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Washington Post: Could a child abuse registry have saved Adrian Peterson's son?
October 11, 2013
Reuters: Pentagon recalls most civilian defense employees idled by shutdown
Washington - The Pentagon said on Saturday it would recall the vast majority of around 350,000 civilian Defense Department employees sent home during the U.S. government shutdown, a move that could greatly lessen the impact of Washington infighting on the U.S. armed forces.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said a legal review of the "Pay Our Military Act," signed by President Barack Obama on Monday on the eve of the shutdown, would allow him to bring most civilians back to work next week.
September 30, 2013
From the Austin American-Statesman:
Nutrition program is government that works
By Miguel Ferguson, Stacey Borasky, Scott Harding
Published: Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013
Doggett hesitant on U.S. intervention in Syria
San Antonio Express-News:September 4, 2013
U.S.Rep. Lloyd Doggett, an Austin Democrat with an independent streak, saidWednesday he's leaning against supporting a proposed congressional resolutionbacking U.S. military intervention in Syria.
Ethically Corrupt And Unashamed
Express-News Editorial Board: August 12, 2013
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We know many will tell us to just grow up. And, still, the gall is something to behold.
Ethically Corrupt And Unashamed
Express-News Editorial Board: August 12, 2013
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We know many will tell us to just grow up. And, still, the gall is something to behold.
Washington— U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett, a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, reintroduced the Smuggled Tobacco Prevention (STOP) Act (H.R. 2990), legislation that would collect hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, decrease the consumption of tobacco, and combat criminals and terrorists who profit from the illegal trade of tobacco. Identical language was included in the Tobacco Tax and Enforcement Reform, S. 826, introduced in April by late Senator Frank R.
NYT: Immigration in the House [excerpts]
July 7, 2013
Now that the Senate has passed its version of reform — a comprehensive bill with a long but real citizenship path — the ball is in the House. It might be stuck there: the speaker, John Boehner, has ruled out voting on the Senate bill, or on any immigration bill not supported by the majority of his caucus. That is a recipe for failure, but the House has nothing else to offer right now, no other solutions to match the scale of the problem.
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