Garcetti Builds Growing Lead As LA Picks New Mayor
May 22nd, 2013LOS ANGELES (AP) — Councilman Eric Garcetti, who jammed with pop star Moby and fashioned himself as a voice for a new generation of city leaders, has opened a growing lead in the race for Los Angeles mayor with the pool of uncounted ballots steadily shrinking. Garcetti, 42, who made a mark helping resuscitate neighborhoods
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House Panel Seeks To Curb Military Sexual Assaults
May 22nd, 2013WASHINGTON (AP) — Determined to check the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the armed forces, a House panel is poised to approve a series of revisions to longstanding military law. They include stripping commanding officers of their unilateral authority to change or dismiss a court-martial conviction and requiring that service members found guilty of
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Star Witness To Stay Mum For House Hearing On IRS
May 22nd, 2013WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee taking Congress’ latest look at the Internal Revenue Service’s mistreatment of tea party groups will apparently have to do so without input from the star witness. IRS official Lois Lerner will invoke her constitutional right to not answer questions on Wednesday at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
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Immigration Bill Heads To Full Senate
May 22nd, 2013WASHINGTON (AP) — A far-reaching bill to remake the nation’s immigration system is headed to the full Senate, where tough battles are brewing on gay marriage, border security and other contentious issues, with the outcome impossible to predict. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the measure 13-5 Tuesday night, setting up an epic showdown on the
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Gov’t Dysfunction May Be Baked Into The System
May 22nd, 2013WASHINGTON (AP) — The works do seem to be “gummed up” on Capitol Hill. And President Barack Obama isn’t the only one to say so. Yet despite years of hand-wringing in both parties, little progress has been made toward changing congressional rules on filibusters, senatorial “holds” on presidential nominees and other stalling ploys. Inhibiting forward
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