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States awaiting federal cash to plug budget gap
By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times
State lawmakers from across the country breathed a collective sigh of relief on Thursday after the Democrat-controlled Senate voted to send them billions of emergency Medicaid dollars from last year’s stimulus bill — ending what had been a months-long, filibuster-fueled challenge to the deficit-spending. Published August 5, 2010 Comments
Angle calls campaign ‘war of ideology, thoughts, faith’
By Michael R. Blood - Associated Press
Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle sees her campaign as a battle to stop Washington’s Democrats who want to expand entitlement programs and “make government our God.” Published August 5, 2010 Comments
Obama takes risk, stumps for Giannoulias in Ill.
By Darlene Superville - Associated Press
President Obama took a high-profile plunge into the race for his former Senate seat, on behalf of a candidate who could embarrass Democrats - and the president himself - if he loses. Published August 5, 2010 Comments
House panel lodges 13 ethics charges against Rangel
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Kicking off what promises to be a politically perilous process, the House ethics committee on Thursday officially lodged 13 different charges against Rep. Charles B. Rangel, including that he used his office to raise more than $8 million for a college public policy center named after him. Published July 29, 2010 Comments
Passport officials ask for tools to fight fraud
By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times
The Obama administration is asking Congress for new powers to fight identity fraud after undercover government investigators obtained U.S. passports using forged documents for the second time in less than two years. Published July 29, 2010 Comments
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GRISWOLD: Demise of Kodak, Sears and Borders illustrates 'creative destruction'
By Daniel Griswold - Special to The Washington Times
What do these brand-name American companies have in common: Eastman Kodak, Penn Camera, Borders bookstores, Blockbuster Video, Sears and Kmart? Published January 10, 2012 Comments
Boehner takes reins in House
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
The 112th Congress gaveled open Wednesday with Republicans taking control of the House and immediately rewriting the chamber's rules, making it easier to cut spending and taxes, harder to add new spending, and more open to voters who want to keep tabs on what lawmakers are doing. Published January 5, 2011 Comments
Back in Washington, Obama hits Republicans on small business bill
By Stephen Dinan and Kara Rowland - The Washington Times
Fresh off a vacation in Martha's Vineyard, President Obama jumped right back into the political fray Monday, saying he wants to act on boosting the economy but blaming Senate Republicans for holding a key small-business lending bill "hostage." Published August 30, 2010 Comments
CBO: U.S. faces slow recovery, near-record deficit
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
With the sluggish economy holding down revenues and the federal government still spending lavishly, the national deficit will hit $1.3 trillion this year — second only to last year's record, Congress's chief scorekeeper said Thursday. Published August 19, 2010 Comments
Feds drop six-year DeLay probe
By Joseph Weber - The Washington Times
The Justice Department has ended its six-year investigation into former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and announced it will file no charges. Published August 16, 2010 Comments
Senate hustles through $600M border bill
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Congress on Thursday passed and sent President Obama a $600 million bill to pay for more law enforcement on the U.S.-Mexico border, and Senate Democrats said they've now proved they are "serious" about security and can turn their attention to restarting talks on legalizing illegal immigrants. Published August 12, 2010 Comments
Upstarts bench GOP's all-star team
By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Less than a year ago, top party officials boasted of experienced candidates poised to breeze through their Senate primary elections and put the hurt on vulnerable Dems. After Tuesday's primary votes, not one member of the dream team will be the Republican nominee in November. Published August 11, 2010 Comments
Former Ill. Rep. Dan Rostenkowski dies at 82
By Don Babwin - Associated Press
Former Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, the Illinois Democrat who became the leading architect of congressional tax policy in the Reagan era but later went to federal prison for corruption, died Wednesday, a family friend said. He was 82. Published August 11, 2010 Comments
House approves more agents, drones on border
By Charles Babington - Associated Press
The House, in a rare moment of bipartisanship on Tuesday, approved $600 million to pay for more unmanned surveillance drones and about 1,500 more agents along the troubled Mexican border. Published August 10, 2010 Comments
Obama urges House to pass bill to help teachers
By Staff - Associated Press
President Obama on Tuesday urged lawmakers to pass a bill that he said will save hundreds of thousands of teachers and other public workers from unemployment. Published August 10, 2010 Comments
Rangel: 'Don't leave me swinging in the wind'
By Larry Margasak - Associated Press
A combative Rep. Charles B. Rangel, New York Democrat, told the House on Tuesday he's not resigning despite 13 charges of wrongdoing, and he demanded the ethics committee not leave him "swinging in the wind." Published August 10, 2010 Comments
Ethics panel outlines charges against Waters
By Jim Abrams - Associated Press
The House ethics committee on Monday announced three counts of alleged ethics violations against Rep. Maxine Waters, California Democrat, including a charge that she requested federal help for a bank where her husband owned stock and had served on its board. Published August 9, 2010 Comments
Steele announces RNC's 'Fire Pelosi' bus tour
By Liz Sidoti - Associated Press
The head of the Republican Party on Friday urged members to step up their efforts for the fall elections amid cautious confidence about the GOP winning several governorships and perhaps seizing control of Congress from President Obama's party. Published August 6, 2010 Comments
GOP site slams Dems with no town halls planned
By Joseph Weber - The Washington Times
Republicans accusing vulnerable House Democrats of avoiding town hall-style meetings during the summer recess have created a new website calling them out on it. Published August 5, 2010 Comments
Senate approves jobs bill to stop teacher layoffs
By Andrew Taylor - Associated Press
Legislation long sought by Democrats to save the jobs of 300,000 teachers, police and other public workers passed the Senate on Thursday. Published August 5, 2010 Comments
Senate passes last-minute border security boost
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
The Senate on Thursday voted to hire 1,000 more U.S. Border Patrol agents as part of a $600 million border security bill, acting swiftly in the hours before they left to face constituents during their five-week summer vacation. Published August 5, 2010 Comments
Senate confirms Kagan to Supreme Court
By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times
The Senate voted 63-37 to approve the nomination of Kagan, who becomes the youngest of the court's nine justices and only the fourth woman in its history. Published August 5, 2010 Comments
Senate advances new government job stimulus
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
The Senate on Wednesday tossed a taxpayer-funded lifeline to financially strapped states, advancing a bill that would extend parts of last year's stimulus bill to cover more health care costs and fund more state and local government jobs. Published August 4, 2010 Comments
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Naming of Navy ships returns to tradition
By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, under fire from Congress and veterans for naming ships after fellow ...
Berman turns his eye to battling big labor
By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times
Rick Berman has a black baseball cap with the words “Dr. Evil” in his K ...
Tentative deal made on payroll-tax cut extension
By Sean Lengell and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
Congressional leaders told their lawmakers Tuesday night they’ve reached a tentative deal to extend the ...
