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Obama, Boehner discussing $3-trillion debt package

President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner are continuing to work on a deal that would allow a debt-ceiling increase, even as both sides denied reports Thursday that an agreement was imminent. According to a Democratic congressional aide, discussions have centered on a version of the so-called grand bargain the two leaders have sought — minus a key element, ...Full Article

Florida Reps. Allen West, Debbie Wasserman Schultz clash

A long-standing feud between South Florida House members Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Allen West turned to insults Tuesday after an exchange of speeches on a debt-reduction bill. Wasserman Schultz ...Full Article

Working on a dream race: Chris Christie vs. Bruce Springsteen

Has New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie already seen his “Glory Days?” According to a new poll by Public Policy Polling, a Democratic-leaning firm, the man who has become a ...Full Article

Michele Bachmann: Migraines don’t keep me from ‘rigorous’ schedule

Campaigning in Iowa Wednesday, Rep. Michele Bachmann brushed off recent reports that she has severe migraines that have led her to seek hospital treatment. The Republican presidential candidate ...Full Article

White House may be open to short-term debt deal

The White House signaled Wednesday that President Obama could accept a short-term deal to raise the debt ceiling, but only if it appeared lawmakers were close to an agreement ...Full Article

Maxine Waters probe: House Ethics Committee hires outside counsel

—The House Ethics Committee on Wednesday announced the hiring of an outside counsel to review the case against Rep. Maxine Waters and misconduct allegations against the committee staffers involved ...Full Article

Stuck in Washington, Obama reaches voters on local news

President Obama may be stuck in Washington during the debt ceiling debate, but that doesn’t mean he’s not reaching out to voters in key battleground states. On Wednesday, the ...Full Article

Senators press officials on Afghan drug trafficking

After representatives of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the State Department and the Defense Department touted the success of U.S. counter-narcotics efforts in Afghanistan for more than an hour Wednesday, ...Full Article

The tweets fly at first-ever GOP Twitter debate

Six Republican presidential candidates participated in a tea-party sponsored debate on Twitter on Wednesday — and the results showed both the promise and the limits of the social medium. ...Full Article

Bachmann given good bill of health from Congress’ physician

Trying for a second day to brush aside questions about whether her migraine headaches would affect her ability to serve as president, Republican candidate Michele Bachmann released a letter ...Full Article

Opposition to a deal with Obama creates problems for GOP

As the debt ceiling debate enters its final stages, House Republicans face increasing political isolation in their opposition to sweeping budget reforms that President Obama has pushed for and ...Full Article

Opposition to a deal with Obama creates problems for GOP

House set for symbolic debt ceiling vote, eyeing ‘Plan B’

Even as the House of Representatives was set to vote on the Republican “Cut, Cap and Balance” plan to raise the debt ceiling, House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday ...Full Article

Bill Clinton would raise debt ceiling, bypass Congress

Bill Clinton says if he were president, he would not hesitate to raise the debt-ceiling himself under authority he argues is granted by the U.S. Constitution. The two-term Democrat, ...Full Article

In emerging Senate plan, Obama sees new hope for major debt deal

The prospects for a significant debt-ceiling compromise were revived Tuesday, as President Obama signaled possible support for a plan being offered by the so-called Gang of Six senators that ...Full Article

Janice Hahn takes seat in Congress

Janice Hahn was officially sworn in as California’s newest member of Congress on Tuesday, one week after her special election victory in the state’s 36th U.S. House district. The ...Full Article

Obama endorses Feinstein bill to repeal Defense of Marriage Act

President Obama endorsed a bill Tuesday that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, a 15-year-old law denying federal benefits for same-sex couples. “The president has long called for ...Full Article

Michele Bachmann says ‘easily controlled’ migraines don’t slow her

Michele Bachmann says her migraine headaches are “easily controlled” with medication, that the episodes have not slowed her on the campaign trail and that they would not affect her ...Full Article

Martin Sheen, former TV president, lobbies Congress on drug courts

Actor Martin Sheen, who portrayed a president on television and is the father of admitted drug user Charlie Sheen, testified before a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday to ask Congress ...Full Article

Pawlenty slams Bachmann on experience: ‘She doesn’t have it’

Adding some fire to his rivalry with his home-state colleague, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said Tuesday that Michele Bachmann did not have the requisite executive experience to be ...Full Article

