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6 hrs ago | KRMG-AM Tulsa

CBO: Immigration bill reduces deficit

In a boost for supporters of a major immigration reform bill now on the Senate floor, the Congressional Budget Office on Tuesday reported that the plan would reduce the nation's budget deficit over the next two decades, as backers said it showed the "economic imperative" to approve immigration law changes.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Chris Murphy, Senator Marco Rubio, Republican, Jeff Sessions

Tue Jun 18, 2013

WCAX-TV Burlington

Vt. Veteran honored in D.C.

Glen Goodall served in the South Pacific during World War II, now the Williamstown vet is in Washington D.C. for two very special honors.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Williamstown, VT, Vermont, Montpelier, VT, Chittenden County, VT

Orlando Weekly

Marco Rubio's gay panic

Try as we might, we've yet to be able to muster more than a squinty-blur of possible Christian Bale self-immolating attraction to Sen. Marco Rubio, though, given his recent flamboyant flare-ups in the face of the gay question, maybe we ought to give ol' eyes-too-wide a second glance? He doth protest a bit too much, after all.

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

WCAX-TV Burlington

Here is the latest Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont news from The Associated Press

A former Ivy League professor who won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1982 has died in Maine.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Kelly Ayotte, US Senate, Republican, Democrat, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Vermont, Physics, Science, Immigration Reform

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Daily Kos

DE-Sen: Chris Coons (D) Fights For Your Right To Vote

Some Democratic senators are discussing legislation to counter the possibility the Supreme Court will overturn a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Chris Coons, Eric Holder, Richard Durbin, Democrat, Illinois

The Burlington Free Press

Vermont delegation seeks legislative response to government snooping

Vermont's congressional delegation is pushing proposals that would limit the government's surveillance powers and reveal authorities' rationale in deciding when to use those powers.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Representative Peter Welch, Democrat, US Senate, Bernard Sanders, Senator Bernie Sanders, Privacy, Patriot Act

WTMA-AM North Charleston

Supreme Court DOMA Ruling Looms over Immigration Overhaul

Before U.S. lawmakers decide whether they will address same-sex couples in a comprehensive immigration overhaul bill, the Supreme Court could make the decision for them.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Gay/Lesbian, US News, US Politics, Senator Marco Rubio, US Senate, Republican, Democrat

Sun Jun 16, 2013

CNN

For gay couples: Love or country?

Melanie Servetas lived the American dream. She had a six-figure salary as an executive with Wells Fargo, a Jaguar and a three-bedroom house in sunny Southern California.

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Related Topix: Online Dating, Immigration Reform, Washington DC, Gay/Lesbian, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Daily Kos

MA-Sen: Patrick Leahy

Received two fundraising e-mails from two Senators I admire who are supporting Congressman Ed Markey's U.S. Senate bid.

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Related Topix: Edward Markey, US Politics, Scott Brown, US News, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, John Kerry, Immigration Reform

The Burlington Free Press

Sanders expands his social media presence to Reddit

Already a social media star, Sen. Bernie Sanders is taking on a new platform: Reddit.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Bernard Sanders, Senator Bernie Sanders, Democrat, Twitter, Social Security, Personal Finance

Seattle Gay News

Another try on immigration - Sen. Leahy reintroduces same-sex couples amendment to reform bill

'Seeking equal protection under our laws for the LGBT community is the right thing to do,' Leahy said in a statement.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Gay/Lesbian, Harry Reid, Republican, Mitch McConnell

WNYT NewsChannel 13

Military sex abuse allegations include local connection

The sexual assaults of military personnel, that have been happening across the country, have apparently also been happening right here in our own backyard.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, US Military, US Air Force, Albany, NY, Tully, NY

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Fire Dog Lake

Late Night: Time to Repeal the "PATRIOT" Act and Rein in FISA

One of the more darkly entertaining things about the whole VerizonBusinessGate story is how "PATRIOT" Act author Jim "Tex" Sensenbrenner is trying oh so hard to run away from the results of a law he not only wrote, but has protected from even the tiniest civil-liberties-oriented revisions over the years.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Jeff Merkley, US Senate, Democrat, Ron Wyden, Republican, Senator Mike Lee, Representative Dean Heller, US House of Representatives, Senator Dean Heller

WPTZ-TV Plattsburgh

F-35 supporter accuses opponents of fear mongering

NEWSCHANNEL FIVE'S LAUREN VICTORY IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH MORE. LAUREN? STEPH -- ERNIE POMERLEAU SENT A LETTER TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS TITLED " F-35 WILL BENEFIT VERMONT COMMUNITIES."

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Related Topix: Vermont, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, US Military, US Air Force, Chittenden County, VT

WCAX-TV Burlington

Vt. AG looking into governor's controversial land deal

Attorney General Bill Sorrell confirmed his office was looking into the matter this week on the Mark Johnson Show on WDEV radio.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, East Montpelier, VT, Montpelier, VT, US Governors, Peter Shumlin, Essex Junction, VT

Daily Kos

Church Committee 2.0, Come In Please

Dir.: We've all gotten more than a snoot-full the past couple weeks of our unelected betters in high and secretive places and their jolly fat friends in Fairfax County, VA, the intelligence contractors.

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Related Topix: US Senate, US Politics, Democrat, US News, Fairfax County, VA

The Burlington Free Press

Exposing sexual assault in the military

The case of a Navy veteran who spent time in Vermont is helping push Congress to approve legislation to upgrade services for veterans victimized by sexual assault while in the armed forces.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Bernard Sanders, Senator Bernie Sanders, US Military, US Navy, Danville, VT

Politico

Obama to meet with Dem senators on immigration

Included in the meeting are the democratic members of the Gang of Eight -- Sens. Dick Durbin , Chuck Schumer , Bob Menendez , and Michael Bennet -- as well as Sen. Patrick Leahy .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Michael Bennet, US Senate, Democrat, Immigration Reform

Thu Jun 13, 2013

Politico

Indigo Girl lobbies on the Hill

Emily Saliers, one-half of the Indigo Girls, spent Thursday on Capitol Hill trying to drum up support for expanding immigration rights for binational couples, gay or straight .

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Related Topix: Folk, Indigo Girls, Immigration Reform, Gay/Lesbian, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat

EDGE

"I'm Gone!": Rubio Threatens to Revoke Support of LGBT Inclusive Immigration Bill

Two days after Senator Patrick Leahy introduced an amendment to the bipartisan immigration reform bill that would grant protections to bi-national same-sex couples, Senator Marco Rubio co-author of the bill, said that he would revoke his support, saying that as the bill as currently written, it has "no chance" of passing.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Marco Rubio, Republican