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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 …

• GOP proposes smaller, $24B Sandy aid package

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Wednesday proposed a $24 billion emergency aid package for Superstorm Sandy victims, less than half of what Democrats hope to pass by Christmas. The …

• 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 …

• Obama: He and Boehner ‘pretty close’ to a deal

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Optimistic despite a tightening deadline, President Barack Obama said Wednesday he and House Speaker John Boehner are “pretty close” to a grand fiscal deal to avoid a …

• 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, …

• White House threatens veto of GOP budget plan

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House threatened Wednesday to veto House Speaker John Boehner’s backup plan for averting the “fiscal cliff,” saying it was time for Republicans to stop political …

• Obama Social Security offer at odds with top Dems

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s offer to limit the growth of Social Security benefits would cost the average retiree less than $50 in the first year. But the cuts … 2

• Cliff talks hit a lull with Boehner’s ‘Plan B’

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Just two weeks from an economy-threatening deadline, fiscal cliff talks hit a lull Tuesday as House Speaker John Boehner announced that Republicans would also march ahead with …

• Fiscal cliff efforts ongoing, Boehner offers plan

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner pushed ahead on negotiating a broad deal to avert the “fiscal cliff,” even as the GOP leader readied a …

• Some Republicans say gun control should be debated

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Republicans now say they’re willing to discuss the politically treacherous issue of gun control along with mental health issues and violent video games, while formerly pro-gun … 3

• Dems signal Obama flexibility on spending in talks

  December 17, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican House Speaker John Boehner is offering to let taxes rise on wealthy Americans’ investment income and dividends as part of a deal to avert the “fiscal …

• 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

• Lieberman, Democrats want ban on assault weapons

  December 16, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman said Sunday that military-style assault weapons should be banned and that a national commission should be established to examine mass … 1

• Time for Plan B on ‘fiscal cliff?’

  December 14, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s beginning to look like it’s time for Plan B on the “fiscal cliff.” With talks between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner apparently stalled, … 2

• ‘Cliff’ crash may clear way for deal in January

  December 14, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — To get to “yes” on a “fiscal cliff” accord, Congress and the White House first might have to get to “no.” That is, an impasse that sends …

• ‘Fiscal cliff’ talks vexing official Washington

  December 13, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Five weeks after President Barack Obama won re-election and gained more leverage to make GOP conservatives bend on taxes, the new balance of power is proving vexing …

• 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. …

• No budging as fiscal cliff talks appear stalled

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans aren’t budging on tax rates, and Democrats are resisting steps like raising the eligibility age for Medicare. Negotiations on averting a year-end fiscal train wreck combining … 3

• Fiscal cliff talks intense; Obama and Boehner talk

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite an intensifying pace, little progress is being reported in talks on averting automatic spending cuts and tax increases that economists fear could send the U.S. economy … 1

• 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 …

• Fiscal cliff talks appear to be stalled

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite an intensifying pace, little progress is being reported in talks on averting automatic spending cuts and tax increases that economists fear could send the U.S. economy …

• Mich. becomes right-to-work state despite protests

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World LANSING, Mich. (AP) — In a dizzyingly short time span, Republicans have converted Michigan from a seemingly impregnable fortress of organized labor into a right-to-work state, leaving outgunned Democrats and … 2

• GOP throws Obama’s old deficit stands back at him

  December 11, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the best Republican arguments against President Barack Obama’s proposals to avoid a “fiscal cliff” come from the president himself, in comments he made months or …

• GOP’s Boehner says Obama slow-walking cliff talks

  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 …

• 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 …

• No one retreating; cliff talks seem at standstill

  December 10, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — A year-end deadline approaching, negotiations to avoid an economy-rattling “fiscal cliff” appeared at a standstill Monday. Republicans pressed President Barack Obama to name specific spending cuts he … 2

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