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Apple CEO Cook Answers Senate Panel Questions On Tax Avoidance
A Senate panel says Apple Inc. is avoiding billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by shifting profits to foreign affiliates and is prepared to question the company’s chief executive Tuesday about the “loopholes.”
Apple Uses Firms Outside US To Avoid Taxes, Senate Panel Says
Apple Inc. employs a group of affiliate companies located outside the United States to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. income taxes, a Senate investigation has found.
Feinstein Vows Assault Weapons Ban ‘Will Get A Vote’
Senator Dianne Feinstein plans to force a Senate vote on her assault weapons ban proposal despite its removal from a broader gun control package being pushed by fellow democrats.
Dems Dump Feinstein’s Assault Weapons Ban From Gun Bill
An assault weapons ban won’t be in the gun-control legislation that Democrats bring to the Senate floor next month, a decision that means the ban’s chances of survival now are all but hopeless.
Immigration Reform Efforts Applauded By South Bay Day Laborers
Talk of sweeping immigration reform on Capitol Hill is being cheered by day laborers in Silicon Valley, although there are still concerns about the nuts and bolts of the proposal.
Opinion: Pelosi Stays On As Leader, Continuing To Defy The GOP War On Women
She will remain the one woman in a leadership position in the room when important issues effecting women are negotiated over the next year and a strong reminder that Democrats stand with women and promote them to positions of power.
Opinion: Ballots Full Of Women
While Mitt Romney talks about binders full of women, Democrats have ballots full of women.
Opinion: Romney’s Desperation Showing In Final Days Of Campaign
As the campaign draws to a close it has become very apparent that Obama will return to the White House and that Harry Reid will lead a Democratic Senate.
GOP Puts Up Little-Known Challenger To Feinstein
With members of Congress across the country battling anti-incumbent fever, California’s three-term U.S. senator, Dianne Feinstein, would seem to be a natural target in her re-election bid.
Opinion: Republicans Are Abandoning Romney’s Sinking Ship
Romney is dragging his own campaign and every Republican down. Republican operatives and House and Senate candidates have conceded as much throughout the month of September.
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