Budget Battles
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Republicans Want Strings Attached to California Disaster Aid
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Biden Goes Out With a Bang in the Jobs Market
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Trump Privately Pushes Senators for ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’
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Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency for Tariff Rollout
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Trump Unloads: Grievances, Greenland and the Gulf of Mexico
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Republicans Divided Over How to Pass Trump’s Agenda
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Trump Pushes Johnson to Victory as Speaker
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Five Debate Moments that Changed Elections
By Robert Speel, The ConversationEvery presidential election year in my American Political Campaigns and Elections course, I get an opportunity to spend a full lecture discussing with students some of the famous moments from...
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Lois Lerner Is Cleared, Sparking Conservative Fury
By Rob GarverConcluding that “poor management is not a crime,” the Justice Department on Friday informed members of Congress that it would not be filing criminal charges against anyone in what has become known as...
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GOP Leaders Take on Far Right Pressure Groups
By Eric PianinThere have been plenty of theories about why Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) strode onstage at a conservative gathering late last week carrying a rifle. Ostensibly, McConnell, the 72-...
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Romney: If Hillary Runs, She Won’t Need Bill
By Thomas Ferraro, ReutersFailed 2012 U.S. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said on Sunday he expects Hillary Clinton to win or lose the White House on her record, not that of her husband, former Democratic...
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Voters Give a Thumbs-Down to Their Own Lawmakers
By Eric PianinIn another sign of public outrage over a dysfunctional and politically divided Congress, a record low percentage of registered voters now say their own House member deserves another chance while even...
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Huckabee Must Have Missed the Memo About The Sexes
By Eric PianinFormer Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee must have missed the memo. Last month, national Republican officials and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) began offering lawmakers sensitivity training and...
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Analysts Dubious About Christie’s Presidential Hopes
By Rob GarverNew Jersey Governor Chris Christie left the door open to a presidential run t hius inauguration Tuesday, but emerging scandals may leave him hamstrung before the race even begins.
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Dems’ Prospects of Winning the House Get Dimmer
By Eric PianinThe Democrats’ prospects for winning back control of the House this fall never were good to begin with, but the sudden rash of announced retirements of veteran Democrats will make that effort even...
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Two Politicians Who Beat Scandal – And One Who Didn’t
Christie Can Use These Pols ‘Comeback Playbooks’
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Christie Scandal Opens Door to Far Right GOP Hopefuls
By Eric Pianin and Rob GarverIn the space of a single day, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie went from prospective front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 to damaged goods. His rivals just got a big...
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The New Look of the Senate: Young, Ethnic, Female
By Eric Pianin and Josh BoakOnce primarily the domain of older, wealthy white males, the Senate gradually is taking on the look of the coalition that helped to reelect President Obama last week, including minorities women and...
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16 Days for Lame Ducks to Avoid a “Cliff Fall”
By Josh Boak and Eric Pianin, The Fiscal TimesCongress returns Tuesday for a lame duck session that will give lawmakers and the White House a mere 16 workdays to forestall a potential recession next year if not agreement is reached to avoid the...
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GOP-Led States Could Halt Obama's Medicaid Push
By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health NewsPresident Barack Obama’s re-election ensures the survival of his landmark health care law, but predominantly Republican state officials will get a big say in how it is carried out. State lawmakers...
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Investor Alert: Prepare for a Nerve-Wracking November
By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal TimesInvestors who had hoped for a victory by the Republican Party and Mitt Romney in Tuesday’s election were quick to label the stock market’s plunge in the two days that followed as a logical reaction...
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BUSHWHACKED! Jeb’s Son Plans to Run in Texas
They haven’t discovered the gene for this rare syndrome yet, but it seems to be passed along by the Y chromosome. It’s the “I’m going to run for public office gene,” and it is being studied in two...