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• Congress sends bill to Obama averting govt default

  January 31, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — Congress sent President Barack Obama drama-free legislation on Thursday raising the debt ceiling, averting a government default and putting off the next tax-and-spending clash between the White House …

• House GOP plans vote on fiscal cliff ‘Plan B’

  December 20, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House pushed ahead Thursday with a bill that would raise taxes on people earning over $1 million a year as hopes faded for a pre-Christmas …

• House GOP plans vote on fiscal cliff ‘Plan B’

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The GOP-controlled House is moving ahead Thursday on a bill that would raise taxes on people earning over $1 million a year, sparing most workers from a …

• Obama, Boehner clash as cliff edge approaches

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Fiscal cliff talks at a partisan standoff, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner swapped barbed political charges on Wednesday yet carefully left room for further …

• Possible Hagel pick raises concerns in Senate GOP

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s possible pick of Republican Chuck Hagel to run the Pentagon raises serious concerns among some of his former Senate colleagues, who question his pronouncements …

• Florida Sen. Nelson: GOP disenfranchised voters

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats and Republicans are sparring over whether voter ID laws and restricted early voting are attempts to disenfranchise African-American and Hispanic voters. Florida Sen. Bill Nelson, …

• GOP official: SC Gov Haley to tap Scott for Senate

  December 17, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has chosen Rep. Tim Scott to replace Jim DeMint in the Senate, a move that will make him the first African-American senator … 1

• Colorado River water report released in Vegas

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World LAS VEGAS (AP) — Rising demand and falling supply have water managers in the arid West projecting that the Colorado River won’t be able to meet the demands over the …

• Senate Dems offer Sandy disaster aid package

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats have quickly cobbled together a $60.4 billion disaster aid package for New York, New Jersey and other states hit by Superstorm Sandy in late October. …

• House GOP press Obama for balanced fiscal deal

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leaders are pressing President Barack Obama to come up with plan they can accept for spending cuts and tax revenue to avoid the so-called “fiscal …

• Democrats: Don’t cut Medicaid in fiscal cliff deal

  December 11, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Liberal Democratic members of Congress are warning President Barack Obama to not cut the Medicaid health care program as part of negotiations with Republicans over avoiding the …

• Senate GOP leader calls on Dems to spell out cuts

  December 11, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner accused President Barack Obama on Tuesday of slow-walking negotiations to avoid the “fiscal cliff,” and urged him to name specific cuts in government …

• Florida’s Crist may run again; GOP says its ready

  December 8, 2012 in Nation/World TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Now that former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist is a Democrat, pretty much everyone in Florida’s political world expects him to seek his old job. “I will … 3

• Crist considers run as a Dem; GOP says bring it on

  December 8, 2012 in Nation/World TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Now that former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist is a Democrat, pretty much everyone in Florida’s political world expects him to seek his old seat. “I will …

• Ex-Fla. Gov. Crist tweets he’s joining Democrats

  December 8, 2012 in Nation/World TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who was elected the state’s chief executive as a Republican and then ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate as an independent, …

• Ex-Fla. Gov. Crist tweets he’s joining Democrats

  December 7, 2012 in Nation/World TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who was elected the state’s chief executive as a Republican and then ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate as an independent, …

• $2 billion price tag for presidential election

  December 6, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The 2012 presidential election broke the $2 billion milestone in its final weeks, becoming the most expensive in American political history, according to final federal finance reports … 1

• Michigan GOP pushes right to work amid protests

  December 6, 2012 in Nation/World LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republicans rushed right-to-work legislation through the Michigan Legislature Thursday, drawing raucous protests from hundreds of union supporters, some of whom were pepper-sprayed by police when they …

• Sen. DeMint resigning to head conservative group

  December 6, 2012 in Nation/World COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, a tea party favorite known for bucking party leaders to back challenges to centrist veterans he didn’t view as conservative enough, … 1

• US Sen. DeMint resigns to head conservative group

  December 6, 2012 in Nation/World COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, a favorite among tea party activists who has backed challenges to centrist veterans he didn’t view as conservative enough, said Thursday … 1

• Democrats: Obama to ask for $50 billion Sandy aid

  December 5, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama plans to ask Congress for about $50 billion in additional emergency aid for states hit by Superstorm Sandy, Democrats on Capitol Hill said Wednesday. …

• Tea Party group chief quits, cites internal split

  December 4, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Eased out with an $8 million payout provided by an influential GOP fundraiser, former Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey says he has left a conservative Tea …

• White House rejects GOP fiscal cliff counteroffer

  December 3, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is rejecting a Republican counteroffer aimed at averting the “fiscal cliff,” saying it does not meet what the White House calls “the test of … 3

• Obama wants Wasserman Schultz to stay on at DNC

  December 3, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama wants Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz to stay on as his party’s chairwoman. Wasserman Schultz has overseen the Democratic National Committee since early 2011. …

• Pressuring GOP, Obama takes his fiscal plan to Pa.

  November 30, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is taking his case for avoiding a potentially unsettling “fiscal cliff” to the Philadelphia suburbs, employing campaign-style tactics in hopes of mobilizing public support. …

• Federal prisons urged to grant more early releases

  November 29, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — For humanitarian and economic reasons, the federal Bureau of Prisons should grant more early releases to incapacitated and terminally ill prisoners, two advocacy groups say in …

• Ex-treasurer to Dem politicians faces sentencing

  November 28, 2012 in Nation/World SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A former campaign treasurer who defrauded dozens of California Democratic politicians of at least $7 million was incapable of managing her business, often letting candidates’ bills …

• Senate Dems divided over cuts to benefit programs

  November 27, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are deeply divided over whether cuts to popular benefit programs like Medicare and Medicaid should be part of a plan to address the nation’s financial …

• House Republicans: Rice unfit to head State Dept.

  November 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of 97 House Republicans sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Monday, saying that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice misled the nation about the attack …

• GOP senator outlines $68 billion in defense cuts

  November 15, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense spending could be slashed by $68 billion over 10 years if the military stopped spending millions on running grocery stores, operating its own schools and even … 2

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