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Congress may OK short-term stimulus to avoid problems
Fri, 02/03/2012 - 12:54pmRight after Election Day, a lame-duck Congress will face a horrific fiscal train wreck: sharp tax increases, combined with automatic spending cuts.
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Obama prepares to battle Romney
Fri, 02/03/2012 - 9:10amFirst Read: President stresses fairness, housing and the auto industry success as he eyes a general election race against Mitt Romney.
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House ready to consider insider trading ban
Fri, 02/03/2012 - 7:41amWith members of Congress convinced their political survival depends on their image, the House is wasting no time in considering a Senate-passed bill that would ban insider trading by lawmakers and thousands of executive branch officials.
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Senate OKs insider trading curbs on lawmakers
Thu, 02/02/2012 - 11:22pmThe Senate approved new curbs aimed at preventing lawmakers from trading shares based on inside information, and extended the disclosure requirements to 300,000 other federal employees.
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Industries in limbo as Congress mulls expired tax breaks
Thu, 02/02/2012 - 1:54pmDozens of American industries and businesses, from biodiesel producers to stock car racing facilities, are urging Congress to quickly revive 60 targeted tax breaks that expired on Dec. 31.
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Boehner downplays report of tensions with Cantor
Thu, 02/02/2012 - 1:44pmHouse Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, denies report that he had to call a "truce" with House Marjority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va.
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Obama proposes $5-10 billion for home refinancing
Wed, 02/01/2012 - 11:13amPresident Barack Obama on Wednesday called on Congress to approve a $5 billion to $10 billion effort to help U.S. homeowners refinance as part of a wider package of proposals to shore up the depressed housing market.
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Overseas voters could play key role in 2012
Tue, 01/31/2012 - 2:38pmHundreds of thousands of "invisible" overseas voters could change the results in key swing states during the coming elections.
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GOP tries new strategy to get Canada pipeline
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 1:42pmRepublican lawmakers will try to force the Obama administration to approve the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline by attaching it to a highway bill House Speaker John Boehner said on Sunday.
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NBC/WSJ poll: Majority would vote out entire Congress
Thu, 01/26/2012 - 1:03pmFirst Read: In a country sharply divided on almost every issue, most Americans agree on one thing: they don’t like Congress, and they would vote to replace every single member — even their own.
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Giffords officially resigns from Congress
Wed, 01/25/2012 - 10:55amOn the House floor Wednesday morning, the day after her appearance at the president’s State of the Union address in the same chamber, Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords formally offered her resignation to Speaker John Boehner.
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GOP response: State of the nation is 'grave'
Tue, 01/24/2012 - 10:45pmIndiana governor says the country is in trouble but that Republican policies are the right way back.
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Obama: Debt ceiling fight hurt the economy
Tue, 01/24/2012 - 10:43pmThe president says Washington's dysfunction is partly to blame for slow economic recovery in his State of the Union address.
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Daniels' GOP response to State of the Union speech
Tue, 01/24/2012 - 10:16pmRead the full text, as prepared for delivery, of Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' Republican response to the president's State of the Union address to the nation.
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Obama: Millionaires should pay at least 30 percent in taxes
Tue, 01/24/2012 - 10:15pmFirst Read: People earning over $1 million per year should pay an effective tax rate of no less than 30 percent, President Obama said in his State of the Union address Tuesday night.
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Obama declares 'we've come too far to turn back now'
Tue, 01/24/2012 - 9:44pmPresident Barack Obama went before a joint session of Congress Tuesday night to offer his proposals for economic growth and to draw sharp contrasts with his Republican foes.
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Ahead of State of the Union, rating Obama's past promises
Tue, 01/24/2012 - 12:36pmFor all the forward-looking posturing, the decisions voters make in November will be as much about how the country fared during the president’s first term as what he proposes for a second.
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Giffords' meeting with fellow survivors in Tucson
Mon, 01/23/2012 - 1:17pmIn one of her last acts in office, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords met Monday with other survivors and supporters more than a year after gunfire interrupted a spontaneous meet-and-greet with constituents outside a Tucson grocery store.
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Sen. Rand Paul has run-in with TSA
Mon, 01/23/2012 - 11:12amSenator Rand Paul, R-Ky., has reportedly been detained by the Transportation Security Administration at a Nashville airport, according to tweets from his press aide and father, Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. At about 10 a.m.
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