Reid Says Detention: Shortened Recess For The Senate

It's not uncommon for a Senate Majority Leader to go to the Senate floor and warn colleagues that he will cancel an upcoming recess if they don't complete their work. Often ...
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Grover Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform

Among the people closely watching the current debate over raising the debt ceiling is a man named Grover Norquist. He's president of a benign-sounding group known as Americans for Tax ...
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The Senate's Seersucker Thursday

If you were watching the United States Senate on June 23, 2011, you might have thought your television was on the fritz; there were more stripes than usual on the ...
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The Justice Department and College Football Bowl Games

An emotionally charged issue that divides many Americans will come to a head at a meeting next week in our nation's capital. No, it's not the war. Or abortion. Or ...
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The Legacy of Watergate

June 17 is a watershed date in American history. It was on that day in 1972 that five burglars were arrested breaking into the offices of the Democratic National Committee ...
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