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Mich. gov, GOP lawmakers agree to budget targets Republican Gov. Rick Snyder and leaders of the GOP majority in the Legislature reached a budget agreement Tuesday for next fiscal year that doesn't include an expansion of government health insurance for ...
Yahoo! News | May 22, 2013 2:05 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

How Petraeus Turned the CIA into the Good Guys in Benghazi How did the CIA become the hero in the Benghazi talking point controversy? The Republican theory of the case is that the CIA provided mostly correct talking points (with one big flaw it blamed spontaneous protests), which the State Department and the Whit
Yahoo! News | May 22, 2013 12:15 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat? WASHINGTON (AP) Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies.
Yahoo! News | May 22, 2013 07:16 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Senate panel OKs changes sought by tech firms in immigration bill WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel voted on Tuesday to make it easier for U.S. companies to hire foreign workers as part of a broad immigration bill being debated in Congress. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted for the amendment, which would loosen r
Yahoo! News | May 21, 2013 11:58 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Lawmakers move to address U.S. military sex assault problem By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers frustrated by a spate of high-profile military sexual assault cases unveiled draft proposals in the House of Representatives on Tuesday to crack down on the crime, but they stopped short the kind of over
Yahoo! News | May 21, 2013 11:49 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Senator pulls same-sex proposal for immigration bill WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An influential Democratic senator on Tuesday withdrew a proposal to allow U.S. citizens to petition for their same-sex spouses to immigrate to the United States, in an effort to maintain support for a broad immigration bill. Republi
Yahoo! News | May 21, 2013 11:15 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

McKeon: State didn't ask for help before Benghazi WASHINGTON (AP) A senior House Republican says U.S. military forces weren't in a position to help those under attack at a U.S. diplomatic post in Libya because the State Department had failed to ask the Pentagon for help in securing the compound before th
Yahoo! News | May 21, 2013 10:15 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Why Oklahoma's Two Republican Senators Are Leery of Unfunded Tornado Relief Oklahoma's two Republican senators, Tom Coburn and Jim Inhofe, are among the most fiscally conservative in all of Congress. In the wake of the deadly tornadoes that hit their home state Monday, they're living up to their reputations.
Yahoo! News | May 21, 2013 6:13 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Republican Overreach on IRS While there has been plenty to find fault with in the revelation that the IRS targeted some tea party groups seeking tax exempt status, some of the Republican rhetoric has been an overreach. Rep. Michele Bachmann falsely claimed that Americans most person
Yahoo! News | May 21, 2013 6:12 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Don't Hold Your Breath Waiting for Public Opinion to Turn Against Obama Another day, another poll showing that President Obama's job-approval rating is not collapsing under the weight of scandals and controversies. Why is he holding steady? Will it last? And will Republicans take any cues from his staying power?
Yahoo! News | May 21, 2013 6:10 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

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