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By Susan Crabtree | Published November 21, 2011 Comments
The deficit super committee may have come up empty-handed. but President Obama and a bipartisan audience appeared in good spirits for "an evening of down-home country music," as Mr. Obama put it, Monday night in the White House's East Room.
by Susan Crabtree | Published November 21, 2011 Comments
President Obama spoke with newly installed Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti Monday morning, congratulating him on his appointment and thanking him for taking on the job at such a critical time.
by Sean Lengell | Published November 18, 2011 Comments
The Republican co-chairman of the congressional debt-reduction committee said Friday morning the panel hasn't reached an deal but is prepared to work through the weekend.
by Stephen Dinan | Published November 18, 2011 Comments
President Obama on Friday turned to mechanics to get him out of a jam, using an autopen to sign an emergency spending bill Congress sent him late Thursday.
by Stephen Dinan | Published November 17, 2011 Comments
With the congressional supercommittee tackling the federal debt crisis apparently gridlocked, Senate Chaplain Barry C. Black on Thursday tapped a higher power.
by Paige Winfield Cunningham | Published November 16, 2011 Comments
It's doubtful whether anyone opposes President Obama's health care law more than Ron Paul, but the Texas congressman said Wednesday that the sweeping legislation is not socialized medicine — contrary to claims made by his fellow presidential contenders Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain.
by Paige Winfield Cunningham | Published November 16, 2011 Comments
Health care is topped only by jobs as the issue voters care about the most, according to a new survey released Wednesday by PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Industries.
by Stephen Dinan | Published November 16, 2011 Comments
If the Supreme Court is going to rule on Congress's new health care law, one top lawmaker wants to make sure everyone can tune in and watch the arguments.
by Valerie Richardson | Published November 16, 2011 Comments
The biggest loser under Colorado's newly drawn congressional map appears to be Republican Rep. Mike Coffman.
by Sean Lengell | Published November 14, 2011 Comments
A bipartisan pair of supercommittee members huddled behind closed doors Monday night at the Capitol, as the debt-reduction panel faces a critical deadline in nine days.
by Susan Crabtree | Published November 14, 2011 Comments
At a campaign fundraising brunch at Hawaii's plush Ko Olina Aulani Disney Resort, President Obama touted his signature health care overhaul as an example of the type of change he has brought to Washington and cited his late grandmother's story to back up his argument.
by Sean Lengell | Published November 14, 2011 Comments
While many Capitol Hill lawmakers insist they're confident the congressional debt reduction "supercommittee" will reach a deal by its Nov. 223 deadline, a new poll finds that the public isn't so sure.
by Sean Lengell | Published November 14, 2011 Comments
Supercommittee member Rep. James E. Clyburn has denied the bipartisan group is at a standoff and said he is hopeful a deal can be reached before next week's deadline.
by Stephen Dinan | Published November 14, 2011 Comments
Millionaires are Democrats' favorite targets this season, but one Republican has also put them in his sights: Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn, who has released a report concluding that millionaires get more than $30 billion in subsidies and tax credits from the government each year.
by Dave Boyer | Published November 13, 2011 Comments
President Obama was overheard joking with world leaders in his home state of Hawaii Sunday that dressing them up in traditional Hawaiian garb for a group photograph would have been "embarrassing."
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