Kennedy redux in Massachusetts
NEWTON, Mass. — The family name may help generate a steady flow of campaign cash and assure key endorsements for Joseph P. Kennedy III's run for a U.S. House seat. But it may take more than just the...
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CAMPAIGN Romney struggling with working-class whites Republican Mitt Romney is faltering with white working-class voters crucial to his party's drive to capture the White House. That's a problem for...
View ArticlePostal Service to push retirements hard
More than a quarter-million U.S. Postal Service workers are eligible for retirement, and a restructuring plan proposed Thursday relies heavily on getting many of them to quit. Joseph Corbett, chief...
View ArticleObama's visit to Boeing plant viewed as a 'victory lap'
The White House says President Obama's visit to a unionized Boeing Co. plant near Seattle on Friday will focus on the economy, but the event also is being viewed as a victory lap for Mr. Obama with...
View ArticleSantorum voted to preserve NEA funding
When social conservatives were fighting to stop funding the National Endowment for the Arts in the 1990s, Rick Santorum was in Congress voting to preserve taxpayer funding — pitting him against many of...
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EMPATHY BELLIES Talk about military bearing: The U.S. Army is asking male noncommissioned officers (NCOs) to go through a three-day Pregnancy Postpartum Physical Training Exercise Leaders Course. The...
View ArticleCatholic Bishop joins contraception mandate debate
Pointing to growing unease that President Obama's proposed contraception coverage rule doesn't protect religious freedom sufficiently, a Catholic bishop told Congress on Thursday the church will throw...
View ArticleCongressional leaders sign off on payroll-tax deal
Congressional leaders signed off on a final deal Thursday to extend the payroll-tax cuts and enhanced unemployment benefits through the rest of this year, setting up fights in both chambers as they...
View ArticleDeficit is loser in payroll tax deal
As they signed off on the payroll tax cut this week, lawmakers said nobody was a clear winner, but there was an undeniable loser: the federal deficit, which will be more than $100 billion deeper in the...
View ArticleObama raises $29 million for campaign, Dem Party
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama raised $29.1 million for his campaign and for the Democratic Party in January, a strong fundraising month that put him ahead of the pace he set in the last quarter...
View ArticleHouse approves legislation to renew payroll tax cut
WASHINGTON — The GOP-controlled House passed legislation Friday renewing a payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and jobless benefits for millions more, backing the main items on President Barack...
View ArticleCongress passes payroll tax cut
Acting with striking bipartisanship, Congress on Friday passed a full-year extension of the payroll tax cut and renewed enhanced unemployment benefits, sending the bill on to the White House and...
View ArticleSix House members recuse themselves from Waters' case
Six members of the House Ethics Committee including its chairman have recused themselves from any matter involving Rep. Maxine Waters, including an internal investigation looking into whether the panel...
View ArticleObama's Chinatown stop serves ban-facing shark fin
President Obama purchased lunch at a San Francisco restaurant that serves shark fin soup, after signing a law last month that protects sharks from being harvested for their fins. White House press...
View ArticleN.J. Gov. Christie vetoes gay marriage bill as vowed
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie has followed through on his promise to reject a bill allowing same-sex marriage in New Jersey by quickly vetoing the measure Friday and renewing his call for a...
View ArticleJustice says Supreme Court should revisit campaign finance
The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a Montana law that had banned corporations from running political ads, but Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the case makes it likely the Supreme Court...
View ArticleRep. Upton: Payroll tax cut a win for everybody
GOP Rep. Fred Upton says President Obama isn't the only one who can claim a political victory from an extension of the payroll tax holiday and renewed unemployment benefits, stating that Republicans...
View ArticleQuestions surface on Gingrich campaign travel payments
When Newt Gingrich's campaign disclosed in October it planned to pay the candidate $70,000 for travel expenses in the third quarter, the transfer was an anomaly among presidential campaigns. But weeks...
View ArticleGOP contenders face 13-state test after brief lull
WASHINGTON (AP) — A resurgent Rick Santorum hopes to spring his next big surprise in Michigan. Newt Gingrich looks for a campaign revival in the Bible Belt. Mitt Romney has his home state of...
View ArticleRomney cites Olympics success
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney returned to Salt Lake City on Saturday to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 2002 Winter Games he helped lead, but the GOP presidential candidate came under attack...
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