Budget Battles
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Biden Struggles to Save His Candidacy as Pressure Grows
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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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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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Why Cruz Won’t Pledge Support to McConnell
By Sebastian Payne and Robert Costa, The Washington PostSen. Ted Cruz spent the final weekend of the midterms on the far edge of the country trying to help fellow Republican Dan Sullivan win a race the GOP is counting on in its effort to retake the Senate...
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What Voters Need to Know About This Week’s Economy Numbers
By Sam Ro, Business InsiderThe Federal Reserve finally put an end to its quantitative easing program on Wednesday in a move that had been widely anticipated for a very long time. Meanwhile, the stock market roared back to...
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News Shows Finally Discuss How a GOP Congress Would Govern
By Rob GarverAs polling released Sunday showed an increasing likelihood of Republicans gaining control of the Senate in Tuesday’s election, talk has begun to turn away from election speculation and toward...
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How a GOP Senate Would Challenge Obama on Foreign Policy
By Eric PianinFor years, Republicans have criticized President Obama’s foreign policy and defense strategy in the Mideast and Far East, even while their own party has had to live down the costly blunders in Iraq...
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A GOP Congress Will Face 12 Million Pleas for Immigration Reform
By Rob GarverImmigration reform has been a major topic in the run-up to the midterms, but prospects for legislative progress are particularly dim if the Republican Party gains control of the Senate.