Budget Battles
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Democrats Start to Publicly Back Away From Biden
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Supreme Court Hands Trump a Historic Win
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Biden Looks to Rebound From a Disastrous Debate
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IMF Sends an Urgent Warning on US Debt
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Biden Admin Lowers Prices on Dozens of Drugs
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House Republicans Release Plan to Cut FBI Funding
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Trump Ran Up National Debt Twice as Much as Biden: Report
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Why Presidential Candidates ‘Suspend’ Their Campaigns but Don’t End Them
By Millie DentThe field of White House candidates keeps dwindling as one presidential hopeful after another pulls out of the race. Yet the candidates inevitably say they are “suspending” their campaigns, not...
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16 Tycoons Who Give the Most Campaign Cash
By Hunter Walker, Business InsiderWall Street donors are a massive source of cash for political candidates. Thanks to Crowdpac, a data firm dedicated to informing citizens about the political process , Business Insider has identified...
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Senate’s Promise to Work Fridays Is Broken by Thursday
By Rob GarverThe promise that the Senate under Republican control would work longer hours – and even Fridays – lasted exactly as long as it took for members to have to actually consider really working on Friday...
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GOP Sees Popularity Surge Ahead of Senate Takeover
By Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal TimesThis year keeps getting better and better for the GOP. After a sweeping victory in the 2014 midterm elections, Republicans are enjoying a surge of popularity as they stand poised to take control of...
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Two Incoming Senators, Two Different Approaches
By Rob GarverWhen the new Congress convenes in January, newly minted Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will have to assert control of his Republican majority. On Sunday morning, two of his Senators-elect showed...
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Budget Breakdown at GOP: Who Will Lead the Committee?
By PAUL KANE, The Washington PostJeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) were elected to the Senate on the same day in 1996, but Enzi holds seniority over his longtime friend through a totally random feature of party rules:...
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The State of the American Electorate in 9 Numbers
By CHRIS CILLIZZA, The Washington PostThe best thing about elections — if you are a numbers nerd like me — is the massive amount of raw data about the American public and what they think, as well as the how and why of it. Yes, only about...
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Lame-Duck Action Could Add $1.5T to Long-Term Debt
By Eric PianinLargely under the radar screen, lawmakers are toying with ideas that could add as much as $1.5 trillion to the national debt in the coming decade. Washington is transfixed on President Obama’s new...
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Perry Might Have to Run for President While on Trial
By Eric PianinTough luck for Texas Gov. Rick Perry: While the rest of the likely GOP presidential candidates are hitting the campaign trail next year, Perry may be standing trial in Austin on government corruption...
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Obama’s ‘Nothing to Left to Lose’ Strategy: 3 Moves That Enrage the GOP
By Eric PianinBasking in the glow of the Republicans’ tidal wave election victory last week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky raised the possibility that the GOP and President Obama could strike...
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Millions Without Health Coverage Hang on Gov Races
By Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal TimesThe results of today’s midterm elections could have enormous implications for the president’s health care law—especially in states that have not expanded their Medicaid programs. Since a 2012 Supreme...
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The Real Power Players Behind Tonight's Winners
By John W. Schoen, CNBCChances are, you're not going to bump into Rupert Murdoch standing in line Tuesday waiting to vote at your local middle school. But the election impact felt by the News Corp. magnate, along with...
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Is It Time for the U.S. to Make Everyone Vote?
By Eric PianinWith so many Americans turned off by Washington politicians and the record deluge of negative campaign ads, voter turnout for Tuesday’s mid-term election will probably be light. But what if Americans...
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Analysts Predict GOP Will Pick Up at Least 6 Senate Seats
By Eric PianinLet the games begin! Republicans are on the cusp of winning back control of the Senate and expanding their hold on the House in Tuesday’s midterm election – one widely characterized as a referendum...
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Election Day Brings Silly Season to a Merciful End
By Rob GarverIn the final day before an election, when sleep-deprived candidates, caffeine addled campaign staffers are looking for any last edge, almost any attack on an opponent can look like a good idea...