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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

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It's Time To End The Filibuster Once And For All

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Nathaniel Haas
Columnist

Conventional wisdom once suggested that senators would know when to stop talking and start voting.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

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If A Government Shuts Down But Nothing Changes, Did It Happen?

Comments (1) | Barack Obama, budget bill, Congress, Democrats, disaster, federal government shutdown, federal spending, government employees, house of representatives, Opinion, politics, Republicans, Senate, sequester cuts, U.S., United States Senate

Calum Hayes
Columnist

Everyone freak the f*** out.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Reid Says GOP Has 'Lost Its Mind' With Shutdown

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Colin Hale
Executive Producer

VIDEO: The Senate insists: "no preconditions" on budget negotiations.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Things I'm Thinking 06/26/13

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Calum Hayes
Columnist

This week's installment of Calum Hayes' summer opinion series, "Things I'm Thinking."

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

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Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Democratic Senator Max Baucus To Retire In 2014

Comments (0) | background check, Brian Schweitzer, democrat, Democratic, governor, Gun Control, gun reform, Max Baucus, Montana, National, President Obama, re-election, Senate, Senate Finance Committee, Senator Max Baucus, sixth term, United States Senate

Max Meyer
Executive Producer

The Montana Senator had been in the Senate for 36 years. 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Obama, Giffords React Furiously To Senate Vote On Background Checks

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President Obama lashed out at Republican senators and the gun lobby. (Intel Photos/Flickr)

Matt Pressberg
Executive Producer

The president and the ex-congresswoman held nothing back in condemning the vote.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Scott Brown Will Not Run For Senate

Comments (0) | John Kerry, Massachusetts, politics, Politics, Scott Brown, secretary of state, Senate, special election, United States Senate

Jeremy Fuster
Executive Producer

The announcement leaves the GOP without a top candidate for John Kerry's vacated seat.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Week Of Senate Hearings Continues

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Max Schwartz
Executive Producer

The Senate confirmed Kerry as Secretary of State on Tuesday and Hagel is on the Hill on Thursday.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Congress' Old, But New Look

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Max Schwartz
Staff Reporter

The Republicans kept control of the House of Representatives and the Democrats kept control of the United States Senate.

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