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  • California Assembly Approves Two Bills for Transgender Rights
  • Two bills aimed at eliminating obstacles facing transgender people cleared the Assembly largely along party lines Thursday, including one measure to let students choose the bathroom and sports team that correlates with their gender identity.

  • Obama Jumps Back Into Health Care Debate
  • President Barack Obama is launching a new effort to rally the public around his hotly disputed health care law, a strategy aimed at shoring up key components of the sweeping federal overhaul and staving off yet another challenge from Republicans.
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  • GOP Senators Boycott Vote on EPA Nominee
  • Republican members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee say they want more information from EPA nominee Gina McCarthy, despite having already asked her a record number of questions.
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  • Voter ID Bill Rejected in Iowa Senate
  • The effort failed on a 26-24 vote with Democrats against and Republicans in support.



  • Voucher Funding Unconstitutional, Rules Louisiana Supreme Court
  • Act 2, part of Gov. Bobby Jindal's 2012 package of education reforms, diverts money from each student's per-pupil allocation to cover the cost of private or parochial school tuition.

  • Obama's Cigarette Tax to Fund Preschool Up in Smoke
  • Presidential budgets are all about theater. But this year’s was more theatrical than most: Its biggest single new proposal — the sin tax to generate $78 billion to fund a preschool education program — vanished almost as soon as Obama announced it four weeks ago.

  • Ex-South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford Makes a Political Comeback
  • Mark Sanford is headed back to Congress after trouncing Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch with 54 percent of the votes, a 9 percentage point victory that dashed predictions of a close race.



  • Why Christie's Surgery Carries Political Weight
  • Political experts say the New Jersey governor's decision to undergo stomach surgery in an effort to lose weight could help his chances at a presidential run in 2016.

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