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Obama courts GOP senators, Part II
WASHINGTON – President Obama is proving to be a popular dinner host. Republican senators who dined Wednesday at the White House, the second time Obama has extended an invitation to his sometime adversaries, offered mostly positive reviews,...
Tags: Politics, Republican Party, Mike Crapo, Mitch McConnell, Lamar Alexander
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One date is not enough: Obama to dine again with GOP senators
WASHINGTON – President Obama is taking Senate Republicans on another date night. Following his successful dinner earlier this month with a dozen GOP senators, during which they discussed budgets, the president has dialed up his ideological...Tags: Politics, Republican Party, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Barack Obama
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The challenging math of passing immigration reform
WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. But while immigration politics appears to have changed in the wake of sweeping Republican rejection...
Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, Carl Levin, Sherrod Brown, Debbie Stabenow, Susan Collins
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Weekend Talk Shows for Dec. 22-23: Placido Domingo; Ben Affleck; Adele
SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC The Chris Matthews Show Annual political awards. (N) 5 p.m. KNBC McLaughlin Group 6:30 p.m. KCET SUNDAY Today Holiday travel; shopping after Christmas; holiday potluck. (N) 6 a.m. KNBC Good Morning...
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Adele (music artist), Amy Klobuchar, John Barrasso, Entertainment
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Home buyer tax credit might be extended for service members
Will Congress extend the wildly popular $8,000 home buyer tax credit beyond its Dec. 1 expiration date?
That's a question generating huge pressure on Capitol Hill from would-be buyers who haven't found the right house as well as from realty agents,...Tags: Politics, Earl Blumenauer, Republican Party, The Washington Post, Real Estate Agents
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Should a 20% mortgage down payment be standard?
Money & CompanyKey U.S. financial regulators have agreed to require a minimum 20% down payment on home mortgages that would be exempt from so-called risk-retention standards for banks, according to two reports Tuesday. The upshot is that home buyers with less than...... -
10 more GOP senators demand answers from the NEA about teleconference
Culture MonsterTen Republican senators have written to National Endowment for the Arts chairman Rocco Landesman, expressing concern that the Obama administration may have violated federal law by trying to use the agency for political purposes -- something the White... -
Weekly remarks: GOP sees more taxes, debt in healthcare reform; Obama sees progress at UN
Top of the TicketRep. Johnny Isakson speaks for Republicans and Obama for his Democratic self.... -
Social nets wrap: Vitter, Feingold call for end to automatic congressional pay raises
Top of the TicketOne of the Hill's most prolific social networkers, Louisiana Sen. David Vitter, tweeted Monday advocating an end to automatic congressional pay raises. Vitter, a Republican facing a bumpy reelection ride in an atmosphere hostile to incumbents, joined... -
Delta-Northwest merger to get scrutiny from Congress
From Bloomberg NewsDelta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp., seeking U.S. government approval for a merger to form the world's largest carrier, will face lawmaker scrutiny on whether the deal will benefit consumers, workers and communities. The day after the...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Atlanta, Herb Kohl
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GOP Retains Control of Congress
Times Staff WriterWASHINGTON — Republicans retained control of both the House and Senate in Tuesday's elections, extending their decade-long domination of Capitol Hill as they swept up victories across the South and unseated Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle of...Tags: John Breaux, Entertainment, Tom DeLay, Zell Miller, Brad Carson
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GOP senators on committee target three labor nominees from Buffalo
The Buffalo NewsThree men from Buffalo, one absent and two present, were the targets of grilling from Republicans on a Senate committee Thursday over matters that sometimes seemed personal but in the end are profound for every working person in America. The absent...Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, Career and Workplace, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Labor Legislation
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