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4 hrs ago | The Gazette

Pay-for-delay drives up costs

Whether you are young, old, sick or healthy - chances are that you are going to need to be prescribed some sort of medication in the next year.

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Related Topix: US News, Tom Harkin, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Chuck Grassley, Democrat

8 hrs ago | Politico

Cosmo editor makes political push

Cosmopolitan Editor-in-Chief Joanna Coles, the magazine's leader, said Tuesday that she's already on her fourth trip to Washington this year.

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Related Topix: Washington, DC, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, US House of Representatives, Representative Tulsi Gabbard, John Lewis, Republican, Lindsey Graham

13 hrs ago | Voice of America

Senate Includes Foreign Adoptees in US Immigration Reform Bill

American Theresa Alden talks with her adopted foreign-born sons, Gavin , 6, and Graem, 4, at their home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania .

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Lancaster, PA, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Broadcasting & Cable

Wheeler: FCC Should Look Into Consumers Held Hostage Over Corporate Disputes

Says might be time for another Newton Minow call for better programming; Republican Senator also says that nominee's answer on FCC authority re political ad disclosures could potentially derail nomination FCC nominee Tom Wheeler said Tuesday that consumers should not be held hostage to business disputes, and that was something the FCC needed to ... (more)

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Related Topix: Representative Tim Scott, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Ted Cruz, US Senate, Mitch McConnell, Democrat

MSN Money

U.S. lawmakers urge careful review of American-US Airways deal

Two U.S. lawmakers with antitrust oversight have urged the Obama administration to carefully review a planned merger of American Airlines and US Airways Group to ensure that it will not lead to higher prices for air travelers.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, US Airways Group, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, Senator Mike Lee, US House of Representatives, John Duncan, Ray LaHood

Pam's House Blend

Anyone Can Link Phone Numbers to Individuals

One of the most bizarre defenses of the NSA program collecting Americans' phone metadata is the claim it is not so bad because they are not actively linking the phone numbers to individuals.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat

Politico

Klobuchar on NSA: 'Look at facts'

Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar is bullish on the NSA's recently revealed surveillance programs, confident compromise immigration will emerge from the fractured Senate, and credits her 19 female colleagues with being a model for bipartisan cooperation.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Republican, John Cornyn

The Baxter Bulletin

Key medication for Lyme disease in short supply

Jakin and Nicole Koll never would have guessed something so small could cause such a big problem.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Democrat, US Politics, Sartell, MN

Sun Jun 16, 2013

KSTP

Independence Party Role in '14 Minn. Gov Race: TBD

No Minnesota governor in almost two decades has won with a majority of the statewide vote, thanks mostly to a plucky third party whose candidates have been difference makers or, in the case of Jesse Ventura, the stunning victor.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Mark Dayton, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Minnesota, US Governors, 2012 Presidential Election, Hennepin County, MN

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Star Tribune

Patent trolls collect "nuisance fees" and political enemies

"Patent trolls are a clear drag on innovation," Sen. Amy Klobuchar said. "This is not just some made-up anecdotal problem."

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Chippewa Falls, WI, Computers, University of Minnesota

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Politico

Klobuchar calls for Syria no-fly zone

Add Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar to the growing list of lawmakers calling for United States to set up a limited no-fly zone in Syria near the Jordanian border to protect rebel forces training in the area - a tactic the administration has yet to embrace.

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Related Topix: US Senate, US Politics, Democrat, US News

Roll Call

Schumer, Klobuchar and the Stolen Stop Signs

We here at #WGDB like to keep up on the work of Sen. Charles E. Schumer, so we noticed movement on one of the senator's many parochial interests Thursday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Utica, NY

Thu Jun 13, 2013

Minnesota Lawyer

B. Todd Jones: "We are making a difference"

Sen. Amy Klobuchar presided over the confirmation hearing on the nomination of B. Todd Jones for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

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Related Topix: US Senate, US Politics, Democrat, US News

Daily Mail

'A sign of the progress we're making': Lady lawmakers to get bathroom ...

Female senators have been forced to share a two-stall facility for 20 years, causing lines and headaches.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Debbie Stabenow, Senator Heidi Heitkamp, Patty Murray

Kansas City InfoZine

Senate Legislation to Stop Cramming on Telephone Bills Introduced

Cramming happens when businesses place multiple illegitimate, misleading or deceptive charges on a customer's telephone bill.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Richard Blumenthal, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics

Wed Jun 12, 2013

The Hill

Democrats' bill targets unwanted phone charges

The bill from Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller and Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Richard Blumenthal would bar telephone providers from placing third-party charges on customers' phone bills without clear disclosure and customers' permission.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Richard Blumenthal

Printing Impressions

Senate Committee Holds Public Printer Confirmation Hearing

June 12, 2013 - The U.S. Senate's Committee on Rules and Administration held the confirmation hearing of Davita Vance-Cooks to be Public Printer.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Angus King, Republican, Pat Roberts, Democrat, Senator Mark Warner, Charles Schumer

Roll Call

Openly Gay Justice Nominee Goes Off Script to Thank Partner, Kids

In the oft-boring and emotionless world of Senate committee hearings to consider nominations, it's rare for a human moment to break through; but Stuart F. Delery, President Barack Obama's openly gay nominee to be the assistant attorney general for the Civil Division of the Department of Justice, got his moment Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat

Tue Jun 11, 2013

Rotor.com

Lawmakers Work to Support General Aviation in U.S.

Lawmakers and industry groups are working to reverse a downward trend in one of the few manufacturing segments that the United States still dominates: general aviation.

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Related Topix: Flying, Life, Hobbies, US Politics, Representative Mike Pompeo, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Tim Huelskamp, Federal Aviation Administration, Representative Rick Nolan, Democrat, US Senate

Daily Kos

Sen Klobuchar voted for government surveillance and against our privacy rights every step of the way

These revelations that our government is collecting all our communications didn't shock me.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Privacy, Patriot Act, Senator Al Franken, Liberal Political News