Budget Battles
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Battle Over 'Woke' Policies Threatens Defense Bill
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Inflation Slows Again: Soft Landing Ahead?
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US Economy Turns Up the Sizzle
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Border Security Showdown Could Sink Biden’s Aid Package
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Crunch Time for Israel and Ukraine Aid: Can Congress Get It Done?
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Why Mike Johnson Just Met With Trump
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The Next Fiscal Fight Is Just Days Away
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Why Presidential Candidates ‘Suspend’ Their Campaigns but Don’t End Them
By Millie DentThe field of White House candidates keeps dwindling as one presidential hopeful after another pulls out of the race. Yet the candidates inevitably say they are “suspending” their campaigns, not...
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16 Tycoons Who Give the Most Campaign Cash
By Hunter Walker, Business InsiderWall Street donors are a massive source of cash for political candidates. Thanks to Crowdpac, a data firm dedicated to informing citizens about the political process , Business Insider has identified...
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Senate’s Promise to Work Fridays Is Broken by Thursday
By Rob GarverThe promise that the Senate under Republican control would work longer hours – and even Fridays – lasted exactly as long as it took for members to have to actually consider really working on Friday...
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GOP Sees Popularity Surge Ahead of Senate Takeover
By Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal TimesThis year keeps getting better and better for the GOP. After a sweeping victory in the 2014 midterm elections, Republicans are enjoying a surge of popularity as they stand poised to take control of...
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Two Incoming Senators, Two Different Approaches
By Rob GarverWhen the new Congress convenes in January, newly minted Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will have to assert control of his Republican majority. On Sunday morning, two of his Senators-elect showed...
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Budget Breakdown at GOP: Who Will Lead the Committee?
By PAUL KANE, The Washington PostJeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) were elected to the Senate on the same day in 1996, but Enzi holds seniority over his longtime friend through a totally random feature of party rules:...
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The State of the American Electorate in 9 Numbers
By CHRIS CILLIZZA, The Washington PostThe best thing about elections — if you are a numbers nerd like me — is the massive amount of raw data about the American public and what they think, as well as the how and why of it. Yes, only about...
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Lame-Duck Action Could Add $1.5T to Long-Term Debt
By Eric PianinLargely under the radar screen, lawmakers are toying with ideas that could add as much as $1.5 trillion to the national debt in the coming decade. Washington is transfixed on President Obama’s new...
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Perry Might Have to Run for President While on Trial
By Eric PianinTough luck for Texas Gov. Rick Perry: While the rest of the likely GOP presidential candidates are hitting the campaign trail next year, Perry may be standing trial in Austin on government corruption...
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Obama’s ‘Nothing to Left to Lose’ Strategy: 3 Moves That Enrage the GOP
By Eric PianinBasking in the glow of the Republicans’ tidal wave election victory last week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky raised the possibility that the GOP and President Obama could strike...
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Is the Keystone Pipeline the Key to Landrieu’s Senate Seat?
By Eric PianinThe Republican-controlled House is set today to once again pass legislation to bypass the White House and authorize construction of the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline project, as they have done...
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11 Things You Should Know About Mitch McConnell
By Eric PianinSen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) hinted that he and other Tea Party conservatives might try to block Mitch McConnell from claiming the Senate Majority Leader mantle after the GOP swept to a majority in last week...
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Why America Voted Against Obama’s Economy
A week after the Republican election “wave” saw GOP capture the Senate, expand its majority in the House to levels not seen since the 1940s, expand its control of governorships, and attain a level of...
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Obama Divided and Lost. The GOP Could Unite and Win
By Liz PeekOrganizing for Action, the grassroots website that supports Barack Obama shows the president in boxer stance-- fists up, head down -- suggesting, presumably, that he is ready to fight for his agenda...
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Post-Election Bipartisanship Fails First Media Test
By Rob GarverLawmakers appearing on the Sunday talk shows started out talking a good game about bipartisanship and cooperation, but then the issue of immigration reform arose, and the battle lines were quickly...