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...

  • Romney Beats Santorum in Michigan and Arizona

    By DAVID A. FAHRENTHOLD, The Washington Post

    Mitt Romney has won both of Tuesday’s Republican primaries, beating Rick Santorum in Arizona and winning a narrow victory in Michigan, the state of Romney’s birth. Preliminary results from both...

  • Boehner Presses Obama on Pipeline

    By Reuters

    The top Republican in Congress wrote to President Barack Obama on Tuesday to urge him to "change course" and approve a controversial oil pipeline, seeking to keep up election-year pressure on the...

  • Taxes to Abortion: Where Romney and Santorum Stand

    By Eric Pianin and Michelle Hirsch

    After 20 debates and endless speeches, you would think voters would have a clear grasp of where Republican frontrunners Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney stand on the key issues, but think again. Here is...

  • Gingrich Super PAC Gets More Cash

    By ALINA SELYUKH, Reuters

    A "Super PAC" supporting Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich received a new cash infusion from billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, according to a source familiar with the donation...

  • Romney Faces Day of Reckoning

    By Steve Holland, Reuters

    Mitt Romney faces a day of reckoning on Tuesday when Michigan votes to either grant him a big victory in the Republican presidential nomination battle or hand him a humiliating defeat.