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House Democrats cleared a crucial hurdle Wednesday in their drive to expand the government's power over Wall Street even as black lawmakers warned that they would use their votes as leverage to secure more economic aid to African-American communities.
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In the battle for Congress, 41 is the crucial number. That's the number of seats the Republicans need to win back from the Democrats in next year's midterm elections to take control of the House of Representatives. Next November, all 435 seats in the...
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But the governor said lawmakers have made “significant progress” on the issues of the tax rate for table games and the licensing fees. House Democrats and Senate Republicans — the controlling parties — had been divided on those issues but have moved closer.
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The White House is lukewarm about proposals by congressional Democrats to introduce broad legislation to create jobs, instead favoring targeted measures that would be less likely to inflate the deficit, administration officials said. There is as yet no...
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Hispanic lawmakers say an old adversary, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, has his fingerprints all over a push to prohibit illegal immigrants from buying health insurance plans in a new market for people who don’t get insurance through their employers....
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November and December tend to be a typically slow time for Congress as it wraps up business before a new session begins...The Senate is expected to soon return to health care reform, the legislative lightning rod of 2009...But will Americans be paying...
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Although a procedural vote that would start the Senate's consideration could come as soon as Friday, Reid has promised not to unveil the bill until receiving the CBO's report. But the delay in CBO scoring has begun to complicate Reid's task of rounding...
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Alaska political junkies, meet Neal Foster of Nome: pilot, Stanford grad, marathoner. Here is the part you'll care about most — as the region's newest legislator he plans to team up with Democrats rather than Republicans. House Democrats confirmed Foster...
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When it comes to paying for health overhaul, Americans see just one way to go: Tax the rich. That finding from a new Associated Press poll will be welcome news for House Democrats, who proposed doing just that in their sweeping remake of the U.S. medical...
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Two of the four Middle Tennessee House Democrats who are part of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition will oppose a health-care reform bill the House might bring to a vote today. Rep. John Tanner of Union City said Friday the House bill wouldn't...
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