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GOP boycotts health care advisory board

John Boehner

House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act.

 

Senate Democrats, GOP to stage votes on rival cuts

John Boehner

Across-the-board spending cuts all but certain, Republicans and Democrats in the Senate are staging a politically charged showdown designed to avoid public blame for any resulting inconvenience or disruption in government services.

 

Congressional Members Blast House for Ignoring Storm Aid Bill

Peter King

The Congressional members, including Republicans, noted their outrage that the Republican leadership did not present the $60.4 billion package already passed by the Senate for a House vote.

 

Senate fiscal cliff deal now waits on House

Congress

House members were meeting to decide whether they would go along with the Senate's approval of a last-minute deal to pull the U.S. back from the so-called fiscal cliff.

 

House won't vote before midnight on 'cliff' deal

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Agonizingly close to a New Year's Eve compromise, the White House and congressional Republicans agreed Monday to block across-the-board tax increases set for midnight, but held up a final deal as they haggled away the final hours of 2012

 

House and Senate sit on tax bills the other passed

Barack Obama

It may not sound like it from the rhetoric, but both the House and Senate have passed separate bills to delay big tax increases awaiting nearly every taxpayer next year if Congress and the White House can't agree on a plan to avert the "fiscal cliff."...

 

Pelosi decides to run again for House leader post

Nancy Pelosi

Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she will run to keep her job as the Democratic leader in the House after a pair of elections that kept the party in the minority there even as Democrats gained seats in the Senate and a second term for President Barack Obama.

 

Congress: Same hours, half the work

John Boehner

The current Congress has worked just as many days as its legislative predecessors. It just has a lot less to show for it.

 

Barney Frank: Obama Made 'Mistake' With Health Care Push

Barney Frank

Rep. Barney Frank , D-Mass., said he advised President Obama against taking up health care reform following a special election in 2010 that changed Democrats' fortunes in the Senate, saying that he should have instead turned his focus to financial reform.

 

House, Senate pass budget bill to avert shutdown

House, Senate pass budget bill to avert shutdown

This is what a smaller government will look like: There will be less money for local cops, but more money for FBI agents. Less to repair public-housing complexes. More to feed hungry children. There will be less to fix polluted rivers. But more to fix crowded prisons.

 

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