http://www.mail.com/people/133454-steven-latourette.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/133454-steven-latourette.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1940210-gop-splits-immigration-terrorism-play.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Party divisions over immigration, anti-terrorism and other issues are bubbling to the surface just as President Barack Obama shows a new interest in capitalizing on GOP differences. The latest example played out Thursday on the Senate floor, where two Republican senators rebuked a third — tea party favorite Rand Paul of Kentuc... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:51:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1940210-gop-splits-immigration-terrorism-play.html 2013-03-08T13:51:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1794120-cliff-avoided-congress-staves-tax-hikes.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Past its own New Year's deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid a national "fiscal cliff" of middle class tax increases and spending cuts late Tuesday night in the culmination of a struggle that strained America's divided government to the limit. The bill's passage on a bipartisan 257-167 vote in the H... Wed, 02 Jan 2013 04:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1794120-cliff-avoided-congress-staves-tax-hikes.html 2013-01-02T04:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1784266-anti-tax-conservatives-to-tax-increase-deal.html BOSTON (AP) — In the city where a protest over tax policy sparked a revolution, modern day tea party activists are cheering the recent Republican revolt in Washington that embarrassed House Speaker John Boehner and pushed the country closer to a "fiscal cliff" that forces tax increases and massive spending cuts on virtually every American. "I want conserv... Sun, 23 Dec 2012 12:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1784266-anti-tax-conservatives-to-tax-increase-deal.html 2012-12-23T12:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1782686-analysis-gop-policies-led-to-fiscal-cliff-blowup.html WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans seem shocked by their party's meltdown on the so-called fiscal cliff. They shouldn't be. The uncompromising conservatives who blocked Speaker John Boehner's tax bill were merely sticking to policies that Boehner and nearly all other GOP leaders have pushed, without reservation, for years: It's always wrong to raise tax ... Sat, 22 Dec 2012 07:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1782686-analysis-gop-policies-led-to-fiscal-cliff-blowup.html 2012-12-22T07:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1778432-house-gop-puts-vote-plan-b.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Confronted with a revolt among the rank and file, House Republicans abruptly scrapped a vote Thursday night on legislation allowing tax rates to rise for households earning $1 million and up, complicating attempts to avoid a year-end "fiscal cliff" that threatens to send the economy into recession. The legislation "did not have sufficien... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1778432-house-gop-puts-vote-plan-b.html 2012-12-21T01:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1768370-boehner-dealmaker-survivor-tight-spot.html WASHINGTON (AP) — It's been just a month on the calendar but seemingly a lifetime in politics since House Speaker John Boehner got a pricey bottle of red wine from President Barack Obama as a birthday present, a feel-good image that the speaker's aides tweeted far and wide. The 63-year-old Ohio Republican has been caught up ever since in a monumental stru... Sat, 15 Dec 2012 15:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1768370-boehner-dealmaker-survivor-tight-spot.html 2012-12-15T15:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1735108-analysis-obama-boehner-seek-cliff-talks-leverage.html WASHINGTON (AP) — One month before the deadline, negotiations between President Barack Obama and Republicans to save the economy from a plunge over the fiscal cliff are still in the throat-clearing stage. Serious bargaining is on hold while the two sides vie for political leverage. Deal or no deal, nothing is likely to become clear until far closer to the... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1735108-analysis-obama-boehner-seek-cliff-talks-leverage.html 2012-11-30T23:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1722266-congress-fewer-moderates-deals-harder.html WASHINGTON (AP) — When the next Congress cranks up in January, there will be more women, many new faces and 11 fewer tea party-backed House Republicans from the class of 2010 who sought a second term. Overriding those changes, though, is a thinning of pragmatic, centrist veterans in both parties. Among those leaving are some of the Senate's most pragmatic... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1722266-congress-fewer-moderates-deals-harder.html 2012-11-26T08:06:00Z