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Judge Refuses To Dismiss Charges Against John Edwards
A federal judge has refused to toss out campaign corruption charges against John Edwards
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Fourth District Candidates Set To Debate
Four Democrats are seeking the nomination to run against Rep. Mike Pompeo.
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House Speaker Says Payroll Tax Bill Won't Add Jobs
House Speaker John Boehner says he supports a compromise bill extending payroll tax cuts and benefits for the long-term unemployed, but he says it's not going to help the nation's economy.
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President Obama's Budget Cuts Bacteria Testing In Produce
The budget plan the president sent to Congress Monday would ax the Agriculture Department's $5 million Microbiological Data Program.
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House Leaders Praise Emerging Payroll Tax Cut Deal
The rare, bipartisan consensus reflected a desire by both parties to put the long-running drama over the issue to rest and a shared sense that their tentative agreement was probably the best deal they could get.
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Progress In Talks On Payroll Tax, Jobless Benefits
House lawmakers are returning to Capitol Hill to weigh a proposal by GOP leaders to extend the 2-percentage-point cut in the payroll tax through the end of the year and add the approximately $100 billion cost to the nation's $15 trillion-plus debt instead of scrounging around the budget for ways to pay for it.
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President Obama Budget Predicts $1.3 Trillion Deficit For 2012
The deficit would drop to $901 billion next year under the administration's tax and spending policies.
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White House To Promote More Positive Jobs Outlook
So the White House plans to issue a new forecast projecting the creation of 2 million jobs this year. That could bring the national unemployment rate down to about 8 percent.
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Congress Tries To Give President Line-Item Veto
The Republican-led House is trying Wednesday to give President Barack Obama the line-item veto, a constitutionally questionable power over the purse that has been sought by both Republican and Democratic presidents.
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Payroll Tax Extension Talks Yield Slow Progress
House and Senate negotiators are making halting progress on extending a two percentage point cut in payroll taxes.
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Washington Squares Off Over Fast And Furious Documents
Attorney General Eric Holder and a House chairman, Rep. Darrell Issa, have squared off over the Justice Department's flawed gun-smuggling probe.
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Payroll Tax Negotiations Off To Slow Start
Negotiators on Capitol Hill are in agreement on extending through the end of the year a payroll tax cut worth about $1,000 this year for a typical worker. But they remain far apart on how to pay for the extension, and for jobless benefits for millions, without swelling the national debt.
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Labor Department Changes Child Labor Plan
The Labor Department has agreed to modify a plan that's intended to keep children away from some of the most dangerous farm jobs.
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Romney Sees Surge In Polls In Florida
With polls showing him ahead in Florida on the eve of the state's primary, Mitt Romney is telling reporters, "You can sense that it's coming our way."
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Romney Credits Change In Tactics For Florida Surge
It's the last day of campaigning before the Florida primary, and Mitt Romney is continuing to spar with Newt Gingrich.
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Pro-Life Activist Plans Political Ad During Super Bowl
Randall Terry is also planning a presidential run.
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Gingrich Wins South Carolina Primary
The former House Speaker surged in popularity as the primary approached.
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GOP Raises $27 Million in 4th Quarter
The Republican National Committee says it raised $27 million in the last three months of 2011.
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Obama Seeks Power To Merge Agencies
President Barack Obama is asking Congress for the power to shrink the federal government and merge federal agencies in an effort to make government more efficient and consumer friendly.
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U.S. Gov't On Pace For Smaller Deficit In 2012
The federal deficit was lower in the first quarter of the budget year than the same period last year.
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Supreme Court Backs Foreign Campaign Contribution Ban
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal seeking to expand the ability of foreigners to contribute to American political campaigns.
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Giffords Marks Shooting Anniversary InTuscon
Six were killed and 13, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, were wounded.
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GOP Presidential Hopefuls Doubt Romney Strongest Candidate
The Republican hopefuls sparred on a nationally televised debate Saturday.
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US Adds 200,000 Jobs in December Hiring Surge
December 2011 was the sixth month in a row that the economy added at least 100,000 jobs.
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Obama Administration Defends Core of Health Care Overhaul
The Obama administration is defending the health care overhaul in a new filing with the Supreme Court that calls the law an appropriate response to a "crisis in the national health care market."
