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Some Seek Delay on VRA Vote

With action on the Voting Rights Act reauthorization at a standstill in the House as GOP leaders seek to quell intraparty tensions, a handful of lawmakers are now urging the chamber to remain idle, in anticipation of an impending Supreme Court ruling on the politically divisive Texas Congressional redistricting case.

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testify at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Wednesday.
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Nobody seems to like the automatic Pentagon spending cuts set for January, but there is little Congressional agreement on an alternative.

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