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“People use different media for different purposes.” First they go to television and news sites like The Post and the New York Times for information. “Then they go to the talk shows for their polarization.”

In a bipartisan vote of 335 to 91, Congress passed a measure that cuts $4 billion in federal spending, but it is good only until March 18.

"Agreement taken as a whole is I believe the best bipartisan agreement we can reach," ex-president says at news briefing with Obama beside him.

The plan, containing sweeping austerity and reform proposals, receives support from 11 of the 18 members on the bipartisan commission, but 14 votes were needed to require Congress to consider it.

The man who may soon tie President Barack Obama's legislative agenda into knots touts his own ability to cross party lines to get things done.

Republican Senator Bob Corker said Thursday he believes a "solid bipartisan bill" on financial regulatory reform will emerge from Congress despite the partisan rhetoric dominating the debate.

President Barack Obama, making a final push for healthcare reform, will back bipartisan plans to stamp out waste in government-run medical programs for the old and needy, the White House said on Tuesday.

After hundreds of hours of congressional debate, a summer of rowdy town hall meetings and a Massachusetts election that upended all political calculations, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders spent Thursday talking still more about reforming the U.S. health care system.

Senate Democrats scrapped a bipartisan jobs bill in favor of one they say is leaner and focused solely on putting Americans back to work, and they're all but daring Republicans to vote against it.

President Obama kicked off his latest bipartisan push on Tuesday morning as he met with Democratic and Republican congressional leaders to discuss jobs and the economy.