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McCarthy, 49, began gathering commitments from other House Republicans on Wednesday, the day after then-Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) suffered a stunning loss in the primary for his seat. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Mr. Boehner pointed to what aides called “orphan districts” in Democratic-leaning states that would not be a factor in the presidential campaign. | 0 | 0 | neu |
But he said the groups needed to do more to distance themselves from known hate groups that actively encourage their members to join the Tea Party. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Rother's thinking, according to the paper, is that tax increases alone can't keep the program's $2.6 trillion trust fund from running out of money, so benefit cuts must be included as well. | 0 | 0 | neu |
"Protecting the privacy of our users and their data is a top priority for Facebook," the company's chief security officer Joe Sullivan said in a statement. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Because we’re gonna go in there, and we’re gonna impeach the motherfucker.” | 0 | 0 | neu |
"I think that the BuzzFeed piece was a disgrace to our country, it was a disgrace to journalism and I think also that the coverage by the mainstream media was disgraceful and I think it's going to take a longtime for the mainstream media to recover its credibility," he went on to say. | 0 | 1 | info |
The visit came a day after the senator huddled with his team at his headquarters in Vermont to discuss the fate of his candidacy. | 0 | 0 | neu |
“We should keep our conclusions and speculation to a minimum and follow the facts.” | 0 | 0 | neu |
Driven by greed, they said, he “repeatedly used his power and influence for deceptive ends.” | 0 | 1 | info |
“Despite the judge’s outstanding performance, his exceptional background, and the extensive support he’s received from people of all political leanings, we know that some Senate Democrats will continue trying to come up with any reason to delay the confirmation process,” Mr. McConnell said of Judge Gorsuch. | 0 | 0 | neu |
“I know that 14-year-olds dont’t make good decisions,” he said. | 0 | 0 | neu |
The gun-rights lobby has already signaled that it will try to block the administration's effort. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Some phony theology. Not a theology based on the Bible. A different theology." | 1 | 0 | lex |
“The bottom line is that Americans must unify,” he went on. | 0 | 0 | neu |
She also called it an “act of hate” -- a term Obama also used -- since the attacker targeted an LGBT nightclub during Pride Month. | 0 | 0 | neu |
“It’s always been bipartisan. We need to keep it that way." | 0 | 0 | neu |
It strikes a fair compromise by incorporating priorities from both sides of the aisle." | 0 | 0 | neu |
I love this country, but this country is going to hell. ... | 0 | 1 | info |
To date, administration officials had maintained a more low-key stance, voicing concerns about the visit while saying Obama would not meet with his Israeli counterpart strictly out of a desire not to influence Israel's tight elections. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Some conservatives in the House were pushing for a postponement of the June 19 election for majority leader, saying they wanted more time to put someone with more right-wing views in the running for the position. | 0 | 0 | neu |
“It’s not as if he just didn’t get what he wanted so he’s waving a magic wand and taking a bunch of money,” Mulvaney said. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Meanwhile, the White House's plan to withdraw half its troops in Afghanistan by the summer -- some 7,000 soldiers -- has drawn similar criticism. | 0 | 0 | neu |
The Christie administration closed down two of the three George Washington Bridge access lanes in Fort Lee, N.J., in September, in what appeared to be a political retribution scheme aimed at the borough's Democratic mayor. | 1 | 0 | lex |
“This committee is left with no alternative but to request Secretary Clinton appear before this committee for a transcribed interview to better understand decisions the secretary made relevant to the creation, maintenance, retention, and ultimately deletion of public records,” Gowdy wrote to Clinton attorney David Kend... | 0 | 0 | neu |
“States are able to make decisions with regards to domestic partnership benefits such as hospital visitation rights, benefits and so forth of various kinds can be determined state by state," Romney said. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Schumer said in a statement that “glad-handing with Vladimir Putin on the heels of these indictments would be an insult to our democracy.” | 0 | 0 | neu |
But Labrador famously quit the group because of a disagreement with its other members over whether to entitle undocumented immigrants to some form of healthcare. | 0 | 0 | neu |
“With all due respect, I completely disagree with Representative Fredette’s position,” the Republican leader, Michael Thibodeau, said in a statement. | 0 | 0 | neu |
For dramatic effect, a soundtrack fit for an episodic drama like “Homeland” plays as the prime minister continues. | 0 | 1 | info |
At hastily arranged news conference Friday afternoon, Sestak said Clinton called him last summer to express concerns over his jumping into the Senate primary, and how his military background could help him leave a mark on the House. | 0 | 1 | info |
WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Wednesday rejected appeals that they need new leaders to win back disaffected voters, re-electing Representative Nancy Pelosi of California to an eighth term as House leader over a Rust Belt congressman who said the party had lost its connection to the American working class. | 0 | 1 | info |
Florida has no state income tax. | 0 | 0 | neu |
It is the largest employment discrimination class action in history, and the court’s decision, expected by June, will probably be its most important business ruling this term. | 0 | 0 | neu |
