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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 19: Gary Kennedy, Senior Vice President and General Counsel at American Airlines, testifies during a Senate Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security hearing on the merger of US Airways and American Airlines, on Capitol Hill, June 19, 2013 in Washington, DC. Both the Justice and Transportation Departments would have to approve the proposed merger.
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The president, the Democrats, the Senate, the Democrat-led Senate, they are out of step with the American mainstream and, more importantly than that, they're out of step with what abortion policy is in the rest of the world
I will be, god willing, a sitting United States senator, sitting here again in South Jersey, battling with the people I’m standing with right now to preserve and advance in the (state) Senate and the Assembly, to push for change at the state level
There is virtually nothing in the bill that would benefit New Hampshire workers or taxpayers. It is clear that New Hampshirites overwhelmingly reject the Senate's plan to grant unconditional amnesty to millions of illegal aliens and flood U.S. labor markets with millions of new foreign workers, while offering the American people worthless promises on border security and immigration enforcementMore quotes »
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GAO says airline merger would reduce competition
the 2010 merger of United Airlines and Continental Airlines, an analyst for the Government Accountability Office told a U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday.Antitrust regulators at the Justice Department are reviewing the proposed American-US Airways deal, which 6/19/13 Read more »
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Letters: NY's equality and abortion bill
a vote appears to be principled, Newsday fails to disclose existing issues that might highlight just how flawed the bill is and why Senate co-leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) is correct to block its passage ["Allow a vote on abortion bill," Editorial, Read more »
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All about immigration: Green cards? Citizenship?
"Byzantine" pops up all too frequently.___WHAT'S THE GANG OF EIGHT?A group of four Democrats and four Republicans in the Senate that crafted a bill to address all four questions. In a nutshell, this proposal would tighten border controls, allow more high- Read more »
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Poll: Most LIers support immigration reform
to be released Wednesday, was commissioned by a coalition of immigrant and labor advocacy groups that support the bipartisan Senate plan. It was conducted between May 28 and June 2 by Colorado-based polling firm Harstad Strategic Research."Across all of Long Read more »
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Goldberg: What Susan Rice's promotion to national security adviser means
debacle, have inadvertently allowed the president to bring her into the innermost ring of power, in a role that requires no Senate confirmation.In the highly centralized White House foreign-policy and national-security operation (critics would call it overcentralized, Read more »
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Read these words, then vote on Tuesday
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FBI Drones Used in U.S.
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Merger threatens Charlotte’s future as air hub
Charlotte Douglas International Airport’s status as a major airline hub is not guaranteed in the proposed American Airlines-US Airways merger, according to Senate testimony Wednesday. Follow @CapeCodDaily Subscribe via Email Get a once daily digest of th 40 m ago from Cape Cod Daily Read more »
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The Real Threat from Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Greg Gutfeld, cohost of The Five and resident wit at Fox News, thinks that the scandals swirling around D.C. right now are so bad that Congress should be grounded for a year. That's right -- no new laws, no initiatives, no nothin' until Congress straight 2:03 AM from American Thinker Read more »
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‘Markey's trying to scare women’
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