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GOP Senator Says Few Americans 'Really Need Help'

2012-04-19T12:03:00Z

WASHINGTON -- One of the Senate GOP's leading budget mavens unveiled Wednesday the party's plan for cutting aid to the poor by $440 billion, saying th...

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Mitt Romney Gets Key Endorsements Long After It Matters, So, Thanks For Nothing, Guys!

2012-04-11T19:29:04Z

From early on in the campaign, one of the key advantages that Mitt Romney claimed in his march to the nomination was the portfolio of endorsements he ...

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Senate Pushes Bills To Boost Small Business Growth

2012-02-28T15:48:00Z

By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate majority leader Harry Reid announced plans on Tuesday to push forward legislation to s...

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Bob Greenstein: Senator Toomey's Tax Plan Can't Do Everything That He Says It Does

2012-02-17T11:50:37Z

The only way that Senator Toomey's plan could avoid raising taxes on people with incomes below $200,000 would be if he designed it in such a way that it lost significant revenue overall and, thus, added significantly to the deficit.

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WATCH: Soledad O'Brien's Testy Clash With Senator

2012-02-14T15:45:13Z

"Early Start" host Soledad O'Brien clashed with Sen. Pat Toomey during the CNN morning show on Tuesday.

Toomey, who serves on the Joint Economic an...

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Barney Frank: Majority Of Democrats Will Support Amending Defense Cut Trigger

2011-12-04T11:22:43Z

WASHINGTON -- Retiring Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) spilled a few beans on Sunday morning when he said a majority of Democrats would sign off on...

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Peter D. Rosenstein: Defeat the McCaskill /Toomey Bill Banning Earmarks

2011-12-02T15:23:43Z

Senators Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and Patrick Toomey (R-PA) announced they will introduce a bill that would ban earmarks by law. This is just another example of congresspersons doing something for publicity's sake and not to promote good government.

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Jay Carney On Triggered Cuts To Defense Spending: 'There Is No Wiggle Room'

2011-11-28T14:05:27Z

WASHINGTON -- White House Press Secretary Jay Carney categorically dismissed on Monday the idea that the president would change the construction of th...

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Retiring GOP Senator Comes Out Against Extending Payroll Tax Cut

2011-11-27T11:25:04Z

Though he no longer has to worry about his re-election, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) isn't moderating his views. The Arizona Republican, who is retiring fro...

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GOP Senator: Obama Veto Threat Has Escape Clause

2011-11-27T10:57:08Z

One of the Republican members of the congressional super committee attempted on Sunday to create some wiggle room with regard to President Obama's opp...

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Bob Greenstein: Orszag Is Right: Locking in Bush Tax Cuts Not Worth a $1.2 Trillion Super Committee Deal

2011-11-22T12:17:53Z

A super committee agreement that locked in unaffordably low tax rates and made it more difficult to raise additional revenues in the future would set back the cause of deficit reduction.

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Republicans Reveal Tax Plan

2011-11-17T07:46:45Z

WASHINGTON — Millions of taxpayers who take advantage of deductions for mortgage interest, charitable donations and state and local taxes would ...

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Spencer Green: Super Committee Members Agree to Freeze Time Before November 23 Deadline

2011-11-14T10:08:11Z

With less than two weeks to go before its November 23 deadline for $1.2 trillion in deficit cuts, the twelve members of the bipartisan "Super Committee" have agreed to freeze time on November 22, so November 23 never happens.

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Jobless Turn Out On Capitol Hill To Press Senators

2011-10-11T19:37:00Z

WASHINGTON -- A throng of the out-of-work and underemployed gathered in the atrium of a Senate office building Tuesday afternoon to urge lawmakers to ...

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Super Committee Holds More Closed-Door Meetings

2011-10-05T14:30:40Z

WASHINGTON -- The six Democratic members of a 12-member super committee with extraordinary powers to shape spending over the next decade held another ...

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Tea Party Express Puts Focus On Primaries

2011-09-22T10:26:20Z

As evidenced by its co-sponsorship of last week’s GOP presidential debate in Florida, the Tea Party Express is emerging as a major voice in today’...

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Pittsburgh Labor Day Parade To Be 'March For Jobs'

2011-09-02T11:46:00Z

WASHINGTON -- Unions in Pittsburgh are bringing a special focus on jobs and the unemployed to their Labor Day parade this year, dubbing the event a "M...

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Super Committee Members Still Raising Money For Themselves

2011-08-30T14:52:00Z

WASHINGTON -- The super committee created by the debt limit deal to plot $1.5 trillion in deficit cuts is set to begin hearings in the next two weeks....

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Spencer Green: Debt "Super Committee" Members Deadlocked on Exactly How They Will F**k Things Up

2011-08-15T16:39:54Z

"I'm sure the Super Committee will arrive at some explanation for utter failure that is ludicrous enough to be acceptable to all Americans."

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Former Lobbyists Could Staff 'Super Congress'

2011-08-11T16:28:00Z

WASHINGTON -- With congressional leaders having finalized their selection of the 12-member, bicameral panel designed to pinpoint $1.5 trillion in defi...

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McConnell, Boehner Make 'Super Congress' Appointments

2011-08-10T11:58:00Z

WASHINGTON -- Republican leaders of the House and Senate announced their picks Wednesday for the "super Congress" deficit committee slated with findin...

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White House: No Alternative To Raising Debt Ceiling

2011-05-18T16:12:00Z

WASHINGTON -- The White House said on Wednesday that there is no “Plan B” if Congress does not vote to increase the debt limit by August.

The ...

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GOP Senators Threaten To Derail All Bills That Don't Cut Debt

2011-03-10T16:23:19Z

WASHINGTON -- A group of Republican senators led by David Vitter of Louisiana sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) Thursday tha...

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Paul Abrams: Republicans' Next Attack on the Middle Class: Pay Wall Street First if Debt Ceiling Not Raised

2011-03-03T20:50:41Z

What would be the value of holding U.S. government obligations with Toomey playing Russian roulette with the economy? His proposal is not only mean-spirited, it is also unworkable.

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Michael Shaw: Reading the Pictures: The Senate Tea Party Caucus (Such as It Is)

2011-02-03T20:23:59Z

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