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Sep 30 2013
News
On verge of a government shutdown, all is quiet on Sunday at the Capitol
The U.S. government appeared on Sunday to be on the verge of shutting down for the first time in nearly two decades as House leaders were running out of time and options to keep it open.
House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) declined to say on “Fox News Sunday” whether Republicans would consider the only plan President Obama and other Democratic leaders insist they will accept:
Washington PostJun 12 2014
Opinion
Energized partisans are driving polarization – but so are apathetic centrists
Political scientists have long noted that the growing polarization in Congress is asymmetric - both parties have drifted away from the center in the last 30 years, but Republicans have moved much farther than Democrats, particularly in the House.
Ezra KleinSep 12 2014
News
Congressman says ‘sexting’ is a vital campaign tool
He must be taking lessons from Anthony Weiner! Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), the third-ranking House Democrat, got his tech lingo mixed up when he recommended “sexting” as a vital tool for organizing voters.
New York Post (News)Oct 24 2014
News
Hawks on the hunt: GOP pounces on Obama foreign policy flubs for poll edge
Republicans are putting President Obama’s foreign policy on the ballot this year, and with the GOP poised to make big gains, including possibly capturing control of the Senate, the White House will see more constraints on its policies toward Ukraine, Iran and the Islamic State terrorists.
Washington TimesDec 24 2019
News
AOC, campaigning for Bernie Sanders, says it would 'be an honor' to be VP
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., said it would "be an honor to be vice president” in a recent Spanish-language interview Sunday before headlining a Las Vegas campaign event for Sen. Bernie Sanders.
The 30-year-old freshman congresswoman quickly pointed out that she falls five years short of the constitutional age limit to be vice president. The vice president – and president –
Fox News DigitalNov 12 2013
News
Obama's critic-in-chief strikes again
President Bill Clinton — the man President Barack Obama once dubbed his “Secretary of Explaining Stuff” — once again has some explaining of his own to do with the Obama White House.
PoliticoJul 18 2013
News
Obama to tout health care rebates
President Obama will use a speech at the White House on Thursday to tout how a provision in his signature health care law is forcing health insurance providers to return money to consumers.
USA TODAYMar 12 2013
News
Senate takes its own path on CR
Caught between a diffident president and hostile House speaker, Senate Democrats took a page from Irish politics Monday night  and swung back at both.
PoliticoMar 12 2013
News
Rep. Paul Ryan's Budget Would Repeal Obamacare
House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., said his new budget includes a repeal of President Obama's health care law.
CBNNov 18 2019
News
Impeachment Public Hearings Week 2 — Who Is Testifying And What Happens Next
The House impeachment inquiry begins its second week of public hearings with the Intelligence Committee scheduled to hear testimony from eight more witnesses over three days.
Last week, Democrats launched the public phase of the inquiry with testimony from three career public servants: William Taylor, the acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine; George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of
NPR (Online News)