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LAS VEGAS, NV - FEBRUARY 14: Carl Medeiros (L) and Lorie Lesieur get married in a courtroom that was the site of the Las Vegas Kefauver Committee hearing at the grand opening of The Mob Museum February 14, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Kefauver Committee hearings were a series of U.S. Senate Special Committee hearings in 1950-51 investigating organized crime crossing state borders. The museum, also known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, chronicles the history of organized crime in America and the efforts of law enforcement to combat it.
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In the United States, the Senate passed a resolution, by a majority of 100-to-one, to impose these sanctions, and in the US administration there is hesitation for fear of oil prices rising this year, out of election-year considerations ... In that regard, this is certainly a disappointment, for now.
You seem to be counting on the death penalty ... to transmogrify into the beneficent goose that will lay for you the golden egg of a seat in the U.S. Senate
I am committed to working with my colleagues in the House and Senate to send a bipartisan bill to the White House that protects free speech, the Internet and America's intellectual propertyMore quotes »
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N.J. Senate OKs gay marriage bill in milestone vote
spoke against gay marriage when asked about it during his campaign, advocates' hopes dimmed.But the bill returned this year after Senate President Stephen Sweeney, a Democrat from Deptford, declared that it was a mistake for him to abstain on the 2010 bill. 5:19 AM Read more »
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Kan. plan: Allow illegal immigrants to stay, work
half of the state were less than 4 percent, well below the state figure of 5.9 percent."It's a good starting point," said state Senate Agriculture Chairman Mark Taddiken, a Clifton Republican. "We have a labor shortage in certain industries, agriculture being Read more »
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Both sides line up on minimum wage hike
-- Sides lined up Monday for what could be a battle over a proposal to hike the state's minimum wage -- although Senate Republicans , key to the outcome, aren't saying where they stand yet.And Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in a TV interview was noncommittal. Democrats Read more »
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U.S. Senate votes to advance STOCK Act
voted to advance a bill to bar members of Congress , their families and staff from insider trading .In a bipartisan 93-2 vote, the Senate broke a filibuster of the measure, the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act or STOCK Act, based on bills offered Read more »
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Congress tries to police itself on insider trading
House chamber after Tuesday's address."The insider trading bill's on Harry's desk right now," Brown told Obama , referring to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid . "Tell him to get it out, it's already there.""I'm gonna tell him," answered Obama . "I'm gonna Read more »
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Obama urges public pressure on payroll tax
that the tax cut be off set. Obama recalled how everyone thought temporary extension of the cut would be passed in December after Senate Republicans initially agreed to a two-month payroll extension only to have House Republicans balk. "You're starting to 1:43 PM from United Press International Read more »
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Booksellers blame U.S.-Canada price gap on old rules
Stores Canada considers this to be a private tax established by public policy," he said. Lefebvre and Tabor were appearing as part of a Senate national finance committee study into the differences in prices for consumer goods between Canada and the U.S. 1:21 PM from CBC News Read more »
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Club for Growth PAC Endorses Richard Mourdock For Senate, Goes After Lugar
Lugar home.” Washington, DC – The Club for Growth PAC today announced that it is endorsing Richard Mourdock for United States Senate in Indiana. The seat is currently held by incumbent Republican Senator Richard Lugar. “After thirty-six years in Washington, 1:01 PM from Minority Report Read more »
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The Do-Nothing Senate
grabs. To the contrary, it opens the door for Republicans to turn the tables in a way that squeezes Mr. Reid and his fellow Senate enablers: between a Democratic president attacking them implicitly, and a Republican presidential contender attacking them explicitly. 1:01 PM from Minority Report Read more »
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Berkley treads lightly in contraception vs. religious freedom debate
– U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., who faces a difficult bid for the U.S. Senate, is walking a careful line on whether religiously affiliated organizations should be required to provide female employees insurance coverage for contraception. At a news conference 1:01 PM from Minority Report Read more »