Thomas Udall

Thomas Udall

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  Mangled facts, secrecy brew confusion about NSA

  Wondering what the U.S. government might know about your phone calls and online life? And whether all of this really helps find terrorists? Good luck ... 

• Senate panel approves weapons for Syrian rebels

  A Senate panel voted on Tuesday to provide weapons to rebels battling the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad, the first time lawmakers have ... 

• Senate votes to extend federal water projects law

  The Senate on Wednesday put aside its partisan differences to extend the federal government's main water resources law, which promotes investment in ... 

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  Feds look to ship Wash. radioactive waste to NM

  Removing radioactive waste from underground tanks at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site has proven to be technologically vexing for years, ... 

• Health answers sought about burned-off war garbage

  J.D. Williams didn't think much about the smoke cloud that often shrouded his air base in Iraq. Not when it covered everything he owned with black ... 

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  Senate OKs modest restrictions on filibusters

  The tradition-laden Senate voted Thursday to modestly curb filibusters, using a bipartisan consensus rare in today's hyper-partisan climate to make ... 

• Bipartisan senators propose curbing filibusters

  A bipartisan group of senators proposed Friday to clamp modest limits on filibusters, hoping to head off a bitter partisan fight over the issue when ...