Coalition urges approval of a farm subsidy
A bipartisan coalition of senators representing almost a third of the chamber is pressing party leaders to include a long-delayed farm subsidy and food stamp bill in any overall package to avoid the...
View ArticleCURL: Time to own the election, America
ANALYSIS/OPINION:Elections have consequences. So suck it up and own it, America.America decided on Nov. 6.More than 121 million of us voted, and more than 62 million cast their ballots for the...
View ArticleInside the Beltway: Libertarians question gun-free zones
"We've created a 'gun-free zone,' a killing zone, for the sickest criminals on the face of the Earth," says R. Lee Wrights, vice chairman of the Libertarian Party, in the aftermath of the Newtown,...
View ArticleClinton’s health woes defer grilling on Libya attack
Republican lawmakers said over the weekend that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton eventually will have to testify before Congress about the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in...
View ArticleInside Politics: Retiring Frank hires agent to keep him in spotlight
Even in retirement, Barney Frank plans to antagonize conservatives.The 72-year-old Massachusetts congressman leaves office in less than three weeks after more than three decades on Capitol Hill. He...
View ArticleFailed bidder for battery maker A123 appeals decision to sell to Chinese company
An American company that lost out in its bid for the assets of a failed, federally backed battery maker is appealing a judge's decision last week selling the company to a Chinese competitor.The sale of...
View ArticleObama, Boehner meet over 'fiscal cliff' deal
Looking to grind out a deal before the nation slides off the "fiscal cliff," President Obama and House Speaker John A. Boehner met Monday at the White House, where they worked to find common ground on...
View ArticleS.C. Gov. Haley names Scott to DeMint's Senate seat
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Monday named Republican Rep. Tim Scott to replace the resigning Sen. Jim DeMint, saying his political "courage," fiscally conservative acumen and pro-business...
View ArticleW.Va.'s Manchin: Time to rethink gun legislation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin III, an avid hunter and lifelong member of the National Rifle Association, says it's time for all sides in the gun-policy debate to move beyond the political rhetoric...
View ArticleWhite House makes concessions in latest fiscal cliff offer
President Obama has agreed to lower his demand for higher taxes on wealthy Americans to those making $400,000 and above as part of negotiations with House Speaker John Boehner to avoid the fiscal...
View ArticleCURL: Freedom is not to blame for Newtown, Mr. President
ANALYSIS/OPINION:The depths to which President Obama will stoop to sell his far-left agenda should shock every American, and Sunday's night political speech at an interfaith prayer vigil was by far the...
View ArticleElectoral College affirms Obama win
Tradition trumped suspense Monday as members of the Electoral College cast the official, final votes in the 2012 presidential election, a constitutional formality on President Obama's march to a second...
View ArticleTragedy strikes hearts, changes minds of pro-gun Democrats
Some pro-gun Democrats said Monday that they have rethought their stance and are now open to restrictions on so-called "assault weapons," as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said it's time Congress...
View ArticleGun bills face tough sailing on Capitol Hill
The last time either chamber of Congress took on gun control was in 2004, when the Senate considered a pro-gun bill, ended up adding three major gun control measures — then killed it, saying the whole...
View ArticleEPA inspector general looking into alias email accounts
The Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general announced Monday his office will review whether officials relied on fake email accounts to conceal their identities and divert attention away...
View ArticleInside Politics: Democrats want Sandy bill done by Christmas
Democrats are trying to push a $60.4 billion emergency spending package for Superstorm Sandy victims through Congress by Christmas. Republicans are responding: Not so fast.The Senate opened debate on...
View ArticleInside the Beltway: Great Scott: The reviews are in
Fiscally sensible, check. Limited government, check. Pro-life, check. Leadership qualities, check. Thrilled conservatives and contented Republicans have tweeted their delight over South Carolina Gov....
View ArticleSSI overpaid billions to disabled poor
The federal government has overpaid billions of dollars in benefits to people who have been ruled disabled and impoverished, often because they understated their income. Debt because of overpayments...
View ArticleSen. Inouye of Hawaii dies of respiratory failure
Senate President Pro Tempore Daniel K. Inouye, the chamber's senior member and a hero of World War II, died Monday of respiratory failure, leaving what his colleagues said was a giant hole in the...
View ArticleWhite House: Gun control only part of complex solution to firearms violence
Acknowledging that gun control will be part of the solution President Obama will pursue in response to the slayings of 26 small children and educators at a Connecticut elementary school, the White...
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