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Oklahoma lawmakers who opposed disaster aid now face own disaster
WASHINGTON -- When $50 billion in disaster aid for victims of Superstorm Sandy came before Congress this year, three of Oklahoma’s five representatives and both of its senators were among the "no" votes. At the time, some of the Oklahoma lawmakers...
Tags: James Inhofe, James Lankford, Relief and Aid Organizations, Tom Cole, Republican Party
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Obama budget would cut deficits, report says
WASHINGTON -- President Obama’s proposed mix of tax hikes and spending cuts would reduce future budget deficits more quickly than under current laws, according to a report issued Friday that could rekindle the dormant budget wars in Washington....
Tags: Paul Ryan, Congressional Budget Office, U.S. Congress, White House, Budgets and Budgeting
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Obama responds to criticism with 'fix it' strategy
WASHINGTON — At a news conference in a rainy Rose Garden on Thursday, President Obama and the Turkish prime minister had weighty matters to discuss — the bloody civil war in Syria, a disastrous Syrian refugee crisis and Turkey's strained...
Tags: Freedom of the Press, Government, Jay Carney, White House, Chuck Hagel
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House Republicans repudiate Obama healthcare program -- again
WASHINGTON – House Republicans voted for the 37th time Thursday evening to repeal all or part of President Obama’s healthcare law, underscoring once again the deep partisan divide over the landmark 2010 legislation. The bill to roll back the...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, Consumers, Nancy Pelosi, Republican Party
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House immigration group reaches 'agreement in principle'
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has reached an "agreement in principle" on a sweeping immigration bill that would parallel work underway in the Senate, sources said Thursday. The consensus, reached after a private evening meeting,...
Tags: Migration, Immigration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Politics
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On IRS scandal, Speaker John Boehner asks, 'Who's going to jail?'
WASHINGTON -- Republican congressional leaders, faced with an array of crises threatening to overwhelm the White House, appear to have singled out the targeting of conservative political groups by the IRS as the most fertile -- and politically...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, White House, U.S. Senate, Republican Party, Barack Obama
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White House announces new IRS leadership
WASHINGTON – Continuing to move quickly to try to put the IRS controversy behind him, President Obama named a new acting commissioner Thursday to replace the one he ousted the day before. Daniel Werfel, current controller of the Office of...
Tags: Media Industry, Tea Party Movement, White House, Internal Revenue Service, Jack Lew
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By firing IRS boss, Obama buys into GOP's rush to judgment
On Wednesday, President Obama fired the head of the Internal Revenue Service, the first sacrificial lamb brought down after the alleged “targeting” of conservative political groups by the IRS. Obama declared, “Americans are right to be...
Tags: Elections, Media Industry, Tea Party Movement, Internal Revenue Service, Karl Rove
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Obama ousts IRS chief over inquiry
WASHINGTON — President Obama forced out the head of the IRS on Wednesday, seeking to restore the public's faith in the tax agency while asserting a measure of control over a rapidly growing political problem. Making a hastily scheduled statement...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Eric Holder, Marco Rubio, Parties and Movements, Lawyers
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Mark Sanford sworn into Congress, calls himself 'humbled'
WASHINGTON -- Mark Sanford, after a detour to the governor's office and, infamously, to Argentina, is back in Washington as a member of Congress. The former three-term congressman and two-term governor was sworn in Wednesday as the representative for...
Tags: Government, Parties and Movements, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Argentina, Elections
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McCain again calls for special congressional panel on Benghazi
WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) pressed Sunday for a special congressional committee to investigate the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, last year, insisting that questions about former Secretary of State...
Tags: Government, Jay Carney, Hillary Clinton, Central Intelligence Agency, Lindsey O. Graham
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Federal deficit shrinks at surprising rate
WASHINGTON — The federal deficit is shrinking more quickly than expected, and the government's long-term debt has largely stabilized for the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday in a report that could strengthen the Obama...
Tags: Eric Cantor, Economy, Business and Finance, Dave Camp, Republican Party, Finance
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