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Senate committee passes immigration bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel on Tuesday approved legislation to give millions of illegal immigrants a path to citize...
FBI opens criminal probe of IRS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday he had ordered the FBI to open a criminal probe in a...
IRS' scrutiny of 'Tea Party' under investigation
By Patrick Temple-West and Thomas FerraroWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tax authorities' handling of applications for tax-exempt ...
'Hard work starts now' as Senate takes up gun control
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate cleared the way on Thursday for debate on proposals to curb gun violence, rejecting an effo...
Senate agrees to open gun-control debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate cleared the way on Thursday for an emotional, weeks-long debate on proposals to curb gun vi...
Ashley Judd opts not to enter Kentucky Senate race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Actress Ashley Judd's next role will not be as a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Kentu...
U.S. stares down start of steep 'automatic' budget cuts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government hurtled on Friday toward making deep spending cuts that threaten to hinder the nat...
Analysis: Obama pushes activist government, takes on far right
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican President Ronald Reagan declared in 1981 that "government is not the solution to our p...
Senior Democrat says Senate to finally pass a budget
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats for the first time in more than three years will pass a budget, a senior Democratic l...
White House considers broader gun control
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is weighing a far broader approach to curbing U.S. gun violence than just reinstating ...
Obama nominates Hagel, Brennan for top posts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Chuck Hagel, a former Republican senator, as his next defen...
In era of gridlock, Congress 'created a monster'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Setting a looming deadline to avert self-created calamity has become a frequent device for the U.S. Co...
Hours from 'fiscal cliff,' Washington still awaits deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress comes back on Monday without a deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" and only a...
Washington stirs for 'fiscal cliff' talks as Obama heads home
WASHINGTON/HONOLULU (Reuters) - Efforts to prevent the U.S. economy from going over a "fiscal cliff" stirred back t...
With 'fiscal cliff' deadline nearing, parties still at odds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Monday called on President Barack Obama to detail long-term spendi...
Obama, buoyed by election win, faces new battles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama had little time to savor victory on Wednesday after voters gave him a second te...
Obama, fresh from re-election, has little time to savor win
By Steve Holland and Matt SpetalnickWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fresh from a decisive re-election win, President Barack Obama retu...
Shooting victim's wife has baby, 7 victims still critical
AURORA, Colo. (Reuters) - A 21-year-old woman who escaped injury in the Colorado theater shooting rampage gave birth to a bab...
Obama team targets Romney over taxes, Republicans cry foul
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's campaign and top Democrats on Sunday called on Mitt Romney to release mor...
Senate 'Fire Department' seeks to ease partisan rancor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Call it a humble effort to douse the flames of dysfunction and paralysis in the U.S. Senate.Frustrated...
Signs of cheaper gas could brighten Obama campaign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New signs of lower U.S. gas prices could give a boost to President Barack Obama's re-election hope...
Stung by gas prices, Obama seeks new oil crackdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama, whose political fortunes are threatened by rising gasoline prices, propos...
Santorum won't quit race; top Republican calls for unity
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate's top Republican called on his party to unite behind leading presidential candidat...
Netanyahu tells Obama: No Israeli decision on Iran attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Benjamin Netanyahu assured President Barack Obama on Monday that Israel has not made any decision on a...
Insight: Boehner leadership in focus in tax cut debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In Congress' tense drama over how to extend payroll tax cuts for 160 million Americans, it may be the ...
Republicans block Obama's consumer nominee
By Dave ClarkeWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republicans on Thursday beat back Democratic President Barack Obama's pick to hea...
Obama hits GOP, Wall Street in populist speech
OSAWATOMIE, Kansas (Reuters) - President Barack Obama blasted his Republican foes and Wall Street on Tuesday as he portrayed ...
Protesters sit in at congressional offices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Protesters brought their message about alleged U.S. economic unfairness to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, si...
Obama cites progress towards payroll tax cut
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama struck an optimistic note on Wednesday night that lawmakers in Congress could rea...
Competing fiscal plans blocked in divided Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republicans and Democrats rejected each other's economic stimulus bills on Thursday, underscori...
Senate defeats Obama's jobs bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate defeated President Barack Obama's job-creation package on Tuesday in a sign that Washington...
Obama offers $3.6 trillion deficit plan, would up taxes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama laid out a $3.6 trillion plan on Monday to cut budget deficits partly by ra...
Obama to propose $300 billion jobs package
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, facing waning confidence among Americans in his economic stewardship, plans so...
Obama to Congress: Find way out of debt 'mess'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With four days remaining until the United States hits its debt limit, President Barack Obama on Friday...