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Catchall spending bill advances in Senate
A bipartisan full-year funding bill took a big step forward in the Senate on Monday, despite opposition from Republicans who were denied chances to ...
Democrat: House budget 'Romney plan on steroids'
The top Democrat on the House Budget Committee says the Republicans' proposed budget is "the Romney plan on steroids." Rep. Chris Van Hollen of ...
Game on: Early GOP auditions for 2016 election
The auditions have begun. Just two months into President Barack Obama's second term, Republican leaders are lining up to diagnose the GOP's ills while ...
Obama: US should fund research for cleaner cars
President Barack Obama says the U.S. must shift cars and trucks off oil for good so the public can avoid spikes in gasoline prices. In his weekly ...
Romney: Sorry he's not president, will help GOP
Republican Mitt Romney told conservative activists Friday that he's sorry he's not their president but promised to work alongside them to help ...
Obama meets with House Dems, Senate GOP
President Barack Obama is on Capitol Hill for a third straight day of meetings with lawmakers from both parties to discuss pressing fiscal issues, gun ...
First lady: Priority is ensuring 'family is whole'
Michelle Obama is pushing back against the notion that she and President Barack Obama don't socialize enough in Washington. The first lady says in an ...
Senate Democrats unveil budget blueprint
Senate Democrats unveiled a largely stand-pat budget Wednesday that calls for $1 trillion in new tax revenues over the coming decade but actually ...
AP Analysis: Rival budgets seeking political goals
First House Republicans, now Senate Democrats, are staking out positions at opposite ends of the ideological spectrum with rival federal budgets, an ...
Ryan's budget: GOP takes aim at Dem spending plans
House Republicans redoubled their efforts to roll back signature accomplishments of President Barack Obama on Tuesday, offering a slashing budget plan ...
Obama: House GOP budget would cut deeply
President Barack Obama is criticizing a proposed House Republican budget, saying it would turn Medicare into a voucher-like program, cut deeply into ...
Gov't finances are improving over the short term
The annual federal budget deficit is sinking out of $1 trillion-plus nosebleed territory where it has hovered for the past four years.
Senate Democrats unveil government funding bill
Top Senate Democrats and Republicans Monday night released a catchall government funding bill that denies President Barack Obama new money for ...
Lawmakers: Obama wooing might break budget logjam
Republican lawmakers said Sunday they welcome President Barack Obama's courtship and suggested the fresh engagement between the White House and ...
Obama dines with Hillary, Bill Clinton
The White House says President Barack Obama held a private dinner recently with former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary ...
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC's "This Week" — Former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla. ___ NBC's "Meet the Press" — NBC: Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va.
GOP splits over immigration and terrorism play out
Republican Party divisions over immigration, anti-terrorism and other issues are bubbling to the surface just as President Barack Obama shows a new ...
Obama presses on with GOP charm offensive
Punctuated with the sounds of ringing phones and clinking china, President Barack Obama's new legislative diplomacy has Republicans wondering what ...
Boehner says Obama outreach is hopeful sign
House Speaker John Boehner says that President Barack Obama's recent outreach to congressional Republicans is a "hopeful sign" that progress could be ...
Obama invites budget writers to White House lunch
President Barack Obama has invited the top House budget writers for lunch at the White House. The White House announced Thursday Obama was having ...
House votes to prevent March 27 federal shutdown
Republicans pushed legislation through the House on Wednesday to prevent a government shutdown this month while easing the short-term impact of $85 ...
Eating out: Obama's new overtures to GOP lawmakers
Shifting course in the face of political gridlock, President Barack Obama is making rare overtures to rank-and-file Republicans, inviting GOP senators ...
Ryan: New GOP budget resembles last year's plan
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said Wednesday that the balanced-budget blueprint he's releasing next week will look a lot like the plan ...
Romney to address conservative conference in March
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will make his first public speech since the 2012 election at a noteworthy gathering of conservatives ...
Obama presses GOP to halt automatic spending cuts
Staking out his ground ahead of a fiscal deadline, President Barack Obama lashed out against Republicans, saying they are unwilling to raise taxes to ...