Senator DeMint Leaving Congress To Head Think Tank
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Thursday, December 06, 2012
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White House Dismisses Constitutional Challenge In Debt Ceiling Saga
December 6, 2012 White House spokesman Jay Carney put an end to intense speculation Thursday about whether President Obama would do an end run around Congress with one simple line: "This administration does not believe the 14th Amendment gives the president the power to ignore the debt ceiling — period."
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Boehner Faces Conservative Backlash Over 'Fiscal Cliff' Talks
December 6, 2012 As House Speaker John Boehner tries to work with President Obama to prevent automatic tax increases and spending cuts, he is taking heat from members of his own party. Some conservatives think he gave up too much, too soon in his opening offer.
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Sen. Jim DeMint Leaving Congress To Run Heritage Foundation
December 6, 2012 He's one of the most consistently conservative voices in Congress and a favorite of Tea Party activists across the nation. DeMint says he's "not leaving the fight." No organization, he says, is better equipped to push conservative principles than Heritage, a Washington-based think tank.
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Alan Simpson Goes 'Gangnam Style'
December 6, 2012 The 81-year-old former senator busts some moves (sort of) in a video that tells young people to press their elders for a solutions to the nation's debt and deficit problems.
Wednesday, December 05, 2012
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Celebrities And The Senate: Would Ashley Judd Stand A Chance?
December 5, 2012 Could an actress and political activist with no electoral experience give the Senate's top Republican a race in very red Kentucky? It would be a long shot, say political experts, even though Judd has deep roots in the state, calling herself an "at least 8th generation Eastern Kentuckian."
Superstorm Sandy: Before, During And Beyond
White House To Seek Emergency Sandy Funds
December 5, 2012 The Obama administration is expected to ask for $50 billion to $60 billion. Top administrators told Congress Wednesday that they want at least some of that money to go toward preventing the kind of devastation caused by Sandy and other recent storms.
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Obama And House GOP Engage In Fiscal Cliff Talks, Only Briefly With Each Other
December 5, 2012 The president and House Republicans continued to snipe at each other Wednesday over the impending set of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts known as the fiscal cliff. President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner later spoke briefly by phone for the first time in a week, according to reports.
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Looming Spending Cuts Would Hit Hard All Over
December 5, 2012 If Congress fails to reach an agreement on tax increases and spending cuts this year, it will mean sharp reductions in a broad swath of federal spending, from defense and Medicare to education and unemployment benefits. Economists say the cuts would be a serious setback for the economy as a whole.