Obama backs repeal of Defense of Marriage Act

President Obama has endorsed a new bill by Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California to repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act, another step in what the president has ...Full Article

House approves GOP debt reduction bill

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a Republican-backed plan to extend the nation’s borrowing capacity in return for a cap on future government spending and a balanced budget ...Full Article

GOP to lay marker down on debt-ceiling as public sounds disapproval

With the deadline swiftly approaching for a deal to resolve the debt-ceiling crisis, the volume on Capitol Hill is about to be cranked up to “11.” House Republicans are ...Full Article

Rick Perry says he’s nearing decision on presidential race

Rick Perry’s flirtation with a presidential run may be nearing an end. The Texas governor told the Des Moines Register — the largest newspaper in the leadoff nominating state ...Full Article

Pawlenty’s bid may face defining moment in coming weeks

With less than a month to go before the Iowa straw poll, it has become make-or-break time for Tim Pawlenty. And he is quickening his pace accordingly. Pawlenty, the ...Full Article

GOP accuses Obama of illegal fundraising video

The Republican National Committee is charging President Obama with “an apparent crime” in connection with a contest conducted by his campaign, a sensational claim that the White House argues ...Full Article

Justice Department trying to shield officials in guns scandal, ATF chief says

The Justice Department is trying to protect its political appointees from the Fast and Furious scandal by concealing an internal “smoking gun” report and other documents that acknowledge the ...Full Article

Harry Potter and the Order of the Palin

Sarah Palin’s documentary was defeated this weekend — by a kid wizard in glasses. In fairness to Palin and the hagiographical film titled “The Undefeated,” it was an uphill ...Full Article

Outmanned Democrats score upset on the baseball diamond

House Democrats, a somewhat luckless bunch that rarely gets to relish the taste of victory these days, finally got to do some relishing Friday morning. Also Obama ...Full Article

Obama’s base sends a warning about Medicare, Social Security cuts

A group of liberal voters who said they volunteered and donated to President Obama’s 2008 campaign are threatening to pull their support if he signs off on cuts to ...Full Article

Obama campaign discloses bundlers who helped fuel massive haul

In raising a staggering $86 million in the last three months, President Obama’s reelection campaign got a substantial boost from a network of well-connected friends. The campaign revealed at ...Full Article

Michele Bachmann leaves church accused of anti-Catholic bias

Taking a page from President Obama’s political playbook, Michele Bachmann has formally left a church in Minnesota accused of holding anti-Catholic views. According to CNN, the church that Michele ...Full Article

Inside the Pawlenty haul: 3 states boost GOP hopeful’s coffers

Tim Pawlenty’s presidential campaign raised $4.3 million and spent nearly $2.5 million in the second quarter of the year, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election ...Full Article

Obama wins with large and small donors alike

President Obama’s ability to collect campaign money both through small contributions and hefty donations was underscored Friday by the details in his reelection campaign’s first report to the Federal ...Full Article

Newt Gingrich’s fundraising: As bad as advertised

Newt Gingrich raised about $2.1 million for his presidential campaign this quarter and spent nearly $1.8 million, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. He ended the ...Full Article

Amid Fast and Furious probe, Democrats push new gun control bill

The debate surrounding gun control laws has reignited following the Fast and Furious investigation, and the latest volley was launched Friday. Two House Democrats introduced a bill that would ...Full Article

Michele Bachmann leans on small donors

Rep. Michele Bachmann’s $4.2 million take for the year’s second fundraising quarter was buttressed by her strength with small-dollar donors. Bachmann raised nearly 75 percent of her money through ...Full Article

Large donors help fuel Mitt Romney’s fundraising

Mitt Romney headed into the third financial quarter of the year with $12.7 million cash on hand after raising $18.3 million in the past three months. Romney relied heavily ...Full Article

U.S. formally recognizes Libyan rebels in bid to press Kadafi

The Obama administration on Friday formally recognized Libya’s leading rebel group as the country’s legitimate government, a move designed to increase pressure on Libyan leader Muammar Kadafi, while freeing ...Full Article

Rick Santorum raises just $582,000 for presidential campaign

The long-shot nature of Rick Santorum’s presidential bid was underscored Friday when the former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania revealed his fund-raising haul from the last quarter: a paltry $582,000. ...Full Article

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