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One date is not enough: Obama to dine again with GOP senators
WASHINGTON – President Obama is taking Senate Republicans on another date night. Following his successful dinner earlier this month with a dozen GOP senators, during which they discussed budgets, the president has dialed up his ideological...Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, Republican Party, POLITICO LLC, Parties and Movements
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Filibuster reform, sort of
Senate leaders reached a compromise this week on limiting the filibuster, an obstructive procedural tactic that has become almost as routine on Capitol Hill as photo opportunities and news conferences. The Times' editorial board has long argued that the...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Republican Party, Politics, Harry Reid
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House approves short-term suspension of debt ceiling
WASHINGTON – House Republicans approved a temporary suspension of the $16.4-trillion ceiling on the nation’s debt Wednesday, allowing the federal government to continue borrowing through spring while Washington shifts to more ambitious...Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Patty Murray
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Obama unveiling gun violence measures (WSBT airing)
JULIE PACE,Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's broad effort to reduce gun violence will include proposed bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines as well as more than a dozen executive orders aimed at circumventing...Tags: Health, U.S. Congress, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Carolyn McCarthy
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Rubio tapped to deliver State of the Union response
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Further confirming his status as a rising Republican star, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio was tapped on Wednesday to deliver his party’s response to President Barack Obama’s State of the... -
Sunday morning: Sen. Ted Cruz on ‘Fox News Sunday’; Sen. Angus King on ‘Meet the Press’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will be the most popular guest Sunday morning. The Kentucky Republican will visit NBC's “Meet the Press,” CBS' “Face the Nation” and ABC's “This Week.” But the Sunday morning... -
Why annihilate the GOP?
Still reeling from the Republican defeat in the 2012 presidential election, House Speaker John Boehner warned in a Ripon Society speech the other day that the re-elected Obama administration is now out to kill off their party. The embattled speaker...Tags: Mitt Romney, Interior Policy, U.S. Congress, Republican Party, Politics
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Group therapy for conservatives
WASHINGTON -- If this week's Conservative Political Action Conference were a papal conclave, black smoke would be billowing from the chimney at the Gaylord Convention Center. The cardinals of the conservative movement, assembling for their annual...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Papal Conclave (2013), Rand Paul, Politics, Republican Party
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Senate debate over drones divides Republican Party
WASHINGTON -- A sudden debate over the potential use of unmanned drones against terrorist suspects in the United States touched off a power struggle within the Republican Party on Thursday, even as the Senate confirmed President Obama’s CIA...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Rand Paul, U.S. Congress, Politics, Tea Party Movement
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McManus: Sadder but wiser pols
President Obama took a posse of Republican senators to dinner last week, and this week he's giving Congress the unusual courtesy of no fewer than four presidential visits to Capitol Hill. Can a flurry of presidential schmoozing change Washington from...
Tags: Interior Policy, U.S. Congress, Politics, Republican Party, Parties and Movements
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Democrats face challenging Senate landscape
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a surprising string of victories last fall, Democrats now face a challenging terrain as they look to hold onto their Senate majority in 2014 and prevent Republicans from gaining full control of Congress during President...Tags: Mitt Romney, Mary L. Landrieu, U.S. Congress, Mark Begich, Politics
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At new phase in budget fight, Obama reaches out to GOP lawmakers
WASHINGTON -- President Obama appears to be trying to thaw chilly relations with lawmakers as he pushed through the latest budget battle while moving on to other parts of his second-term agenda. Obama will head to Capitol Hill next week to visit...
Tags: Interior Policy, U.S. Congress, Republican Party, Politics, Parties and Movements
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