Topic - Democrats

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  Gingrich: Michigan is do-or-die for Romney

  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich hinted Sunday that if rival Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney loses the primary election in his home state of Michigan, he should drop out of the race.

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  Boehner must sell payroll-tax cut deal

  House Republican leaders spent Wednesday trying to finalize a payroll-tax cut deal with Democrats and also sell the agreement to reluctant members of their own party, hoping to avoid the embarrassment of losing a large chunk of their caucus in an eventual floor vote.

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  Giffords' aide seeks to replace his boss in special election

  PHOENIX - Ron Barber, a top aide to former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, who was shot in the leg and face in the Tucson rampage that also left the congresswoman severely wounded, said Thursday that he will seek to replace her in a special election.

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  Two senators say the campaign finance system is so broken that a constitutional amendment is needed to rein in runaway spending in elections.

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  Closed-door payroll-tax holiday deals now the norm

  Bitterly divided Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill aren't making much progress publicly on a legislative deal that would extend the national payroll-tax holiday, continue unemployment benefits to the long-term jobless and grant full payments to doctors who treat Medicare patients.

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  Kaptur, Kucinich face off in Ohio

  They have served a combined 46 years in the House of Representatives, ethnic Catholic liberals born four months apart representing districts along their state's northern border.

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  Obama pokes fun during Alfalfa dinner for capital elites

  President Obama told some jokes and poked a little fun at himself as he addressed the Alfalfa Club dinner, an exclusive annual black-tie get-together of some of the capital's movers and shakers.

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  LAMBRO: A speech about nothing

  There was very little that was really new in President Obama's agenda-setting State of the Union address to the nation Tuesday. Since when is it new for Mr. Obama to call for higher taxes on our economy?

• Democrats press for Koch testimony on Keystone XL

  Democrats demanded Wednesday that Koch Industries officials testify before Congress about whether they have any financial stake in the Keystone XL pipeline, as President Obama's allies sought to limit political damage from his decision this month to reject the project.

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  Withdrawing Huntsman takes parting shot at GOP field

  Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. dropped out of the Republican presidential race Monday and endorsed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, but not before firing one last shot at the rest of the field, accusing them of running a race "not worthy of the American people."

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  Obama's cash haul in 2011 tops $220M

  President Obama hauled in more than $68 million for his campaign and the Democratic Party during the final three months of 2011, a show of force that allows him to compete — for now at least — in the new reality of freewheeling outside political groups.

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  House balance may hinge on court rulings

  The 2012 congressional elections are more than 10 months away, but some key votes already have been cast — and not by the electorate.

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  House signs off on Senate plan for tax-cut extension

  In a very public retreat, House Republican leaders late Thursday agreed to a two-month extension of payroll-tax cuts, a move that will prevent Social Security taxes from rising on millions of workers Jan. 1.

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  House passes $1T budget bill, avoids shutdown

  The House has passed a $1 trillion-plus catchall budget bill paying for day-to-day operations of 10 Cabinet departments and averting a government shutdown, while Senate talks on renewing a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits reached a critical phase.

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  Boxer defends nuclear chief, assails critics

  The head of the Senate committee that oversees the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Thursday that allegations that the agency chairman was a bully were unfounded and unfairly maligned him.

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