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Senate Republicans question EPA nominee Gina McCarthy
WASHINGTON — President Obama's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Gina McCarthy, faced tough questioning from Senate Republicans at her confirmation hearing Thursday, in a clear signal to the White House that they will continue...
Tags: Government, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, White House, Mining
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AP analysis: Obama's budget tries to bridge political gap
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's first budget of his new term is a political straddle, aimed at enticing Republicans into a new round of deficit negotiations while trying to keep faith with Democrats who favor higher taxes in service of...
Tags: Republican Party, Democratic Party, U.S. Congress, Elections, Parties and Movements
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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: Republican Party, Elections, John Boozman, White House, Lamar Alexander
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Deal on background checks is close, Senate roll call expected Thursday
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan deal seems imminent on expanding background checks to more gun buyers, an agreement that could build support for President Barack Obama's drive to curb firearms violence. Meanwhile, the Senate is ready for an opening...
Tags: Republican Party, Elections, Mark Kirk, Civil Rights, Patrick J. Toomey
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Obama's budget: A put up or shut up moment for the GOP
It's facile to say that if the extreme right and left of American politics dislike something, it must be a good idea, but in the case of President Barack Obama's budget proposal, it may be true. The president is taking one more stab at a "grand bargain"...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Bernard Sanders, Elections, Medical Procedures and Tests, Parties and Movements
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McConnell blasts leaked recording as a 'Nixonian move'
WASHINGTON -- Liberal magazine Mother Jones released a candid recording of a strategy session held by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s reelection campaign Tuesday. The recording, from Feb. 2, reveals the campaign’s particular focus...
Tags: FBI, Politics, Elections
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Immigration talks bog down over numbers
WASHINGTON — Senate negotiations to overhaul the nation's immigration laws have stumbled over the hiring of half a million migrant farmworkers each year — an issue that is crucial for California's vast agricultural industry, which employs more...
Tags: Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Congress, Patrick Leahy, Interior Policy, Lobbying
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Secret tape of McConnell bashing Ashley Judd: Anatomy of a smear
Mother Jones strikes again. The magazine that brought us the “47%” speech that killed off Mitt Romney’s presidential candidacy came out Tuesday with a recording of U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and some of his aides discussing how to...
Tags: Racism, Same-Sex Marriage, Mitt Romney, University of California, Los Angeles, Politics
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Across-the-board budget cuts are set to slice federal spending
WASHINGTON -- Across-the-board budget cuts were set to begin hitting federal agencies at midnight Friday after last-minute efforts by President Obama and congressional leaders failed to produce a compromise to forestall $85 billion in automatic reductions...
Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Congress, Parties and Movements, John Boehner, White House
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Conservatives mourn, praise 'hero' Margaret Thatcher
WASHINGTON -- As news of the death of Margaret Thatcher came in Monday, tributes flowed from conservative leaders across the Capitol, showing the lasting influence the "Iron Lady" on the personal careers of many American lawmakers. “Lady...
Tags: Government, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner
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Obama will propose cuts to entitlement programs in new budget
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON – As part of his new budget, President Obama will propose cutting Social Security and other government benefits by lowering the cost-of-living adjustment, putting a key GOP negotiating demand into a formal White House proposal for the...Tags: U.S. Congress, Elections, Nancy Pelosi, Consumers, Parties and Movements
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No deal: Last-ditch meeting yields no new plan to avoid cuts
WASHINGTON -- President Obama and congressional leaders huddled in the Oval Office on Friday morning but the last-ditch effort failed to produce a compromise to forestall $85 billion in automatic spending cuts all sides say they want to avoid. The...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Government Debt
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