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Obama Issues Group Launches Attack On Republican “Climate Deniers”
Organizing For Action, the non-profit group formed out of the Obama campaign, has stepped up its efforts against Republican members of Congress who don't believe...
Obama Calls on Congress to Help More Homeowners
(WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama says Congress must give more homeowners the chance to refinance their mortgages to save money. Obama says more than 2...
SKorean President to Address Congress
(WASHINGTON) — South Korean President Park Geun-hye is getting a grand welcome from Congress as Seoul and Washington resolve to stand firm against North Korean...
Top Boston Cop to Discuss Bombings with Congress
(WASHINGTON) — Boston's police commissioner told lawmakers conducting the first congressional hearing on the Marathon bombings that government should tighten...
Base Motives
Let’s suppose you’re a typical American family, with kids that have largely grown up and flown the coop, leaving you and your spouse empty-nesters. Well, maybe...
Now For Sale: Congress’ Constitutional Authority
Congress's FAA climb down is Washington at its worst.
Five Questions In Congress About the Boston Bombings
In the wake of the attacks, Congress is grappling with why the plot went undetected, who shoulders the blame and how the weaknesses the bombing exposed can be...
The Post Office’s Biggest Problem Isn’t Saturday Delivery — It’s Congress
It may seem like the United States Postal Service is unwilling to adapt to a world of declining mail volume and increased digital communication. But the real...
Obama’s Useless Budget Data…and Improbable Budget Strategy
Budgets are important documents: they are the ultimate expression of policy by a President or Congress. Budgets are also a useful revelation of the character and...
Obama Sends Congress $3.8 Trillion Spending Plan
(WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama is sending Congress a $3.8 trillion spending blueprint that strives to achieve a "grand bargain" to tame runaway deficits...
Congress May Finally Do a Budget Deal
Congress will turn from do-nothing to no-dither
Post Office Retreats on Eliminating Saturday Mail
(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Postal Service backed down from its plan to eliminate Saturday mail delivery because Congress barred it, officials said Wednesday. But...
Obama Sending Long-Awaited 2014 Budget to Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday is sending Congress his 2014 budget, an effort to achieve an elusive "grand bargain" to tame runaway...
Obama Proposes 94-cent Tax Hike on Cigarettes
(WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama's budget plan would increase taxes by $580 billion over the next decade, but it relies on many proposals that have been...
Americans: No Drone Killings at Home, Which May Be How Congress First Wanted It
What hath Rand Paul wrought? Maybe this: A new Gallup poll conducted after the Kentucky Senator's epic filibuster finds that a majority of Americans--52 percent...
Congress Guns for Iran, While the Administration Focuses on Engagement
How Congress united behind sanctions and why that push may be stalling as the Administration seeks a diplomatic breakthrough
