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Obama Signs 2012 Spending Bill

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 02.22.2012

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama told Congress restrictions on his ability to transfer detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo ...

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Senate Passes $1 Trillion Budget Bill

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 02.16.2012

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WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Saturday to temporarily avert a Jan. 1 payroll tax increase and benefit cutoff for the long-time unemployed, forci...

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Our Congress: The Nine Cent Solution

Richard Greener | Posted 06.15.2011

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Richard Greener

The only meaningful difference in Congress between modern times and long ago is that now we have only a single political party in America. Face it, we have a one-party system with two right wings.

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Obama Signs Budget Bill Into Law

AP | By JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 06.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama signed a six-month spending bill Friday that cuts more than $38 billion from the current budget. The legislation ...

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Elise Foley

Pelosi: 'I Feel No Responsibility' To Pass Budget Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 06.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in the House of Representatives, said on Thursday she feels no obligation to pass the bill to fund govern...

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Sam Stein

Budget Bill Vote Surrounded By Drama, Last-Minute Lobbying (UPDATE)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The White House and Congressional lawmakers awoke Thursday morning to the possibility that an 11th-hour deal struck to keep the governme...

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Sam Stein

Cantor Debuts Bill That Would Make GOP Budget Law Of Land Should Shutdown Become Imminent

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Republicans will introduce legislation, likely by the end of this week, that would make it so that if Congress is unable to come t...

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Governor Walker, Welcome to the Show

Howard Schweber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Howard Schweber

We're not Egyptians, it turns out -- we won't wait 30 years to make our objections known. That was a tough lesson for the Democrats in November, and just three months later it's turning out to be a tough lesson for Republicans as well.

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Paterson Approves Emergency Budget Bills, Averts Shutdown

nytimes.com | NICHOLAS CONFESSORE | Posted 05.25.2011

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After days of bitter public debate in which Gov. David A. Paterson and state lawmakers each sought to pre-emptively cast blame for a potential shutdow...

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"Join Us, Mr. President!!!"

Laurence Leamer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Laurence Leamer

The son of the founder of the Peace Corps leading our march was one of the most powerful acts of political symbolism I have ever seen.

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Earmarks -- What's All the Fuss About!

Carl Jeffers | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carl Jeffers

Earmarks will not be abandoned, as they are wanted, needed, and counted on.

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Obama's Cure For America? Only Time Will Tell

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Ostroy

What a political week it was. We watched as Obama addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time; defended his $787-billion stimulus plan; and presented his massive $3.6-trillion budget.

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