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New Hampshire Democrat Urges Supreme Court To Embrace Marriage Equality

Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) said Monday that the rest of the country needs to “catch up” to New Hampshire to ensure that everyone is treated fairly and equally under the law.

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With Convention Over, VA GOP Has Big Job Ahead

After nine hours and four ballot-narrowing voting cycles, the camps of 10 different candidates vying for state office trekked out of the coliseum with a clear picture of the ballot, but an uncertain picture of party unity.

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Cantor Denounces IRS Actions At Virginia GOP Convention

“We’re going to get to the bottom of this,” he said.

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Republicans, Norquist Call For Revenue Neutral Tax Reform

With April 15, otherwise known as Tax Day, approaching, GOP lawmakers and lower tax advocates gathered on Capitol Hill to urge for a change in America’s tax code in light of the new tax increases featured within President Obama’s FY 2014 budget.

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Democratic Caucus To GOP: Social Security Not On The Table

As negotiations continue to avert the fiscal cliff, the Democratic Caucus advised the GOP to avoid injecting Social Security into the fiscal cliff negotiations. “Whenever Republicans try to cut Social Security to take care of these deficits, I hope you all will ask them, why should Social Security and the millions of Americans who have [...]

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Hoyer: GOP’s Fiscal Cliff Proposal A “Positive Step”

Hoyer called the proposal a “positive step that the Republicans have put forward.”

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GOP Showing Signs Of Compromise?

With President Obama winning a second term in office this week, it seems as though some heavyweights in the GOP are already showing signs of being willing to compromise with the man they’ve worked so hard the last four years to defeat. On the issue of taxes, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has said twice [...]

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Early 2016 Favorite Urges GOP To Embrace Minorities

Photo/Geoff Holtzman Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), one of the favorites to run for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, said late Tuesday that his party must find a way to corral minority voters. In a statement released a few hours after the nation reelected Democratic incumbent President Barack Obama, Rubio said spreading the GOP’s message to [...]

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Romney Speech Initial Reaction

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Recorded live in Tampa, Florida moments after Mr. Romeny accepted the Republican party presidential nomination.

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The Fight Before the Storm

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In the days before the RNC officially begins, an intense struggle between party factions is playing out behind the scenes, as the GOP mainstream defends itself from an insurgency led by constitutionalist hardliner Rep. Ron Paul. Inspired by the congressman’s 2008 candidacy, hardliners have captured state and local seats, and in the presidential race won 373 of the 2,286 delegates. [...]

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Poll: Americans Support NSA Programs, But Want Hearings

58 percent said that they support the collection of phone calls and internet records as a tool to fight terror while 39 percent said that they are opposed.

Karzai Wants U.S. Out Of Taliban Talks

The Afghan leader threatened to boycott reconciliation talks with the Taliban unless the U.S. agrees to butt out.

Obama: NSA Programs Saved Lives

The president issued a staunch defense of the secret surveillance programs during a news conference in Germany.

Challenging Democrats, GOP Aide Says Groceries Are A SNAP

A food fight erupted over a House farm bill Tuesday, with a handful of Democrats and a Republican aide wrangling over the cost of groceries.

Obama’s Re-Write Of Discrimination Laws

President Obama’s backdoor effort to re-write discrimination laws will get decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, which is taking the case about “disparate impact.”

TRNS News Notes- Wednesday, June 19

Obama/Berlin: nuke cuts today
NSA: Google gag / plots
G-8: no Syria breakthrough
Immigration: House/Senate at odds
House: late-term abortion ban