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July 19, 2006, Midnight

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced legislation Monday that would extend federal whistle-blower protections to Congressional staff and other legislative branch employees. The new shields would be added to the 1995 Congressional Accountability Act, created to end legislative branch exemptions from 11 laws covering civil rights, fair employment and discrimination.

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May 23, 2012

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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