They add that they have brought up 15 bills that they contend will help create jobs but have been ignored in the Democratic-led Senate. | 0 | 0 | neu |
"Legal, well-regulated sport hunting as part of a sound management program can benefit certain species by providing incentives to local communities to conserve those species and by putting much-needed revenue back into conservation," the agency said in a statement. | 0 | 0 | neu |
He held a joint press conference with Herman Cain in October after the two met to discuss immigration enforcement. | 0 | 0 | neu |
UPDATE - May 30, 5:20 p.m.: Hours after Kathy Griffin’s photo shoot with a fake bloody Donald Trump head made the internet rounds, the official Twitter account for the U.S. Secret Service has issued a statement. | 0 | 0 | neu |
"His conduct is unbecoming of a member of Congress. | 0 | 1 | info |
Weiner said he has hired a private security company to investigate how his account has been hacked. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Just hours before the White House meeting, Senator Bob Corker, Republican of Tennessee, said on “Fox News Sunday” that a small but growing group of Republicans had begun considering acquiescing on tax rates so that the negotiations could shift to entitlement programs. | 0 | 0 | neu |
But while Ryan slams the health care overhaul for cutting Medicare, even he acknowledged that his own plan achieves “savings” for Medicare in the long run. | 0 | 0 | neu |
The latest meeting gave rise to renewed optimism that a deal could be reached before the end of the month. | 0 | 0 | neu |
If the Supreme Court were to rule in favor of Nebraska and Oklahoma, all state marijuana laws, in any form, could be in jeopardy of being unraveled. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Mrs. Clinton’s “email arrangement with herself is highly unusual, if not unprecedented,” the committee’s chairman, Representative Trey Gowdy, Republican of South Carolina, wrote in a letter to Mrs. Clinton’s lawyer Tuesday morning. | 0 | 0 | neu |
“It’s completely inconsistent with this latest statement,” summarized Senor. | 0 | 1 | info |
“If Washington and Adams and Jefferson believed that compromise was a dirty word, we’d still be under the crown of England,” he said. | 0 | 0 | neu |
A top Senate Democratic aide, likewise, put the prospects of immense opposition to the pick bluntly in an email to HuffPost: “There couldn’t possibly be worse time to take the unprecedented step of handing the FBI over to a politician. | 0 | 1 | info |
Over at Big Government, a post accompanying the video provides the following commentary on the encounter: | 0 | 0 | neu |
Ginsburg, who made her name as a lawyer by bringing discrimination claims, said it was possible that Wal-Mart could refute the claims at a trial. | 0 | 0 | neu |
In the current political environment involving Mr. Akin’s comments, a decision by Mr. Romney to accept the party’s abortion plank will open his campaign to attacks from his rivals that he is out of step with moderate, independent voters. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Asked if there was any budget consideration that led her not to increase the security force, she said: "No." | 0 | 0 | neu |
“The governor is not mentally able to serve and needs to resign.” | 0 | 1 | info |
“Ms. Lerner remains under subpoena from Chairman Issa to appear at tomorrow’s hearing — the Committee has a Constitutional obligation to conduct oversight. | 0 | 0 | neu |
John McCain's plan, it's not the change we need." | 0 | 0 | neu |
I have nothing to do with the National Enquirer and unlike Lyin' Ted Cruz I do not surround myself with political hacks and henchman (sic) and then pretend total innocence. | 0 | 1 | info |
He claimed a woman's body can typically fend off pregnancy during a "legitimate rape," as he argued against allowing abortions in cases of rape, claiming such pregnancies are uncommon in the first place. | 0 | 0 | neu |
That's a clear contrast with President Obama's plan.” | 0 | 0 | neu |
True to form, neither said much of anything about what was discussed. | 0 | 0 | neu |
But what if this is less a question about ethics and more about wanting our judges to be candid about their positions and biases ― and that the political process itself has done away with the veneer that the high court is entirely apolitical? | 0 | 0 | neu |
His defeat will reverberate in the capital and could have major implications for any chance of an immigration overhaul. | 1 | 0 | lex |
Harvard economist Jeff Miron, a vocal supporter of marijuana policy reform, highlighted the precarious nature of state marijuana laws in a November op-ed for CNN, saying that Congress needs to act now on federal marijuana policy. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Our country is going to hell,” Trump said then in an interview with CNN. | 0 | 1 | info |
The Republican congressman is facing a 5 p.m. deadline to withdraw -- after that, he would need a court order to have his name removed from the ballot. | 0 | 0 | neu |
The Obama administration found itself defending -- and beginning to explain -- yet another surveillance effort after leaked documents revealed information about two secret National Security Agency intelligence-gathering programs. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Earlier this month, Clinton said she had a private email account because she “thought it would be easier to carry just one device for my work and for my personal emails instead of two.” | 0 | 1 | info |
(Ms. Tlaib, who is Palestinian-American, is one of the first Muslims in Congress. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Trump cast his presidency as a return to power for the people and vowed never to let them down. | 0 | 0 | neu |
The Senate historian said that those who return to the Senate after leaving — like Dan Coats of Indiana and Frank R. Lautenberg of New Jersey, for example — lose their seniority, although the distinction has little meaning beyond a way to refer to a state’s senators in the formal oratory of the Senate floor. | 0 | 0 | neu |
