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No Debt Compromise in Sight
Exasperation is high on Capitol Hill, as the House and Senate barrel ahead with unrelated debt ceiling plans, neither of which resemble the “grand bargain” President Obama wanted. Today, John Boehner...
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House Passes Boehner Plan; Senate Rejects It
John Boehner finally got his debt ceiling plan through the House, and it survived all of two hours. The bill passed 218-210 today after the House speaker reworked it to appease Tea Party conservatives....
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GOP's New Crusade: Balanced Budget Amendment
Emboldened after the debt limit fight, Republicans are shifting energies to their quest for a balanced budget amendment—but such a measure faces major hurdles, the New York Times reports. John Boehner...
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Romney Wrangles With Town-Hall Questioner
In a town-hall kerfuffle caught on tape, Mitt Romney trades heated words with a questioner in discussing a balanced-budget amendment he supports, notes Mediaite . When the questioner suggests that...
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House Rejects Balanced Budget Amendment
The House has rejected a proposal to amend the Constitution to require a balanced budget, seen by many as the only way to force lawmakers to hold the fiscal line and reverse the flow of federal red...
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College Kids' Super PAC Aims to Raise... Beer Money
What happens when two college students form a super PAC? Easy: That super PAC sets out to raise money for … beer. Daniel Bassali and Winslow Marshall, both seniors at George Washington University,...
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Paul, Tea Party Slam 'Robin Hood'
Rand Paul called for more "Adam Smith" and less "Robin Hood" as he gave the Tea Party's response to President Obama's State of the Union. "Government is the problem," the Kentucky senator said, calling...
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Ryan's New Budget Axes ObamaCare, $5T in Spending
Paul Ryan is unveiling his latest budget proposal, and this time, he says, it'll balance in 10 years—half the time he claimed for his previous budget, NPR notes, because he's including new revenue from...
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Obama: Gay Marriage Bans 'Probably' Unconstitutional
It looks like President Obama's views on gay marriage are continuing to " evolve ." When he first expressed his support for gay marriage last May, Obama also said he thought it was a state issue (a...
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