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4 hrs ago | The Washington Post

Lawmakers spar again over bill to ban postA -20-week abortions in District

Republicans and Democrats sparred on Capitol Hill on Thursday over a bill to ban late-term abortions in the District, even as the measure's author is moving to expand the fight beyond the city's borders.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Trent Franks, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Abortion, US Senate, Senator Mike Lee

9 hrs ago | WTOP-FM Washington

Diminished police presence for holiday weekend

Even as thousands flock to the D.C. area to observe Memorial Day, police presence in the region is being scaled back: Sequester cuts are forcing furloughs in the U.S. Park Police and other agencies.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, Democrat, US News

13 hrs ago | Pizza Marketplace

QSR worker protests spread to DC, shareholders' meetings

Earlier this week, hundreds of workers walked off the job in protest of low wages and working conditions in the Capital City.

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Related Topix: US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Washington, DC, US Politics, Representative Keith Ellison, Raul Grijalva, Steny Hoyer

19 hrs ago | Metro Weekly

Welcome to DC Black Pride Weekend: For 2013, the mood is all about...

Marking its 23rd year, it's time for the annual DC Black Pride weekend. Running Friday, May 24, through Sunday, May 25, the weekend is full of events that are cultural, social and educational.

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Related Topix: US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Gay/Lesbian

Tue May 21, 2013

Washington Examiner

D.C. gets OK for June unveiling of U.S. Capitol statue

The House has approved a measure that will allow Emancipation Hall to host the June unveiling of the first District-selected statue inside the U.S. Capitol.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, Democrat, US News

Salon

Is abortion about to doom Republicans again?

Recently, I asked Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, one of the most fiercely pro-choice members of Congress, why she thought the House of Representatives had been so muted this year in its introduction of anti-abortion and anti-Planned Parenthood bills.

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Related Topix: US News, Abortion, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Politics, Trent Franks, Republican, Representative Michele Bachmann, Barack Obama

Sat May 18, 2013

Washington Times

Lawmaker to expand D.C. abortion ban bill to country

An Arizona congressman said Friday he will amend a bill that would ban abortions in the nation's capital 20 weeks after fertilization so that it applies nationwide, a bid to fight late-term abortions in the wake of the Kermit Gosnell trial in Philadelphia.

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Related Topix: US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Politics, Trent Franks, Republican, Abortion

Tue May 14, 2013

Daily Camera

Hurdles in reforming U.S. food aid

Among the more laudable ideas in President Obama's budget for fiscal 2014 is a plan to modernize and reform the $1.5 billion U.S. food aid program.

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Related Topix: US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Politics, Elijah Cummings, Representative Gerald Connolly, Opinion

Sat May 11, 2013

News Times

Rosa DeLauro, behind the flamboyance

Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., center, walks down the House steps as Congress wraps up a series of votes in the Capitol on Friday, May 13, 2011.

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Related Topix: Rosa DeLauro, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Roll Call, Nancy Pelosi, Washington, DC

Fri May 10, 2013

The American Prospect

How Our Tax Dollars Are Fueling Inequality

My name is Roxanne Mimms and I work for a food service contractor at the National Zoo.

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Related Topix: US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Thu May 09, 2013

Bush v. Choice

'King' Rep. Trent Franks Tries to Ban Abortion in D.C...Again.

Arizona Rep. Trent Franks is capitalizing on the trial of Kermit Gosnell by attempting to push a bill through Congress that would ban abortion after 20 weeks for women in Washington, D.C. . Rep.

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Related Topix: US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Politics, Trent Franks, Republican, Abortion

TBD.com

World War I Memorial annual ceremony to honor D.C.'s fallen stopped by sequester

A May tradition that dates back more than 80 years, to honor those who gave their lives in service, appears to be coming to an end.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, Democrat, US News

Daily Kos

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa, Democrat, Elijah Cummings, Representative Jackie Speier, Carolyn Maloney

National Review Online

Dem Delegate: - Enough Benghazi,' - What's the Big Deal Here?'

Following yesterday's House Oversight Committee Hearing with Benghazi whistleblowers, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton echoed on MSNBC Hillary Clinton's infamous "What difference, at this point, does it make?" line, asking, "What's the big deal here?" She dismissed the idea that there were any new revelations, saying, "I dare anybody who covered that ... (more)

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, Democrat, US News, Law, Employment / Labor Law

Wed May 08, 2013

The Washington Post

At Benghazi hearing, Norton questions Thompson

At the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's hearing on the Benghazi attacks, Mark Thompson, acting deputy assistant secretary for counterterrorism, responded to questions from Rep.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, Democrat, US News, World News

Tue May 07, 2013

TBD.com

Eliot-Hine Middle School radio show interviews D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray

Eliot-Hine Middle School launched a "live" radio talk show this past fall. Mayor Gray was their featured guest Tuesday, and they take their job very seriously.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, Democrat, US News

Washington Examiner

Tourists flock to D.C. despite sequester closures

Visitors to D.C. in the past few months have arrived to find fewer open attractions than they were expecting due to both politics and sheer force of nature.

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Related Topix: US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US National Parks, Washington Monument, Virginia

Washington Times

Tourists spent $6.2 billion in D.C. in 2012

Tourists visiting the District spent $6.2 billion last year, up from 2011 and the seventh year in a row the city has surpassed $5.5 billion, officials said.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, Democrat, US News, Washington DC

Sun May 05, 2013

Switched

Power Players: Why We Need More Scientists as Public Policy Makers

The answers to some of the biggest challenges facing us this century lie waiting to be discovered in the laboratories and institutions of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Environment, Science, National Institutes of Health, Biotech, Medicine, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Healthcare Industry, Food Science, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

NewsBusters.org

WashPost Awards Cover Story to 'Peace' Crank Who May Be Crazy

Leftists are uncomfortable with calling our fallen American soldiers "heroes" because they seem like pawns of a military-industrial complex.

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Related Topix: The Washington Post Company, Activism, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US News