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They were 87 Republican freshmen ready to take Congress by storm, slashing deficits, reducing the size of government and dialing back onerous government regulations. But nearly a year after being sworn into office, the freshman class of the 112th
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Philip Scott Andrews/The New York Times John Boehner, the House speaker, center, after the vote on the omnibus spending bill...Manhattan Project initiative to develop nuclear weapons and was part of the Energy Department before it was privatized in
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As Steve Milloy worried about earlier this week in his Washington Times op-ed , House Republicans have squandered an entire year. Politico reports, Despite an almost single-minded focus on the EPA by House Republicans this year, the omnibus spending
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Watch stocks you care about The single, easiest way to keep track of all the stocks that matter.....Motley Fool service... "We are confident and optimistic we'll be able to resolve bills on a bipartisan basis," adds McConnell, a Kentucky Republican.
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Close House Republicans have backed themselves into a corner: How do they keep the government open and pass year-end spending bills without wrapping them all into a monstrous omnibus bill just the kind that conservatives despise and Speaker John
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Eric Cantor all but conceded that Congress won't finish its appropriations work on time this year. AP Close House Majority Leader Eric Cantor warned his GOP colleagues Tuesday that they can't cut government operations if they don't first approve
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The GOP-controlled House on Thursday passed a $42.3 billion budget for the government's homeland security efforts after a debate that demonstrated resistance for some of the spending cuts required under austere budget times. The
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The fiscal year is 162 days old, and the federal government is still operating without a budget...Instead, lawmakers have passed five short-term spending bills. With their next deadline, March 18 bearing down, the two parties remain miles apart on
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Dick Durbin says that spending bills with earmarks will not be able to pass the Senate this year. Reuters Close Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Thursday that the Senate could be forced to give up earmarks if Republicans stand by their
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Twenty-five senators, most Republicans, who recently voted to ban homestate projects are claiming hundreds of earmarks in an almost $1.3 trillion bill to fund most federal programs and agencies until next year. Republicans are
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