From Bloomberg Government’s Congress Tracker: President Barack Obama’s budget envisions zeroing out money for horse inspections, a move that — if it becomes law — would effectively block the slaughter of horses for human consumption in the U.S. Section 725,...
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Loose horses sold for slaughter.
Obama Budget: No Horse Meat
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The Louisville Cardinals mascot cheers during the National Semifinal game of the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship.
Basketball Trumps Senate Vote for Louisville Fan
The Senate was supposed to vote this afternoon on the nomination of Patty Shwartz as a judge on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. That vote has been postponed until tomorrow because Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has other plans: Kentucky’s...
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Elementary school kids pose for a picture in front of the White House on March 8, 2013. Their class had the last tour of the day.
Obama Asks Secret Service to Let Schoolkids in for White House Tours
In Washington, the time-honored threat of the impact of government budget cuts has centered on closing the Washington Monument. The obelisk on the National Mall is already closed, however — thanks to repairs underway following the 2011 earthquake centered in...
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The industry today is holding the first-ever conference on covering so-called ``dual eligibles'', people who are both old enough to qualify for Medicare, and poor enough to be put on Medicaid.
Insurers Set Eyes on States’ Oldest, Sickest
As at least 24 U.S. states prepare to move their oldest and sickest citizens from the government’s Medicare and Medicaid health programs into managed-care plans, insurers are figuring out the best way to profit. The industry today is holding the...
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More than 40 members of the American Coalition for Ethanol are participating in their fifth annual “DC Fly-In,” at which they will hear updates about the renewable-fuels program.
Ethanol Makers ‘Fly-In’ to Fight for Biofuel
Ethanol has accomplished the impossible, bringing together oil refiners, hunger activists, dairy farmers and environmentalists. There’s just one problem for the corn-based fuel: They all hate it. Together that motley crew of lobbyists is pushing Congress to rework legislation from...
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Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-WA., Sen. Patty Murray, D-WA.,Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-MI., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-MN., and Claire McCaskill, D-MO., during a news conference with Senate Democratic women on the Violence Against Women Act in this file photo.
Failed Violence Against Women Act Substitute Divides Chairmen
From Bloomberg Government’s Congress Tracker blog To get a sense of the size of the Republican divide over its version of the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization, look at the guys with gavels. Chairmen of committees with jurisdiction over the...
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Sen. Charles Schumer, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin hold a news conference at the Capitol on the eve of the budget sequester on Feb. 28, 2013 in Washington.
Danger: Debate Breaks out in Senate
If the first rule in “Fight Club” is not to talk about fight club, the first rule in the U.S. Senate is to never acknowledge its shortcomings. Senators pretend to be cordial, part of the most deliberative body in the...
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Peter King: Sandy Cost Trust in Party
The fight against fellow House Republicans to secure $60.2 billion so the Northeast region could begin rebuilding after Super-storm Sandy wreaked widespread devastation frayed the bonds of loyalty and trust that New York Rep. Peter King feels for colleagues in...
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Darcia Anthony, left, and Danielle Williams react after participating in a wedding ceremony at City Hall in Baltimore, on Jan. 1, 2013.
Republican AG’s: Marriage for States
The fact that dozens of prominent Republicans are petitioning the Supreme Court to declare a constitutional right for same-sex marriage doesn’t mean that plenty of Republicans aren’t telling the high court something else. “We believe states ought to have the...
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Senate Armed Services Committee members, from left, Sen. John McCain, Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Sen. Deb Fischer, and Sen. Lindsey Graham gather on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 12, 2013, prior to the committee's hearing on the looming cuts to the defense budget that could be part of the sequestration.
It’s McCain Versus Inhofe Over Budget Cuts
From Bloomberg Government’s Congress Tracker blog Arizona Republican John McCain is attempting to torpedo a sequester proposal by his successor as the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. McCain said in an interview that he is working with...
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