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Protestors hold banners against the purchase of F35 fighter jets by the Italian Senate on July 15, 2013. Italy's ruling coalition averted a split over a motion to scrap its purchase of 90 Lockheed Martin F35 fighter jets by agreeing to seek parliament's approval before going ahead with further spending on the program. Italy plans to spend 11.8 billion euros ($15.43 billion) on the jets over 45 years, starting in 2015 as the deal includes maintenance contracts for state-controlled defence group Finmeccanica, as Italy's aerospace industry is a development partner in the F35 project and Italy has already invested about 2 billion euros in it. Italy is among nine countries are involved in developing the F35 with Canada, the United States, Britain, Netherlands, Australia, Norway, Denmark and Turkey.
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It’s part and parcel of the deliberate way that George Washington and John Adams and Alexander Hamilton intended for the Senate to be, not lightning-fast, somewhat cumbersome, requiring consensus
Republicans have been feeling good about their chances in the U.S. Senate for six years and they're still in the minority
What it means is that with 51 votes any majority can do anything it wants on any day of the United States SenateMore quotes »
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Arenberg: Don't destroy the Senate filibuster
The Senate is headed for a showdown over the filibuster. Democrats and Republicans are locked in a struggle that brings to mind the Cold War deterrence strategy of mutually assured destruction.This theory held that the nuclear arsenals of the Soviet Unio Read more »
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Dems draw firm line on path to citizenship
(AP) -- Setting up a potential clash with the Republicans who control the House, congressional Democrats insisted Tuesday they will not agree to any immigration bill that lacks a path to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants living illegally in the U Read more »
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LI inventor testifying in D.C. about robocalls
Port Jefferson-based software developer Aaron Foss will be heading to Washington, D.C., this week to offer a Senate subcommittee his thoughts on robocalls -- those pesky, automated marketing calls -- and how to prevent them.It's the second time in the D. Read more »
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Sites for lesser-known presidents face budget woes
(AP) -- Supporters of a North Carolina museum honoring James K. Polk, America's 11th president, are learning a lesson that's hitting home at other monuments to lesser-known American leaders: Government spending on their memorial sites is declining, so pr Read more »
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LI immigrant advocates applaud Senate vote
Two dozen immigrant advocates, sensing they were close to a breakthrough after years of calling for immigration reform, celebrated in Brentwood Thursday, hours before the U.S. Senate voted to approve a bill that included a path to citizenship."History is Read more »
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CA Chamber of Commerce pressures Congressional delegation over immigration reform
Politics, government and public life for Southern California GOP Congressman Darrell Issa (center) publicly supports citizenship for some undocumented immigrants. The House of Representatives returns to Washington late Tuesday following the July 4th rece 28 m ago from Southern California Public Radio Read more »
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Robert J. Fisher: Border security no panacea for immigration problems
However, when the Senate recently adopted that measure, all but 16 Republicans voted against the bill. It should be clear that Republicans do not support reasonable reform of immigration, but rather, in the words of Mitt Romney, "self-deportation" of ill 39 m ago from The Morning Call Read more »
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Steve King: D.C. March for Jobs Turnout Would have 'Delighted' Andrew Breitbart
would have loved seeing minority conservatives unite with progressives and working class Americans with a common goal--opposing the Senate's immigration bill that would drastically reduce wages for working class Americans and make it harder for unemployed 39 m ago from Big Government Read more »
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Nominees at stake in filibuster fight
(AP) — At the center of the bitter fight over filibuster rights in the Senate are seven people nominated by President Barack Obama to serve in administration agencies. They are: —Fred Hochberg, president and chairman of the Board of Directors, U.S. Export-Import 49 m ago from FindLaw: AP Professional News Read more »
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Sessions: Breitbart Doing 'Great Work' Getting Truth Out About Immigration Bill
by Tony Lee 15 Jul 2013, 1:19 PM PDT post a comment Sessions addressed the D.C. March for Jobs on Monday, which was organized by the Black American Leadership Alliance and attracted Americans of all races and backgrounds in opposition to the Senate's imm 49 m ago from Big Government Read more »
