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House GOP picks woman for a top leadership post
Stinging from double-digit election losses among female voters, House Republicans elected a woman to their top leadership team Wednesday in a tense ...
THE RESET: Pelosi decision may affect budget talks
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi's decision to serve another term in that post will probably have a big influence on efforts by President Barack ...
Pelosi decides to run again for House leader post
Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she will run to keep her job as the Democratic leader in the House after a pair of elections that ...
Some Dems: drive over 'fiscal cliff,' then bargain
Some Democrats are pushing an unorthodox idea for coping with the "fiscal cliff": Let the government go over, temporarily at least, to give their ...
In Congress, trying to make lemonade from losses
House and Senate minority leaders Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell surrounded themselves with the triumphant faces of newly elected lawmakers Tuesday.
Bears, budgets, farmers top Congress to-do list
Bears and budgets top the list as Congress returned Tuesday from a seven-week election break to a long list of unfinished business. Looming large in ...
Congress faces agenda of unfinished business
Congress returns Tuesday to a crowded agenda of unfinished business overshadowed by the urgent need for President Barack Obama and lawmakers to avert ...
Face of US changing; elections to look different
It's not just the economy, stupid. It's the demographics — the changing face of America. The 2012 elections drove home trends that have been embedded ...
Fla. vote beyond recount range; West won't concede
Firebrand Republican Rep. Allen West was defeated by Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy, according to the state's vote count Saturday, but the ...
West wants ballots, voting machines impounded
Republican Rep. Allen West took the first steps in a legal challenge Wednesday in his closely watched re-election bid even as Democratic opponent ...
More Democratic Congress still a house divided
The new Congress will be slightly more Democratic and more female though House Republicans still hold a majority large enough to confront and confound ...
Obama calls lawmakers to set post-election agenda
President Barack Obama has telephoned leading lawmakers from both parties to talk about a legislative agenda for the remainder of the year.
Republicans renew House control for 2 more years
Republicans recaptured control of the House early Wednesday, besting Democrats in a billion-dollar battle and ensuring that the chamber will be ...
Republicans renew their control of House
Republicans recaptured control of the House early Wednesday, besting Democrats in a billion-dollar battle and ensuring that the chamber will be ...
Obama powers to re-election despite weak economy
President Barack Obama rolled to re-election Tuesday night, vanquishing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney despite a weak economy that plagued his ...
Romney and Obama pop up in latest GOP Senate ads
A resurgent Mitt Romney is popping up more in other Republican candidates' ads as both parties press their closing arguments in closely contested ...
San Francisco goes orange, black for Giants parade
Ecstatic baseball fans crammed the streets of San Francisco on Wednesday for a confetti-drenched parade and rally honoring the World Series champion ...
New England shapes up as Dem firewall for Senate
Democrats are counting on their New England friends to help them pick up Republican-held Senate seats on Nov. 6 and construct a barrier against losses ...
Wyoming Democrat wages lonely congressional fight
Chris Henrichsen's hopeful knocking on doors only disturbed the afternoon naps of dogs in a previously quiet Casper neighborhood. Then he finally hit ...
Hill leaders niche players in national campaign
At the top of their roosts in Washington, leaders of Congress are, as usual, turning out to be niche players on the national campaign stage.
Psst, taxes go up in 2013 for 163 million workers
President Barack Obama isn't talking about it and neither is Mitt Romney. But come January, 163 million workers can expect to feel the pinch of a big ...
Both parties see gains coming from Medicare debate
A little more than two weeks before Election Day, Republicans and Democrats alike say Medicare is working to their political advantage in campaigns ...
House tea party icons face re-election challenges
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann's tendency to cause a ruckus on Capitol Hill made her a tea party sensation. Her bulging campaign treasury and ...
Resurgent liberal makes Wisconsin race tight
For the last few years, the most endangered species in Wisconsin appeared to be the liberal Democrat. In one election after another, unhappy voters ...
Democrats criticize legal spending to defend DOMA
The House's top two Democrats are criticizing Republicans for spending nearly $1.5 million over the past 15 months on outside lawyers to defend the ...