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12 hrs ago | National Public Radio

Alabama Republican Jo Bonner Says He's Leaving Congress

Rep. Jo Bonner says he will leave Congress effective in August in order to take a senior position at the University of Alabama.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Jo Bonner, University of Alabama, Charles Rangel, Democrat, Robert Bentley, US Governors

19 hrs ago | Politico

Issa, Goodlatte unveil STEM visa bill - Senate holds Pritzker...

THIS MORNING: ISSA, GOODLATTE UNVEIL STEM VISA BILL -- Just two days after the Senate Judiciary Committee passed an immigration overhaul with key tech provisions, House committee chairmen plan to introduce their own tech bill.

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

Wed May 22, 2013

Politico

Dems in tough spot on immigration

Everyone in the House immigration group sitting around a table in the Longworth House Office Building agreed with the House bipartisan immigration proposal - except for the California Democrat.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Raul Grijalva, Democrat, Luis Gutierrez, Illegal Immigration

The Hill

Tough immigration choice for Pelosi

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and her deputies must decide this week whether to back a tentative bipartisan agreement on immigration reform or place a risky bet on more favorable Senate legislation.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Xavier Becerra, John Carter, Republican

Irregular Times

Few Democrats In Congress Support Capps Climate Legislation

Climate change is having specific, demonstrable, negative impacts on human life.

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Related Topix: US News, Lois Capps, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Barack Obama, Representative Janice Hahn, Adam Schiff

Tue May 21, 2013

TheDailyBeast.com

The House of Representatives' Confusing 3-Headed Immigration Monster

Compared to the relatively smooth Senate procedure for immigration reform, the process in the House of Representatives resembles a confused, three-headed monster that will baffle even relatively informed voters.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, Luis Gutierrez, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Xavier Becerra, Representative John Yarmuth, Sam Johnson, Republican

Mon May 20, 2013

The Daily Breeze

Thomas D. Elias: Big changes for California's aging congressional delegation

California saw plenty of change to its congressional delegation last year, with the long-serving likes of Fortney "Pete" Stark , David Dreier , Jerry Lewis , Joe Baca , Elton Gallegly , Mary Bono Mack and more either retiring or getting turned out.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, Anna Eshoo, US News, Representative Eric Swalwell, US House of Representatives, Joe Baca, Representative Jackie Speier, Democrat, Opinion

MLive.com

Justin Amash sees 'momentum' behind privacy bill unveiled after feds seize AP phone records

U.S. Rep. Justin Amash expects support to amass behind a bill he recently helped introduce in the wake of federal officials' controversial seizure of Associated Press phone records.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, Representative Mick Mulvaney

Politico

Watt's departure would open key slot

The House intellectual property subcommittee is preparing to undertake a massive examination - and quite possibly, revision - of the nation's copyright laws just as the panel's top Democrat may be headed for the exit.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Representative Steve Cohen, Representative Henry "Hank" Johnson, Representative Hank Johnson

Sun May 19, 2013

Fox News

'Eyes in the Sky': Lawmakers Look To Restrict Use of Domestic Drones

April 27, 2012: Seattle Police officer Reuben Omelanchuk is at the controls of the department's new, small radio-controlled Draganflyer X6 drone with a camera attached, in Seattle.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, James Sensenbrenner, Democrat, Ted Poe, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Representative Cedric Richmond

Sat May 18, 2013

Florida Today

Dana Milbank: Eric Holder's abdication

But he seems to be proud of how little he knows. Why didn't his Justice Department inform The Associated Press, as the law requires, before pawing through reporters' phone records? "I do not know," the attorney general told the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday afternoon, "why that was or was not done.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Bob Goodlatte, James Sensenbrenner, Democrat, Darrell Issa

Fri May 17, 2013

The Hill

Becerra is holdout on House immigration group's 'agreement in principle'

There appears to be at least one remaining holdout within the bipartisan House immigration group that announced an "agreement in principle" on a far-reaching proposal Thursday: Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, US House of Representatives, Xavier Becerra, Democrat, Immigration Reform, Representative John Yarmuth

South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Mixed signals on domestic drone use

The growing use of unmanned surveillance "eyes in the sky" aircraft raises a thicket of privacy concerns, but Congress is getting mixed advice on what, if anything, to do about it.

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Related Topix: Privacy, US News, Federal Aviation Administration, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Jason Chaffetz, James Sensenbrenner, Democrat

HeraldNet

Erosion of press freedom

Hell hath no fury like a journalist snooped upon. Thankfully, it's a public-minded kind of fury, in a case that throws light on the erosion of privacy and freedom of the press.

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Related Topix: Journalism, Associated Press, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Suzan DelBene, Opinion

NewsTarget.com

Why has Chris Matthews filed for divorce from Obama?

When Chris Matthews files for divorce from Barack Obama, you know the world is upside down.

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Related Topix: 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, US Senate, Democrat, US House of Representatives

Thu May 16, 2013

Cybercast News Service

Obama: - Complete Confidence' in Holder's - Integrity' after AP Scandal

President Barack Obama defended his embattled Attorney General Eric Holder, embroiled in a scandal over seizing the phone records of 20 Associated Press reporters and editor in April and May of last year as part of a leak investigation.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Turkey, World News, Middle East, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa, Democrat

USA Today

House group reaches deal on immigration bill

After years of negotiating and a week that saw one of its members nearly bolt from the group, a bipartisan group of House members finally announced Thursday that they had reached a deal 'in principle' on a Rep.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, John Carter, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Luis Gutierrez, Democrat, Sam Johnson, Mario Diaz-Balart

Mother Jones

copyright lock

The last time Congress tried to pass major copyright reforms, 2011's Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act , it pissed off just about every corner of the Internet, from Google to Wikipedia to the Teen Witch Fan Club .

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Cellphones, Computers, DMCA News, iPhone

Wed May 15, 2013

ABC News

Baby Lightens Mood at Tense House Hearing

While most of the House Judiciary Committee's hearing with Attorney General Eric Holder consisted of a feisty back-and-forth between the representatives and the witness, a child's cries brought a moment of lighthearted amusement.

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

Politico

Angst over net surveillance on Hill

Federal law enforcers say they have their hands full with criminals who skirt legal surveillance by using hard-to-wiretap services like Google and Facebook.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Startups, Facebook, Social Software, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat