Obama renews focus on jobs, economic growth on Texas trip
By Jeff Mason AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pledged on a trip to Texas on Thursday to take steps to accelerate ec...
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House passes tactical Republican debt bill
By Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would require...
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Top Senate Republican opposes Obama labor nominee Perez
By Rachelle Younglai and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate's top Republican on Wednesday came out strongly agai...
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Union-backed pension fix advances in Illinois Senate
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (Reuters) - An Illinois Senate committee on Wednesday passed a union-backed plan to reduce the state's nearly ...
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Obama administration weighs options for expanding wiretap laws
By Joseph Menn and Mark Hosenball SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration may seek to end a long-running debat...
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Republican senator's bill to target U.S. 'political intelligence' firms
By Sarah N. Lynch and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Law firms, brokerages and other companies that analyze the U.S. governmen...
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After House seat win, Mark Sanford admits he trespassed
By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford admitted on Wednesday to trespa...
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Seven lawmakers recorded in N.Y. corruption probe: filing
By Jessica Dye NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former New York state senator from Queens secretly recorded seven lawmakers as part of a polit...
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Lawmakers demand military leaders curb sex assaults
By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senators alarmed by a jump in sex crimes in the U.S. military called on Wednesday for a cu...
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Senators want exemption to Dodd-Frank swap rules
By Douwe Miedema and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of 12 senators is seeking to exempt non-financial comp...
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