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Pelosi, Dems push ‘Big Sis’ for clarity on LGBT deportations

Scores of House Democrats called on the Obama administration this week to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) couples when considering deportations.

Behind Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), the lawmakers want the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to state explicitly that LGBT “family ties” will be deemed “a positive factor” discouraging deportation as DHS agents gauge whether to pursue cases.

“Without specific, written guidance, there remains [...]

H.R. 4078: House Republicans Push Bill to Stop Most Regulations; The bill cleared the Subcommittee on a 15-13 straight party vote

Republicans in the U.S. House are pushing legislation that would freeze new regulations and hamper the changing of existing ones, all in the name of helping small businesses grow.

But critics contend that the Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act represents an overreaction to the sluggish economy and would do more harm than good.

H.R. 4078 would halt all “significant regulatory actions” until the national unemployment rate falls below 6%—a threshold the nation may [...]

Dem rep: Obama an ‘absolute monarch’

A House Democrat warned Friday that the U.S. president is becoming an “absolute monarch” on matters related to the authority to start a war.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said Congress must act to limit funding for military operations in Libya in order to correct that trend.

“We have been sliding for 70 years to a situation where Congress has nothing to do with the decision about whether to go to [...]

Kucinich: Obama could be impeached for attacking Libya

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) says President Barack Obama did not have the constitutional authority to order U.S. forces to participate in an attack on Libya.

In a conference call with other liberal lawmakers Saturday, Kucinich asked why the U.S. missile strikes were not impeachable offenses, according to two Democratic lawmakers who spoke to Politico.

The U.S. unleashed a barrage of strikes against the Libyan regime’s air defenses [...]

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Pelosi, Dems push ‘Big Sis’ for clarity on LGBT deportations

H.R. 4078: House Republicans Push Bill to Stop Most Regulations; The bill cleared the Subcommittee on a 15-13 straight party vote

Dem rep: Obama an ‘absolute monarch’

Kucinich: Obama could be impeached for attacking Libya

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