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Rep. Bob Goodlatte: Government is not enforcing existing US gun laws

By Dave Cook | 02/28/13

Two gun-control measures that could pass Congress include improving background check system and cracking down on illegal sales, says Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R) at a Monitor-sponsored breakfast on Wednesday.

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'Economically catastrophic' to delay raising debt ceiling, warns top Democrat

By Dave Cook | 12/19/12

Democratic budget leader Rep. Chris Van Hollen urges that the national debt ceiling be raised as part of the year-end talks to avoid the 'fiscal cliff,' rather than waiting until late winter to address it.

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Rep. Steny Hoyer: Americans are now anxious, not angry

By Dave Cook | 08/02/12

House minority whip Steny Hoyer says if 2010 was the year of the angry American voter, 2012 is the year of the anxious voter. The Maryland Democrat also says current Congress is 'least productive and most confrontational' he's ever served in.

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Officials tout record roundup of 'criminal aliens,' Obama immigration policy

By Dave Cook, Christian Science Monitor | 04/03/12

A federal roundup of "criminal aliens" and major immigration law violators last week resulted in 3,168 arrests in all 50 states, the largest such operation ever, US immigration officials announced Monday.

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How social media complicate SEC crackdown on insider trading

Dave Cook, Christian Science Monitor | 02/23/12

Social media services such as Facebook and Twitter, which offer "so much that is great," also create challenges for regulators working to stop insider trading.

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Carl Levin calls Romney's defense budget criticism 'just a political statement'

By Dave Cook | 02/06/12

'It is just a political statement ... not borne out by the facts. Our military is incredibly strong'

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Cities brace for bad news in Obama's next federal budget, top mayor says

By Dave Cook | 01/19/12
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, president of the US Conference of Mayors, says "bad news is coming" for the nation's cities in the federal budget the Obama administration is preparing to release in early February. "Anybody who saw the [budg
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Washington's relationship with Ankara amid a 'Turkish-American spring'

By Dave Cook | 12/20/11
Turkish Ambassador Namik Tan has been Turkey's ambassador to the US since 2010. Turkey — which borders Iran, Iraq, and Syria, among other countries — is a key US ally in the Muslim world.
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Palestinians 'an invented' people? Lieberman rejects Gingrich view

By Dave Cook | 12/14/11
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, the first Jew to appear on a major party's presidential ticket, disagrees with GOP candidate Newt Gingrich's view that the Palestinians are "an invented" people. Mr.
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GOP 'super PAC' leader: On fundraising, 'neither side is going to unilaterally disarm'

By Dave Cook | 12/12/11
'Super PAC' leaders Norm Coleman and Brian Walsh are, respectively, chairman and president of the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super political-action committee focused on electing Republican House candidates.