Posts Tagged ‘lawmakers’
Washington state lawmakers pass gay marriage bill (AP)
AP – Washington state lawmakers voted to approve gay marriage Wednesday, setting the stage for the state to become the seventh in the nation to allow same-sex couples to wed.
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Defense cuts test lawmakers’ resolve on deficits (AP)
AP – Lawmakers who came to Washington demanding budget cuts face a tough test now that President Barack Obama and military leaders want to shrink the force, shut down bases and cancel weapons to achieve them.
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Lawmakers: Stop insider attacks by Afghan troops (AP)
AP – Lawmakers are telling the U.S. military to do more to screen Afghan security forces to prevent those supposedly friendly troops from killing Americans fighting alongside them.
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Woman who targeted NY lawmakers killed
A Muslim woman who had been charged with sending fake weapons and a pig’s foot to two New York lawmakers was killed during a struggle with a cop in Georgia on Sunday, authorities said. Jameela Barnette, 53, of Marietta, was slapped with federal charges last month for sending New York State Sen.
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AP Sources: Dem lawmakers may drop millionaire tax (AP)
AP – Democratic lawmakers are considering whether to jettison their demand for a millionaires’ surtax, which they had hoped to use to cover the cost of a Social Security payroll tax cut extension for millions of wage-earners, officials said Wednesday.
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State lawmakers mull changes to controversial MTA payroll tax
ALBANY – State leaders are discussing ways to revamp a controversial payroll tax designed to help fund the cash-strapped MTA, the Daily News has learned.
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What next? Lawmakers look to undo the back-up plan (AP)
AP – Don’t look for the Pentagon to shut down one side of its famous five-sided building. Don’t expect the Education Department to pull back its grants just yet.
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