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Senate panel to approve budget sparing safety net
WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting on the Senate's first budget since President Barack Obama took office, a Democratic-led panel is moving toward party-line approval of a fiscal blueprint that would trim the budget deficit while protecting safety net programs...
Tags: Social Security, Government Health Care, Barack Obama, Medicare, Republican Party
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Senate confirms Jacob Lew as Treasury secretary
WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Jacob J. Lew as Treasury secretary, allowing the longtime budget expert to take office as President Obama deals with looming automatic federal spending cuts. Lew, 57, was approved by a 71-26 vote. He...
Tags: Barack Obama, Citigroup Incorporated, Republican Party, Timothy Geithner, Politics
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Rubio vs. an invisible Obama
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio's manufactured outrage over President Barack Obama's leaked immigration proposal illustrates the GOP's dilemma: They have to sound like they're doing battle with this president even when they agree with him. A draft of the...
Tags: Clint Eastwood, Barack Obama, USA Today, Rush Limbaugh, Republican Party
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Napolitano pushes back against calls for increased border security
WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano pushed back Wednesday against congressional demands to further boost border security, and said those calls shouldn't delay creating a path to citizenship for up to 11 million illegal immigrants....
Tags: Patrick Leahy, Barack Obama, Career and Workplace, Politics, John Cornyn
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Obama's proposals face quick opposition in Congress
Associated PressPresident Barack Obama set up high-stakes clashes with Republicans over guns, immigration, taxes and climate change in a State of the Union address that showcased his determination to mark his legacy. Republicans urged Obama to get out of campaign mode...Tags: Barack Obama, Environmental Issues, Medicare, Global Change, Interior Policy
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Baltimore Co. chief joins fight in Congress for gun control
Speaking at an emotional hearing on federal gun control proposals, Baltimore County Police Chief James W. Johnson urged lawmakers Wednesday to close loopholes and ban assault weapon sales or risk more tragedies like the recent elementary school shooting...
Tags: Shootings, Newspaper and Magazine, Assault, Prosecution, 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: Pat Roberts, John D. Rockefeller IV, Frank Lautenberg, Harry Reid, Republican Party
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Bipartisan group sees change in politics on immigration reform
WASHINGTON — Declaring that the politics of immigration “have been turned upside down,” a bipartisan group of senators Monday outlined common principles for comprehensive immigration reform and expressed optimism that legislation...Tags: U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Chuck Schumer, Barack Obama, G8, John McCain
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Inauguration 2013: Republicans critique lack of 'outreach'
WASHINGTON -- Republicans weren’t won over by President Obama’s inauguration speech Monday, criticizing what they saw as a lack of bipartisan outreach. Several prominent Republicans had qualms with Obama’s remarks, with their overt...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Rob Portman, Petroleum Industry, Environmental Issues, Barack Obama
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The scandal of loyalty
WASHINGTON -- President Obama hasn't even begun his second term, yet already he has been ensnared by scandal. Republicans have uncovered a shocking level of wrongdoing in the Oval Office, and I'm afraid what they say is true: The president is brazenly...
Tags: POLITICO LLC, Central Intelligence Agency, Newspaper and Magazine, Mike Johanns, Paul O'Neill
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In picking Lew, Obama turns a page at Treasury
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jack Lew, President Barack Obama's nominee for treasury secretary, is a premier federal budget expert who would take the helm of the government's main agency for economic and fiscal policy just as the administration girds itself...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Jay Carney, Finance, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama
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Dianne Feinstein, Lindsey Graham on ‘Meet the Press’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelSen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., will be a guest on ‘Meet the Press.' Photo credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images UPDATE: THE REVISED GUEST LIST IS AT THE BOTTOM: The fiscal cliff, Susan Rice and Benghazi will be topics on the Sunday morning...
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