Obama to meet with top Republicans Wednesday
Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama will meet with the top two House Republicans - Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor - at the White House at 5 p.m. Wednesday, according to a...
View ArticleNo Senate vote set for Thursday night on spending bill
(CNN) - A senior Senate Democratic leadership aide told CNN there will be no vote in the Senate Thursday night unless the House sends over a clean Continuing Resolution (which is not the House GOP...
View ArticleSen. Reid's wife diagnosed with cancer
Washington (CNN) - Landra Reid, the wife of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, has been diagnosed with stage II breast cancer, according to a Senate democratic leadership aide. The aide said Reid was...
View ArticleSen. Coburn treated for prostate cancer
(CNN) - Sen. Tom Coburn is recovering from a procedure to treat prostate cancer, according to his spokesman. "Dr. Coburn underwent a procedure this week to treat an early stage incidence of prostate...
View ArticleSenate Democrats offer veterans jobs bill, without millionaire's surtax
Washington (CNN) - Senate Democrats proposed Friday tax incentives for businesses hiring veterans as well as job training for all service members leaving the military. The measure was unveiled as the...
View ArticleGOP aides: Super-committee Republicans open to tax increases
(CNN) - A mere two weeks before the congressional budget super committee's November 23 deadline, GOP members of the deficit-reduction panel have signaled a willingness to accept tax increases as part...
View ArticleSuper Committee headed for failure?
Washington (CNN) - The congressional super committee, facing a fast-approaching deadline, appears headed toward failure unless negotiations shift dramatically in the final few days. As evidence of the...
View ArticleFIRST ON CNN: Obama, Dems drop millionaire surtax to pay for payroll tax cut
(CNN) - In what would be a major concession, President Obama and Senate Democrats will drop their insistence that a surtax on millionaires pay for extending the payroll tax cut, a Democratic source...
View ArticleBoehner: Deal on payroll tax cut extension
(CNN) - House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday announced an agreement with Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid to extend the payroll tax cut for two months. Boehner said the Republican leadership's...
View ArticleSenate Republicans propose alternative plan to current budget cuts
Washington (CNN) - Top Senate Republicans unveiled a proposal Thursday to replace looming across-the-board budget cuts, most notably to the Pentagon, with new restrictions on both the compensation to...
View ArticleHouse passes GOP version of Violence Against Women Act renewal
Washington (CNN) - The House of Representatives passed the Republican version of the Violence Against Women Act on Wednesday, despite strong opposition from Democrats. The GOP version, passed 225-205,...
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