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President Obama in a speech Thursday that U.S. businesses should be concerned not just with profits but also with being "good corporate citizens," and he called on Congress to close corporate tax loopholes. (Associated Press)
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If approved by Congress, Procter & Gamble CEO Robert McDonald, President Obama's nominee as the next Veterans Affairs secretary, will inherit a full plate. (Associated Press)
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Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has taken Congress to task for its noncommittal approach to investing in the nation's aging infrastructure. Lawmakers have thus far rejected the Obama administration's efforts to pass a long-term improvement plan. (associated press)
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California State Sen. Ted Lieu, who is currently running for Congress, called on Fox News Host Bob Beckel to resign immediately after statements he made on "The Five" about Chinese people. (Fox News)
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Big Man in Congress: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has outsized control of deciding the fate of federal law. (Associated Press)
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President Obama will ask Congress for $2 billion to deal with the crisis that has seen thousands of unaccompanied children, mostly from Central America, illegally surge across the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, Pool)
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James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, warned that the "freedom of the people" is imperiled more by "gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations.” (Library of Congress)
