Graham: Obama has won 'fiscal cliff' battle
A top Republican senator is conceding defeat in the debate with President Obama over how best to avoid the "fiscal cliff," accepting that tax increases now appear inevitable."Hats off to the president....
View Article‘Conversation’ on deficit falls on deaf ears
House Speaker John A. Boehner kicked off the 112th Congress by saying Americans are ready for an adult conversation on spending and deficits.Two years later, that broader conversation has yet to...
View ArticleSnowe won’t miss partisanship
PORTLAND, Maine — While Congress has been engaging in political brinkmanship over the so-called "fiscal cliff," Sen. Olympia J. Snowe has been busy cleaning out her office.In her desk she has found a...
View ArticleBill leaves out national memorial to WWI veterans
Congress approved a bill on Monday that makes sure the 100-year anniversary of World War I is recognized in the coming years, but a long-sought memorial to Americans who fought and died in the Great...
View ArticleBiden calls on friends in Senate in effort to jump-start 'fiscal cliff' solution
Vice President Joseph R. Biden's 36 years in the Senate are coming in handy this week for the Obama administration.While President Obama's No. 2 couldn't prevent Washington from hurtling off the...
View ArticleKirk’s return to Senate called inspirational
CHICAGO — Nearly a year after a stroke left him barely able to move the left side of his body, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk is expected to climb the 45 steps to the Senate's front door this week — a walk that's...
View ArticleGOP governors delicate on health care law
ATLANTA — Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who made a fortune as a health care executive, long opposed President Obama's remake of the health insurance market. After the Democratic president won re-election,...
View ArticleInside Politics: Cuomo says New York agencies must save more energy
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he has issued an executive order directing state agencies to increase energy efficiency in state buildings by 20 percent in seven years.The administration says it...
View ArticleDoctors: Blood clot located in Hillary Clinton's head
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton developed a blood clot in her head but did not suffer a stroke or neurological damage, her doctors said Monday. They say they are confident...
View ArticleCongress to punt political football again rather than tackle problem
Washington on Monday was poised to do what it does best: invent a half-solution to a full problem while punting the toughest questions for later and setting up more deadline drama.It's the latest in a...
View ArticleHouse won't vote before midnight on 'cliff' deal
WASHINGTON — The House will miss the midnight Monday deadline lawmakers set for voting to avoid the "fiscal cliff."House Republicans notified lawmakers that the chamber will vote Monday evening on...
View ArticleObama: 'Fiscal cliff' deal is close but 'not done'
With just hours to meet a midnight deadline to avert the fiscal cliff, President Obama said Monday afternoon that a deal is "within sight but is not done." "There are still issues to resolve, but we're...
View ArticleSenate releases scathing report on Benghazi
The State Department should have closed the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, long before the Sept. 11 terrorist attack because it knew that local authorities could not protect the facility and that...
View ArticleClinton’s physicians expect ‘full recovery’
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was being monitored closely at a New York hospital Monday night, although doctors said she was making "excellent progress" toward "a full recovery" from a...
View ArticleSenate votes to avoid 'fiscal cliff'
Congress careened over the edge of the fiscal cliff at midnight, but a solution was in the offing after the Senate voted early Tuesday to approve a deal that combined tax-rate hikes and new stimulus...
View ArticlePRUDEN: California dreamin’ in Gruesome Gulch, a view from bottom of ‘fiscal...
ANALYSIS/OPINION:LOS ANGELES — Californians take pride in the notion that everything in America starts here — the music, the clothes, the food, the fun and games of the celebrity culture. Now...
View ArticleBoehner splits with GOP on 'fiscal cliff' vote
Tuesday's vote to avoid the "fiscal cliff" exposed a deep rift within the House GOP that ran from the rank-and-file all the way to the very top of the party.House Speaker John A. Boehner voted to...
View ArticleObama displeases both sides
As the White House and Congress sought a soft landing in the "fiscal cliff" negotiations, President Obama was getting an earful from critics on the right as well as the left, with even some disgruntled...
View ArticleHouse GOP doesn’t flinch from the fight
House Republicans faced blistering criticism from all sides Tuesday as they once again threatened to scuttle a bipartisan package blessed by the White House and Senate Republicans — but they remained...
View ArticleMaligned loopholes survive ‘fiscal cliff’ deal to the tune of $1 trillion
Even as Washington says it wants to eliminate the credits and loopholes in the tax code, the "fiscal cliff" deal Congress agreed to this week is littered with dozens of them.Tax deductions for college...
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