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IRS Estimate: 17 Percent of Taxes Owed Went Unpaid
The Internal Revenue Service is estimating that people and businesses underpaid their taxes by $450 billion in the most recent year studied.
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Obama Wants Change in Immigration Rule
The Obama administration has proposed to change a rule to reduce the time illegal immigrant spouses and children are separated from their American relatives while they try to gain legal status in the United States.
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US Navy Rescues Iranian Fishing Boat from Pirates
U.S. military officials say the Navy has rescued an Iranian fishing boat that had been commandeered by suspected Somali pirates for more than 40 days.
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Huntsman Objects to Ad Featuring His Adopted Children
Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman says Rep. Ron Paul's supporters are out of line with a web ad that uses images of Huntsman's adopted daughters to argue that he doesn't hold American values.
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Mitt Romney Declared Winner in Iowa
The former Massachusetts governor beat out Rick Santorum by just 8 votes.
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Majority of Hispanics Oppose US Deportation Policy
A new poll shows that 59 percent of Hispanics oppose President Barack Obama's increased deportations of illegal immigrants.
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Top US Envoy To Visit Asia After Kim Jong Il Death
The Obama administration is sending its top diplomat for Asia to China, South Korea and Japan next week to confer with officials there about developments in North Korea after the death of Kim Jong Il and U.S. rapprochement with Myanmar.
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US Tells Egypt to Halt Raids on NGOs
The Obama administration is demanding that Egyptian authorities immediately halt raids on non-governmental organizations in the country, calling the action "inconsistent" with longstanding U.S-Egypt cooperation.
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US Finalizes Deal to Sell F-15s to Saudi Arabia
The Obama administration has finalized the sale of $30 billion worth of F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, boosting the military strength of a key U.S. ally in the Middle East to help counter Iran.
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Advocates: More Gay-Friendly Senior Housing Needed
Elder advocates say a lack of gay-friendly affordable housing for seniors is leading many to hide their sexual orientation after years of being open about it.
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GOP Voters Focused on Nation, Not State, Economy
Throughout the campaign for Tuesday's Iowa caucuses, it hasn't seemed to matter much that the state economy is in stronger shape than the rest of the country.
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Romney, Perry Slap Paul On Iran
Mitt Romney and Rick Perry on Wednesday assailed Republican presidential rival Ron Paul for saying the U.S. has no business bombing Iran to keep it from acquiring a nuclear weapon
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Paul's Surge May Prompt New Look From GOP Voters
The closer the first votes of the 2012 presidential campaign get, the more competitive longtime congressman Ron Paul appears to become.
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Yemen's Leader Causes Headaches In Washington
The Obama administration is mulling an unprecedented diplomatic act -- whether to bar a friendly president from U.S. soil.
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Occupy Activists Meet In Iowa, Plan Caucus Events
Protesters are meeting in Iowa to determine which Republican presidential candidates they want to target, and how, as they seek to become a disruptive political force before next week's caucus.
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Labor Board Approves New Union Election Rules
The National Labor Relations Board has approved rules that could give labor unions a boost in organizing new members.
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Senate Approves Two-Month Payroll Tax Cut Extension
Last Updated: 9:07 AM 12/17/11 - The measure also contains a provision pressuring President Obama into approving construction of the Keystone Pipeline.
Congressional Negotiators Preparing Payroll Tax Cut Extension
Last Updated: 7:32 PM 12/15/11 - The agreement would also extend jobless benefits set to expire.
Senate Passes $662 Billion Defense Bill
The House passed its version of the measure Wednesday.
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Agreement On Massive Spending Bill May Be Near
The $1 trillion-plus deal may avert a government shutdown.
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Hutsman Says He Can Surprise Rivals
The Republican presidential hopeful is polling near the bottom of the GOP list.
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Santorum: Romney, Gingrich Too Much Like Obama
The Republican presidential candidate says his two rivals' stances on several issues are similar to President Barack Obama's.
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Hundreds Line Up For Tickets To Obama Speech
The president will speak at Osawatomie High School Tuesday.
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Cain Ends Presidential Run
The candidate says he wants to avoid news coverage that might be hurtful to his family.
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Officials: Debt Panel Failed To Reach Deal
But the panel has been divided from the beginning over taxes and cuts to popular government benefit programs like Medicare.
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