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Senator Tom Carper · 2,803 like this — As our society has changed and evolved, so too has the public's opinion on gay marriage - and so has mine. I pray every day for God to grant me the wisdom to do what is right. Through my prayers and conversations with my family …
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Statement from Senator Kirk on Same-Sex Marriage — When I climbed the Capitol steps in January, I promised myself that I would return to the Senate with an open mind and greater respect for others. — Same-sex couples should have the right to civil marriage. Our time on this Earth is limited, I know that better than most.
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Republican Sen. Mark Kirk Endorses Marriage Equality — “Same-sex couples should have the right to civil marriage.” — Image by Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images — Illinois Republican Senator Mark Kirk came out in support of marriage equality Tuesday shortly after the Supreme Court heard …
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Working Majority Of United States Senate Now Supports Marriage Equality
Working Majority Of United States Senate Now Supports Marriage Equality
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Delaware Sen. Tom Carper Endorses Marriage Equality
Delaware Sen. Tom Carper Endorses Marriage Equality
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State Sen. Malcolm Smith, city Councilman Halloran arrested in ‘bribery plot’ to rig mayor race — State Senator Malcolm Smith was arrested at his home in Queens today. — State Sen. Malcolm Smith and city Councilman Dan Halloran were arrested this morning on charges they were plotting …
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William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
Lawmakers Charged in Plot to Buy Spot on Mayoral Ballot — State Senator Malcolm A. Smith, a contractor and real estate developer who rose to become the first black president of the State Senate, and City Councilman Daniel J. Halloran III were arrested early Tuesday on charges of trying …
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Outrage 101: Radical jailed in slay now Columbia prof — Former Weather Underground radical Kathy Boudin — who spent 22 years in prison for an armored-car robbery that killed two cops and a Brinks guard — now holds a prestigious adjunct professorship at Columbia University's School of Social Work, The Post has learned.
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Democratic Senator Touts Bill To Allow Patients Involuntarily Committed For Mental Illness To Purchase Guns — Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) hinted on Tuesday that he would oppose a Democratic initiative to expand background checks to all gun purchases, but reiterated his support for an NRA-backed measure …
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Guns Are Now Required For Citizens Of Nelson, Georgia — NELSON, Ga. (AP) — Backers of a newly adopted ordinance requiring gun ownership in a small north Georgia town acknowledge they were largely seeking to make a point about gun rights. — The ordinance in the city of Nelson …
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Georgia Town Passes Mandatory Gun Bill
Georgia Town Passes Mandatory Gun Bill
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
Cruz to test 2016 waters with South Carolina trip — Cambridge, Massachusetts (CNN) - He's been in Washington only three months, but U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas is already planning a pilgrimage to a critical presidential primary state. — The outspoken Cruz, a conservative attorney …
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Adam Beam / The State:
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz to keynote S.C. GOP's Silver Elephant Celebration in May
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz to keynote S.C. GOP's Silver Elephant Celebration in May
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Obama to Unveil Initiative to Map the Human Brain — President Obama on Tuesday will announce a broad new research initiative, starting with $100 million in 2014, to invent and refine new technologies to understand the human brain, senior administration officials said Monday.
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Keyes: Marriage Equality is the ‘Archetype of all Crimes Against Humanity’ — Alan Keyes once again appeared on Stan Solomon's talk show, this time to discuss their stringent opposition to marriage equality. — After host, Steve Davis, claimed that just because they “oppose homosexual marriage …
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Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Tennessee's Colossally Bad Plan to Change Its Primary System — You can hear bad ideas almost every day. But only occasionally do you hear a colossally bad, ill-conceived idea, one that leaves you wondering who dreamed it up. — Tennessee state Sen. Frank Nicely, a Republican from Strawberry Plains …
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What Marco Rubio is thinking — Immigration reform is alive and kicking because Sen. Marco Rubio was there at conception. It will likely die if Rubio bolts in the end. — The possibility that Rubio could walk away, more than any other dynamic, is shaping the final details of new immigration laws, participants tell us.
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Marco Rubio is right: Don't rush immigration reform
Marco Rubio is right: Don't rush immigration reform
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David Voreacos / Bloomberg:
Donor Says He Sought Menendez on Medicare Without Breaking Law — Salomon Melgen, the Florida political donor at the center of a criminal probe, said he and Senator Robert Menendez are “like brothers” who spoke weekly, yet his companies never benefited and he broke no laws.
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Zoe Schlanger / Talking Points Memo:
Pat Robertson Blames Ivy League Schools For Lack Of Miracles In America — It may have been April 1st yesterday, but televangelist Pat Robertson wasn't kidding when he told a viewer that Americans aren't experiencing God's miracles because they are too “sophisticated.”
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Nina Karnikowski / Sydney Morning Herald:
Airline to charge overweight passengers more — Samoa Air has become the world's first airline to implement “pay as you weigh” flights, meaning overweight passengers pay more for their seats. — “This is the fairest way of travelling,” chief executive of Samoa Air, Chris Langton, told ABC Radio.
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Jean Eaglesham / Wall Street Journal:
SEC Ex-Chief Lands at Consultant — Schapiro Is Latest Former U.S. Regulator to Join Promontory Financial; ‘No Revolving Door’ — Less than four months after stepping down as the top U.S. securities regulator, Mary Schapiro is joining a consulting firm that has built a reputation …
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Sequestration Effects: Cuts Sting Communities Nationwide — WASHINGTON — It's now an article of faith that dire sequestration warnings were overblown. — New studies downsize potential job losses because of the federal budget cuts. Agencies have figured ways to ensure that the more alarming effects …
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David Rogers / Politico:
Big Agriculture flexes its muscle — Yet for all the anger — and belated legal reviews — no one can truly be surprised by the packers' success nor Monsanto's. Indeed the collapse of the traditional appropriations process in Congress may magnify the power of single-interest lobbies …
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Fannie Mae posts record profit, repays taxpayers $11.6 billion — Housing giant Fannie Mae posted a record profit in 2012, a little over four years after the federal government stepped in to save it from collapse. — The government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) reported Tuesday that it turned …
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Hillary Clinton's first test — Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign begins this year in Virginia. — She hasn't said anything about 2016, but Terry McAuliffe's 2013 gubernatorial campaign is serving as a testing ground for Clinton's clout, operatives and donors.
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