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1 hr ago | Salt Lake Tribune

A first: GOP lawmaker calls for Utah A.G. John Swallow to resign

Rep. Paul Ray said Friday that it is time for Attorney General John Swallow to resign for the good of his office and the state.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Ron Paul, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Democrat

5 hrs ago | Roll Call

Menendez: Filibuster-Proof Majority Not 'Identified' for Immigration Bill

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez tells Univision in an interview that the "gang of eight" senators don't yet have 60 votes for their immigration overhaul.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, Robert Menendez, Democrat, US House of Representatives

9 hrs ago | NH Insider

Cooler Heads Digest 24 May 2013

A team of independent filmmakers are raising funds through crowd funding to produce a short film depicting the irrational basis for climate change mitigation policies.

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Related Topix: Environment, Science, Global Warming, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Steve Scalise, US Senate, Democrat, Richard Durbin

14 hrs ago | The Hill

Gang of Eight plots strategy for immigration floor fight

The Gang of Eight's strategy for passing immigration reform through the Senate next month is to stick close together through a barrage of tough amendments.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Charles Schumer, Byron Dorgan, Senator Marco Rubio, Republican

Fri May 24, 2013

Free Republic

Ethics, integrity of lobbyist touted at Nev. trial

Two long-time associates of a developer and high-powered lobbyist charged with making illegal campaign contributions testified Friday that he is well known for his generosity and integrity.

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

Reno Gazette-Journal

One of rural Nevada's top Republicans 'pleasantly surprised' by Democrat Horsford

Yerington, and others in the outback were curious how Yerington's new 4th District congressman, Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Steven Horsford, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Yerington, NV, Representative Dean Heller, US Senate, Republican, Senator Dean Heller

Daily Kos

GOP congressman outraged IRS didn't investigate how Harry Reid 'obtained' Mitt Romney's tax returns

Just when you thought you couldn't possibly get another laugh out of Harry Reid's claim that an anonymous source had told him Mitt Romney hadn't paid a single dime in taxes over the past decade, along comes this sublime moment from GOP congressman Paul Gosar during Wednesday's House Government Oversight Committee's IRS hearing: REP.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Mitt Romney, Representative Paul Gosar, Republican, US House of Representatives, Liberal Political News

Roll Call

Former Stabenow Aide Could Trump Former Reid Aide at CFTC

Renteria,a former Stabenow staffer, is being considered at for a spot in the Obama administration.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Debbie Stabenow, Democrat, Corporate / Securities Law, Law

Nevada Appeal

Juror ousted as trial for Harvey Whittemore resumes

One-time political powerbroker Harvey Whittemore leaves the Lloyd George Federal Courthouse in Las Vegas, Wednesday, April 3, 2013.

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Related Topix: Las Vegas, NV, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat

The Las Vegas Sun

Republicans press NRC chair for answers on Yucca Mountain

The crisis that engulfed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and threatened to tip the scales on the Yucca Mountain project last year is in the past, if the bipartisan nods of reserved approval that new chairwoman Allison MacFarlane received at her reconfirmation Thursday are any indicator.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Senator John Barrasso, US Senate, Republican, Democrat, Barack Obama, David Vitter, Nuclear Energy

Thu May 23, 2013

Farmington Daily Times

Apple could pay for moore

Investigators say due to some creative Ireland-based tax gimmicks, Apple has managed to keep $75 billion away from the IRS's reach just in the years 2009-2012. Even Senator John McCain conceded, "Apple claims to be the largest U.S. corporate taxpayer, but by sheer size and scale, it is also among America's largest tax avoiders." Apple is not alone.

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Related Topix: Apple, Startups, Tax, US Politics, US News, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, Carl Levin, Democrat, Opinion

MarketWatch

How Congress could raise student loan debt

The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a Republican bill to link student loan rates to financial markets .

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

By Common Consent

Dead Serious

Over the last several years, a painter in Utah named Jon McNaughton has been trying to make a name for himself by using the Gospel of Jesus Christ as a prop in politically provocative pictures in an effort to communicate his apparent belief that only people who hold political views consistent with those of the current American political extreme ... (more)

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Related Topix: Paul McGann, Religion, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Utah County, UT

The Atlantic

Harry Reid Has a Not-Quite-Nuclear Plan to Upend the Senate Filibuster

Later this summer, the Senate may at last tackle a highly controversial issue: whether or not it should approve executive branch nominations decisions based on a majority vote.

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

Examiner.com

Harry Reid claims Republicans have 'corrupted the Founders' intent'

In a tweet issued Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , D-Nev., claimed that Republicans have "corrupted the Founders ' intent," Twitchy reported.

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

Washington Post

GOP lawmaker questions how Harry Reid 'obtained' false claims about Mitt Romney's taxes

J. Russell George, U.S. Treasury inspector general for tax administration, from left, Douglas Shulman, former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Lois Lerner, the director of the IRS's exempt organizations office, and Neal S. Wolin, deputy secretary of the Treasury, are sworn in during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Tax, Mitt Romney, Representative Paul Gosar, Republican, US House of Representatives, Ron Paul

KELO-TV Sioux Falls

Daschle Downplays Story About Feud With Reid

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, John Thune, US Senate, Republican, Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Lead, SD

Wed May 22, 2013

Bloomberg

Senate Leaders Millionaires in Disclosure Data

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell both reported their net worth in the millions of dollars as the U.S. Senate today released personal financial disclosure reports for its members.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, Mitch McConnell, Senator Rand Paul, Senator Marco Rubio, Senator John Barrasso, W.

US News & World Report

Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer Make Vines to Help Pass Immigration Reform Bill

Senate Judiciary Committee members Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., confer on as the committee assembled to work on a landmark immigration bill.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, Senator Chuck Schumer, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Richard Durbin, Barack Obama

Daily Kos

Srinivasan confirmation vote Thursday could hold key for filibuster reform in July

Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell had a heated exchange on the floor Wednesday over the nomination of Sri Srinivasan to the the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals, Liberal Political News