This mission was driven not just by party leaders, but also by the candidates who would ultimately deliver Democrats their first majority in the House in eight years. | 0 | 0 | neu |
While dozens of House Democrats boycotted Friday’s ceremonies – a move that fueled disputes with Trump’s team over the weekend – other prominent Democrats and past presidents of both parties were in attendance for the transfer of power. | 0 | 0 | neu |
If that were so, it would never have been ratified in the first place," he said. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Trump infamously bragged about grabbing women “by the pussy” in a leaked tape from 2005; since taking office he has referred to certain other nations as “shithole countries” and slung insults at a wide range of political foes. | 1 | 0 | lex |
Jones’ campaign told multiple news outlets: “Roy Moore needs to answer these serious charges.” | 0 | 0 | neu |
"Washington will join other states and cities in opposing this law and I will impose an administration-wide ban on state funded travel to Indiana." | 0 | 1 | info |
President Trump went after "Crooked" Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin on Tuesday, appearing to call on the “Deep State” Justice Department to look at potential security issues in her handling of classified material after a recent email dump. | 1 | 0 | lex |
He argued that if banks and members of Congress can have protection, schools across America should be afforded the same security. | 0 | 0 | neu |
A former senior Justice Department official, now-white collar criminal attorney with Ifrah Law, James Trusty, told Fox News that while common procedure in white collar cases would involve a federal prosecutor contacting the defendant’s attorney, Stone’s charges could have sparked a different approach. | 0 | 0 | neu |
“BuzzFeed’s description of specific statements to the Special Counsel’s Office, and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office, regarding Michael Cohen’s Congressional testimony are not accurate,” Carr told BuzzFeed. | 0 | 0 | neu |
"We simply cannot afford to elect as our next president one of the leading agents of this administration's foreign policy — a leader from yesterday whose tenure as secretary of state was ineffective at best and dangerously negligent at worst," Rubio said, according to the prepared text of remarks he was to deliver at t... | 0 | 1 | info |
It’s about the character of America,” Pelosi said. | 0 | 1 | info |
The funding battle follows the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. | 0 | 0 | neu |
At one point he appeared to mouth, "I'm sorry." | 0 | 0 | neu |
He sometimes seemed to taunt American law enforcement agencies, daring them to find hard evidence to link him to Moscow’s interference; it is illegal for a political campaign to accept foreign aid. | 1 | 0 | lex |
Democrats who now control the House say that they will accept Mr. Mueller’s findings, but as Mr. Schiff’s monologue indicated they are increasingly determined not to let go of what they see as a deeply troubling pattern of wrongdoing by Mr. Trump, his businesses and his administration. | 1 | 0 | lex |
A separate attendee, Molyrik Welch, noted to another reporter that her brother had died following an encounter with Ferguson police in 2011. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Democrats contend that, like Mr. Obama’s views, Mr. Romney’s feelings about gay rights have evolved, but in the opposite direction: During his campaign for the Senate in 1994, Mr. Romney vowed to seek “full equality” for gays and lesbians, in a letter to the Log Cabin Republicans of Massachusetts. | 0 | 0 | neu |
But for an optimist in the city — and there still seem to be a few — there were flourishes to appreciate. | 0 | 0 | neu |
He tarnished the FBI's sterling reputation and severely damaged public trust in an institution where trust is paramount. | 0 | 1 | info |
His team has vowed a “robust” start to the Trump administration, which could include everything from rescinding controversial Obama actions to renegotiating trade deals to repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Then an unseen announcer concludes: “The world needs American strength, not apologies.” | 0 | 0 | neu |
They made an argument against the Supreme Court itself and its false presentation as a body above politics and power. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Nothing short of that will suffice. | 0 | 0 | neu |
The question for Mr. Christie, after a bruising year of watching his story rewritten by others, may be whether Republican voters, who can choose from among a long and intriguing list of fresher faces, will give him a fighting chance to sell himself anew. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Donald and Melania Trump met with the Obamas earlier Friday morning after attending a church service in Washington. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Mitt Romney and other Republicans have criticized his foreign policy as apologetic, toward volatile countries like Iran. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Trump has stood by his Syria decision despite fierce blowback, telling detractors that the pullout should come as “no surprise” given his 2016 campaign promises and arguing that America’s role as “Policeman of the Middle East” is not worth the sacrifice. | 0 | 0 | neu |
Some grumbled that the campaign by the college professor David Brat to unseat Mr. Cantor had ousted the one member of House Republican leadership willing to listen to the House’s most conservative members. | 1 | 0 | lex |
“This is the same individual that just excoriated the Bush administration for supposedly hiding communications within the administration,” McCain said on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports.” | 0 | 0 | neu |
Shields told Fox News that Griffin was hoping to create a bold message. | 0 | 0 | neu |
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