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Obama 'Willing to Compromise a Little' on Fiscal Cliff
CNNWashington -- It's crunch time for avoiding the fiscal cliff as President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner and their aides hold private talks on issues that will impact every American. Three weeks remain to cut a deal before the automatic...Tags: Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund, Health Insurance, Rand Paul, Jim DeMint
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Tea Party's Strength From Grass Roots
The Hartford CourantReports of the death of the tea party are greatly exaggerated. For about two years now, certain observers have been declaring the demise of this insurgent tendency within the Republican Party. However, despite recent headlines, we should expect to...Tags: Karl Rove, Republican Party, Elections, Fox News Channel (tv network), Social Movements
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Huelskamp wants to be put back on committees
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsUPDATE: Rep. Tim Huelskamp sent a letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner and the Republican Steering Committee Friday asking that he be put back on the Budget and Agriculture Committees. - Click to Read Full Letter Huelskamp is also demanding...Tags: U.S. Congress, Budgets and Budgeting, Elections, Tea Party Movement, John Boehner
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Tea party down but not out
Mary SanchezReports of the death of the tea party are greatly exaggerated. For about two years now, certain observers have been declaring the demise of this insurgent tendency within the Republican Party. However, despite recent headlines, we should expect to hear...Tags: Elections, U.S. Senate, Todd Akin, Jim DeMint, Fiscal Cliff
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Congress readies for next fight over federal pay
Congressional Republicans are stepping up their rhetoric on federal employee pay, positioning the issue as a central bargaining chip in negotiations next month over raising the debt ceiling and keeping the government open. House GOP leaders will hold...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Public Employees, Finance, Christopher Van Hollen Jr.
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Van Hollen formally seeks to retain Budget role
WASHINGTON -- Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen, locked out of pursuing a higher leadership role in this Congress, formally requested another term as the top-ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee in a letter to his colleagues Tuesday. Van Hollen,...Tags: Joe Biden, Steny Hoyer, Barack Obama, James E Clyburn, Nancy Pelosi
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Cost-cut talk is long on emotion, short on details
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the heated talk about deep spending cuts that will dominate Congress in the coming weeks, one thing is likely to be in short supply: details. The reason is simple. Americans embrace the general, abstract idea of reducing...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Republican Party, Elections, Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney
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Sandy relief package swells aid for past disasters
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a "not-so-fast" campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeastern governors and lawmakers hope to push through the House this coming week. Their...
Tags: Chris Christie, Federal Bailout Funds, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Tom Coburn, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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U.S. Rep. Rigell named to House Budget Committee
U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Virginia Beach, will serve on the House of Representatives Budget Committee in the 113th Congress. Rigell, who was sworn in for his second term in the House Thursday, was an outspoken advocate as a freshman for increasing revenue...Tags: Fiscal Cliff, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Scott Rigell, U.S. House of Representatives
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Mitt's team scrambles with aftermath of FEMA comment and 'Romnesia'
Words have a way of coming back to haunt Mitt Romney, especially when he says them in front of television cameras. As the nation braced itself for Hurricane Sandy to slam into the East Coast, Romney's campaign was busily issuing denials to clean up an...
Tags: Chris Christie, Elections, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Disasters and Accidents, Paul Ryan
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Candidates split on best way to treat Medicare
Medicare poses knotty problems. Not only has the number of recipients increased, the costs per person have gone up as medical care has gotten pricier. The Congressional Budget Office projects that Medicare spending will go up more than 6 percent a year...Tags: Laws, Insurance, Elections, Paul Ryan, Hospitals and Clinics
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Democrats face problem of ages
President Barack Obama’s re-election means that, for the next four years, the face of the Democratic Party will be its vigorous 51-year-old president. Beyond Obama, however, the party has an increasingly geriatric leadership that is blocking...Tags: Kirsten Gillibrand, Joe Biden, Chris Christie, James E Clyburn, Elections
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