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Democrats push pick to lead agency
Democrats and liberal activist groups are putting pressure on the White House to appoint Harvard law professor…

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Court pick Kagan sails through Senate hearing
With a series of quips and nimble sidesteps, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan deflected tough Republican questions on her views and judgment on Wednesday and sailed toward likely Senate confirmation.

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Toomey’s Pa. ad; GOP fundraising on Obama pick
Republican Pat Toomey sums up his campaign in his first commercial – “more jobs, less government.”

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South Dakota legislators encourage Air Force officials to pick Ellsworth
U.S. Sens. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., and John Thune, R-S.D., and Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D., sent a letter to Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley and Air Force chief of staff Norton A. Schwartz promoting South Dakota’s Ellsworth Air Force Base as a potential base for MQ-1 and MQ-9 remotely piloted aircraft operations. A recently concluded Air Force study names Ellsworth as one of …

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Obama consults Klobuchar on Court pick
Obama consults Klobuchar on Court pick By Derek Wallbank | Wednesday, April 21, 2010 President Obama’s formal outreach to Congress over the next Supreme Court pick started today with a White House meeting between Obama and Senate leaders, followed by calls to nine senators, including Amy Klobuchar.

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