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Robert B. Reich: The billionaires' long game
American VoicesI keep hearing that the billionaires and big corporations that poured all that money into the 2012 election learned their lesson. They lost their shirts and won't do it again. So we don't need campaign finance reform. Baloney. It's true their...Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Las Vegas Sands Corporation, Sheldon Adelson, Newspaper and Magazine, Robert B. Reich
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Animal House
WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday night, senators took a break from the hard work of rescuing the nation's finances. They summoned Daniel Day-Lewis and Steven Spielberg, ordered in popcorn, and watched the movie "Lincoln." After Thursday night's debacle in the...
Tags: Democratic Party, Personal Weapon Control, Santa Claus (fictional character), Interior Policy, John Boehner
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House Republicans sharply divided on 'fiscal cliff' deal
WASHINGTON -- A sharply divided House Republican leadership struggled to reach agreement on a measure to avoid part of the so-called “fiscal cliff,” as key members said they could not support the compromise approved early Tuesday by the...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Spencer Bachus, Democratic Party, Joe Biden, Personal Income
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House Republicans call off vote on 'Plan B' fiscal cliff plan
WASHINGTON -- House Republican leaders abruptly called off a vote Thursday night on their "Plan B” tax proposal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, which ran into stiff resistance from the party's right flank. A tight vote on a preliminary...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Democratic Party, Harry Reid, Jay Carney, Holidays
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Boehner on averting fiscal cliff: 'God only knows'
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner signaled on Friday he's still open to negotiations with President Barack Obama on avoiding across-the-board tax increases set to hit taxpayers Jan. 1, but sounded pessimistic about reaching a grand deal...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Democratic Party, Harry Reid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Jay Carney
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Sharp words ahead of 'Plan B' tax vote
WASHINGTON – As the House prepared to vote Thursday on Speaker John A. Boehner’s tax plan, party leaders blamed each other for the stalemate as little progress is made to prevent falling off the “fiscal cliff,” the automatic tax...
Tags: Democratic Party, Harry Reid, Personal Income, Daniel Inouye, John Boehner
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Goodlatte elected as Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee
Congressman Bob Goodlatte has been elected to serve as Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Goodlatte was elected to the post by the House Republican Conference. His chairmanship will start in January when the 113th Congress begins. “I...
Tags: Bob Goodlatte, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives, Civil Rights, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
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GOP: Groping Old Pary
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- Only a few days into the new year, the Grand Old Party has a huge political hangover from the events that rang in the tidings of 2013. First came the escape from the fiscal cliff that saw its speaker of the House, John Boehner,...Tags: U.S. Congress, Democratic Party, Harry Reid, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi
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Column: The worst job in Congress
Spare a little sympathy, if you can, for John A. Boehner of Ohio, speaker of the House of Representatives. On paper, he’s the most powerful Republican in the land. In practice, he’s caught between a cliff and a ceiling as the uneasy...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), U.S. Congress, Democratic Party, Voting, U.S. House of Representatives
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House ethics panel launches probe of Schock
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON -- The House Ethics Committee revealed today that it is investigating the conduct of House Republican Aaron Schock of Peoria. The 31-year-old lawmaker entered the House in 2009 and won a third term last month. The committee did not make...Tags: Adam Kinzinger, Federal Election Commission, Aaron Schock, U.S. House Committee on Ethics, Elections
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Fiscal cliff: Donnelly says there's reason for optimism
Despite a booming first weekend of holiday sales, the stock market opened on a down note this morning because of a warning from White House economists about the fiscal cliff. The National Economic Council and the Council of Economic Advisers say a...
Tags: George W. Bush, John Boehner, Fiscal Cliff, National Economic Council, Joe Donnelly
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Democrats face problem of ages
President Barack Obama’s re-election means that, for the next four years, the face of the Democratic Party will be its vigorous 51-year-old president. Beyond Obama, however, the party has an increasingly geriatric leadership that is blocking...Tags: Harry Reid, Democratic Party, Steny Hoyer, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi
Dec 25, 2012
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Dec 24, 2012
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Jan 1, 2013
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Dec 20, 2012
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Dec 20, 2012
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Nov 28, 2012
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Jan 6, 2013
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Dec 14, 2012
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Nov 26, 2012
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Nov 22, 2012
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