation that also may help determine the fate of his presidential ambitions. Tweet This Post