2012 Elections

Budget Battles

  • The Great Debate

    Five Debate Moments that Changed Elections

    By Robert Speel, The Conversation

    Every presidential election year in my American Political Campaigns and Elections course, I get an opportunity to spend a full lecture discussing with students some of the famous moments from...

  • House panel says IRS official waived rights, contempt possible

    Lois Lerner Is Cleared, Sparking Conservative Fury

    By Rob Garver

    Concluding that “poor management is not a crime,” the Justice Department on Friday informed members of Congress that it would not be filing criminal charges against anyone in what has become known as...

  • GOP Leaders Take on Far Right Pressure Groups

    By Eric Pianin

    There have been plenty of theories about why Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) strode onstage at a conservative gathering late last week carrying a rifle. Ostensibly, McConnell, the 72-...

  • Romney: If Hillary Runs, She Won’t Need Bill

    By Thomas Ferraro, Reuters

    Failed 2012 U.S. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said on Sunday he expects Hillary Clinton to win or lose the White House on her record, not that of her husband, former Democratic...

  • Joint Session of Congress

    Voters Give a Thumbs-Down to Their Own Lawmakers

    By Eric Pianin

    In another sign of public outrage over a dysfunctional and politically divided Congress, a record low percentage of registered voters now say their own House member deserves another chance while even...

  • Ryan’s New Budget Already Roiling the Waters

    By Eric Pianin

    Even before he unveils his new spending blue print, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan is touching off an uproar that Senate Democrats warn would violate last summer’s debt-ceiling deal and...

  • Obama Campaign Raises $45M in February

    By Jeff Mason, Reuters

    U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election campaign and its Democratic allies raised more than $45 million in February, increasing their financial haul compared to January as worries mount that...

  • Romney Wins Big in Puerto Rico

    By Reuters

    Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney swept to a big win in his party's primary in Puerto Rico on Sunday, bolstering his position as front-runner in the race to decide who will face Democratic...

  • How Obama Failed to Clinch the Debt Deal

    By Peter Wallsten and Lori Montgomery Wp and Scott Wilson, The Washington Post

    Did Obama let a "grand bargain" on debt reduction slip through his fingers? This special report from the Washington Post tells an intriguing story of a bipartisan deal undermined by a politics and...

  • Romney to Obama: Fire Advisers

    By Andy Sullivan, Reuters

    Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Sunday called for President Barack Obama to fire three top administration officials as he sought to harness voter anger over rising gas prices ahead...