A legal challenge to New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie’s scheduling of a U.S. Senate special election is in part a fight over grammar. Here’s a part of the state election code that deals with Senate vacancies, such as the...
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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., center, campaigns with Massachusetts Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Gabriel Gomez, left, at the Boston Police VFW Post in Boston, on May 20, 2013.
Markey-Gomez Debate: McCain Tweets in on Term Limits
Not typically a hot election topic in Massachusetts, term limits became the subject of the most heated exchange last night in the third and final U.S. Senate debate between Democrat Ed Markey and Republican Gabriel Gomez. The back-and-forth offered a...
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Guest workers harvest the strawberry crop at a farm in China Grove, North Carolina.
Immigration Bill: $175 Bln Savings
Now they can have their immigration bill and eat their deficit, too. After warnings from some corners — such as the Heritage Foundation claiming the Senate’s immigration reform bill will cost trillions of dollars over five decades — the Congressional...
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People participate in a protest march that organizers said was an attempt to get the U.S. Congress to say yes to immigration reform on April 6, 2013 in Miami, Florida.
Reid Warns Warriors on Weekends
The Senate had barely gaveled into session today when Majority Leader Harry Reid started threatening to spoil his colleagues’ weekend plans to try to prod action on a bipartisan immigration overhaul proposal. “Unless we begin working on amendments soon, we...
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker delivers the main address during Class Day for Yale seniors at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., on May 19, 2013.
Booker Crosses Jersey’s Giants-Eagles Line
New Jersey is in many respects a state divided: to the north, the New York Giants and Jets rule the football universe, pizza is the quick-fix of choice. And a night out in “The City” means one thing, Manhattan. Down...
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Bill Belichick, right, head coach of the New England Patriots holds the Vince Lombardi trophy with owner Robert K. Kraft after winning Super Bowl XXXVIII, in 2004.
Patriots Owner Backs Markey, Brown Aids Gomez
Written with Annie Linskey Despite a loan and checks from top Republicans, Massachusetts Republican Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez was out-raised and out-spent by Democratic nominee Ed Markey from April 11 to June 5, campaign finance records show. Both men are...
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A lot of House members pine for a Senate seat. It’s a tougher call if you’re a Republican committee chairman in a politically safe congressional district, serving in a legislative majority that Republicans are likely to hold in the 2014...
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The National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Convention on May 4, 2013 in Houston, Texas.
NRA Targets Manchin, A-Rated Once, Gun Debate Grows Personal
The National Rifle Association is out with a new television ad criticizing West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin for “working with” New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and President Barack Obama to push for stricter gun controls. “Concerned? You should be,” a...
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U.S. Senate candidate Ed Markey shakes hands with a supporter in Boston, on April 30, 2013 as he celebrates winning the Democratic primary for the special U.S. Senate election.
Cashing in On Digital Privacy: Wyden Fundraising Appeal for Markey ($23?)
It was sure to come to this: There’s fundraising gold in them thar personal privacy versus national security hills. Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat who has been at the forefront of concern over government surveillance in the name of...
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Authorities from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives search a home in Hyattsville, Maryland.
Grassley Hammers ATF Nominee
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has been without a permanent director since 2006. Based on a Senate hearing today, the agency is going to have to keep waiting. Sen. Charles Grassley, the top Republican on the Senate...
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