Obama Pulls Immigration Back into Spotlight
Posted: 6/11/2013 4:24:00 PM
President Barack Obama sought to inject momentum into the push for U.S. immigration reform on Tuesday, urging lawmakers who were "serious" about the issue to support a Senate bill and highlighting…
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Senate Measure Expands Background Checks for Gun Buyers
Posted: 4/10/2013 10:33:00 AM
Prospects for a gun control bill’s passage in the Senate in coming weeks got a boost on Wednesday with a bipartisan agreement on background checks for gun buyers.
Democratic Se…
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Ryan Releases New GOP Plan to Balance Budget
Posted: 3/12/2013 11:33:00 AM
Republicans kicked off their latest deficit-reduction gambit on Tuesday with a 10-year balanced budget plan that could either be shelved within weeks or help kick-start negotiations with President…
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Can Budget Crisis Talks Get Back on Track?
Posted: 12/27/2012 12:07:00 AM
Efforts to prevent the U.S. economy from going over a "fiscal cliff" stirred back to life on Wednesday with less than a week to go before potentially disastrous tax hikes and spending cuts kick in…
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US on the Edge of the ‘Cliff’ as Christmas Nears
Posted: 12/23/2012 6:23:00 PM
Top U.S. lawmakers voiced rising fear on Sunday that the country would go over "the fiscal cliff" in nine days, triggering harsh spending cuts and tax hikes, and some Republicans charged that was Pres…
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