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Partisan gridlock robs senators of feel-good laws
Politics
CHARLES BABINGTON Associated Press 
Jul 30, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The “Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act of 2014” seemed ideal for Sen. Kay Hagan’s re-election bid in politically divided North Carolina, wh...
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Border surge overwhelming, officials tell Congress
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ERICA WERNER Associated Press 
Jul 09, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of thousands of children streaming from chaotic Central American nations to the U.S. border have overwhelmed the government’s a...
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Top Senate Democrat blocks votes on gun proposals
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ALAN FRAM Associated Press 
Jul 09, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid blocked a parade of campaign-season votes on gun rights Wednesday that could have been a political...
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GOP lawmakers try to ease new curbs on ivory sales
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ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press 
Jul 09, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in the House want to hold up new federal rules intended to crack down on ivory sales because it is becoming more difficu...
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Rift over religious exemption in anti-bias order
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DAVID CRARY and LISA LEFF Associated Press 
Jul 09, 2014
In the intensifying debate over religious liberty, President Barack Obama faces pressure from opposite flanks as he prepares to issue an executive ord...
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Obama inches into competitive Colorado Senate race
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JULIE PACE and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press 
Jul 08, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, President Barack Obama is inching into one of the highly competitive races that could determine whether Democrat...
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Cleveland tops Dallas in bid to host RNC in 2016
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PHILIP ELLIOTT and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press 
Jul 08, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cleveland won the unanimous backing of a Republican National Committee panel on Tuesday, all but guaranteeing the GOP’s 2016 preside...
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Convention another step for Cleveland’s comeback
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MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press 
Jul 08, 2014
CLEVELAND (AP) — The vote by a Republican panel to make Cleveland its host for the party’s 2016 national convention could be a big step in the city’s ...
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Democrats to try to override contraception ruling
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ERICA WERNER Associated Press 
Jul 08, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats say they will advance legislation to override the Supreme Court’s recent ruling allowing some companies with religi...
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Obama urgently asks $3.7 billion for border crisis
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ERICA WERNER and JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press 
Jul 08, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama appealed to Congress on Tuesday for $3.7 billion in emergency spending to deal with the immigration crisis on...
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Attorney returns to White House under legal siege
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NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press 
Jul 07, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyer Neil Eggleston could be looking toward a comfortable retirement on the generous nest egg he built through high-stakes represe...
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Today’s political victories could vex GOP in 2016
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JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent 
Jul 02, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative Republicans claimed victory this week in the Supreme Court ruling on religious freedom and the White House’s acceptance...
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Romney insists he won’t be a candidate in 2016
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STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press 
Jul 02, 2014
STRATHAM, N.H. (AP) — Returning to the same New Hampshire farm where he launched his last presidential campaign, Mitt Romney on Wednesday insisted he ...
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Obama lauds former CEO as right choice to fix VA
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JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press 
Jun 30, 2014
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sought to turn the page Monday on a humiliating chapter in the history of the Veterans Affai...
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Obama: I’ll act on my own on immigration
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ERICA WERNER and JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press 
Jun 30, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conceding defeat on a top domestic priority, President Barack Obama blamed a Republican “year of obstruction” for the demise of swee...
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Ruling limits president’s recess appointments
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SAM HANANEL Associated Press 
Jun 26, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday limited the president’s power to fill high-level administration posts with temporary appointments, rul...
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House panel moves to mandate Saturday mail
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ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press 
Jun 25, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — A powerful House panel Tuesday went against the wishes of GOP leaders and voted to restore a longstanding congressional mandate requ...
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Boehner says House plans to sue Obama
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DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent 
Jun 25, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House will vote next month on legislation authorizing a campaign-season lawsuit accusing President Barack Obama of failing to ca...
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Rep. Gutierrez: Immigration reform chances over
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ERICA WERNER Associated Press 
Jun 25, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — A year after the Senate passed a sweeping immigration bill, a leading backer in the House declared Wednesday that legislative effort...
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