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McConnell Makes GOP Endorsement

The Huffington Post | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 04.17.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday became the latest high-ranking Republican to endorse Mitt Romney as his party'...

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McConnell: 'War On Women' Is A 'Manufactured Issue'

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 04.09.2012

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) dismissed on Monday the idea that the GOP is waging a so-called war on women, calling it a "manufacture...

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Senate Leaders Drop Standoff

AP | Posted 03.14.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Republican and Democratic leaders ended their standoff Wednesday over President Barack Obama's judicial nominations and agreed to...

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Obama, Bibi and Iran: The Compounded Risk Equation

Dovid Efune | Posted 05.09.2012

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Congress could remove doubt over Obama's Iran policies by creating a well-defined framework and a timeline that would be mandated by law, leaving no room for Iranian or Israeli uncertainty over the position of the United States.

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Richard Cordray Recess Appointment May Paradoxically Help Banks

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 01.05.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's recess appointment of Richard Cordray as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has underscored t...

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McConnell Boehner Keystone

Jeff Danziger | Posted 02.21.2012

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McConnell Calls On House To Act On Expiring Provisions

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 02.21.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Moments after House Republican leaders dug in their heels on blocking a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut, Senate Minority Lead...

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WSJ vs. GOP

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.21.2011

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The Wall Street Journal editorial page attacked congressional Republicans Wednesday for possibly losing the payroll tax cut standoff to President Bara...

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Republicans Embrace High-Stakes Showdown With Obama

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 02.12.2012

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WASHINGTON — Sensing a political opening, House Republicans on Tuesday approved a plan that links speedy approval of an oil pipeline from Canada...

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Congress' Wealth Increases Dramatically

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 01.01.2012

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Despite the economic recession and declining household wealth, the net wealth of members of Congress continues to rise, according to a Roll Call analy...

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Reid Blasts Republicans For Blocking Jobs Bill

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.11.2011

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) criticized Republicans for holding up President Barack Obama's jobs legislation and defended his precedent-...

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Obama: Congress Faces 'Moment Of Truth' With Vote On Jobs Bill

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR and BEN FELLER | Posted 12.11.2011

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By ANDREW TAYLOR and BEN FELLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republicans have voted to kill the White House jobs bill despite weeks ...

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WATCH: House Opposition To Trade Deals Intensifies Amid Continued Violence In Colombia

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 10.11.2011

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WASHINGTON -- On August 4, Senate leaders announced a "breakthrough" in negotiations over three trade deals currently pending before Congress that now...

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FAQs on the Standard & Poor's Downgrade of the U.S. Credit Rating

Natalie Pace | Posted 10.07.2011

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If Congress gets smart, goes back into negotiations immediately and comes up with a credible plan to implement budget savings of more than $4 trillion over the next 10 years, the world will have renewed faith in the its largest economy.

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Friday Talking Points -- More Tea, Anyone?

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.05.2011

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With the conclusion of the debt ceiling "crisis," the media pivoted swiftly to their standard larger questions (to them, at any rate) about any politi...

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43 GOP Senators Vow To Oppose Reid's Debt Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.29.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Hours before the Senate is set to vote on Majority Leader Harry Reid's latest debt ceiling legislation, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell'...

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McConnell Plan For Debt Ceiling May Be Final Answer, Insiders Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 09.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A key liberal insider and Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) indicated on Sunday that the final debt ceiling deal will likely resemble something aki...

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Friday Talking Points -- Obama 2.0?

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.14.2011

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In the midst of the debt ceiling frenzy, nobody seems to have noticed that Obama is negotiating in a markedly different way than what we've seen from him in the past. He is at the absolute center of the showdown.

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Tax Cut = Growth? Actually Not So Much

Paul Tullis | Posted 09.11.2011

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Distaste for raising taxes, claiming that it limits growth, simply isn't borne by the facts. It's time for the Democrats to fight back on this point and show the facts. The alternative is dangerous, regressive, and unfair.

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Breathtaking Republican Hypocrisy on Medicare

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.13.2011

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To be sure, Republicans have always been against the concept of Medicare. But hypocrisy entered into the discourse last year, when they attempted to position themselves as the ones who were going to "save Medicare."

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Rockefeller's Bill Is a Sneak Attack on the Clean Air Act

Dan Lashof | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rockefeller's proposal would not explicitly deny the problem -- it would just make it impossible for the EPA to do anything about it, at least when it comes to the largest sources, such as power plants and refineries.

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Tax Cut Package Provides Relief for Investors

Irvin G. Schorsch III | Posted 05.25.2011

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The tax relief act provides some clarity about where tax rates will be -- but only for the next two years. We'll be seeing a replay of the whole process again in 2012.

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The Economist: 'Deficit Hawkery As Farce'

The Economist | M.S. | Posted 05.25.2011

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I'M HAVING trouble writing about the GOP effort to reach a compromise over whether to cut $100 billion out of the 2011 budget, or just $50-60 billion....

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The Liberal Divide: Recovery vs. Revenge

Martin Nolan | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Eugene McCarthy served on the Senate Finance Committee, he explained the GOP's tax philosophy with a metaphor from his boyhood on a Minnesota farm: "Republicans believe in feeding the sparrows by feeding the horses."

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My 2010 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 1]

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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My apologies to anyone tuning in who was expecting to see the 150th "Friday Talking Points" column, since it will be pre-empted for two weeks here. B...

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