... preventing a government closure when a temporary funding measure expires Dec. 11. The House and Senate Appropriations committees are negotiating a $1 trillion-plus spending bill for the budget year that began Oct. 1 and are promising to have it ready by the week of Dec. 8. The tax-writing ...
... The answer was: In 1986 with the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act, which called for the end of apartheid. LINE ITEMS Sheldon Adelson, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates teamed up for a joint New York Times op-ed to call on Congress to act on comprehensive immigration reform. “The current stalemate ...
... employees get a raise, so that’s why I say the devil is in the details. Paul Solman: You’re a very curious person to interview because you are really of two minds about a specific policy, no? Bill Hobson: No, I think I’m very clear on what I ...
... see the images before they would have an abortion. The lower court's ruling that struck down the law stands. Wired Magazine compares philanthropy heads Bill Clinton and Bill Gates in a Q and A with both. Outgoing Boston Mayor Tom Menino is headed to Boston University to help run ...
... Political Report column focuses on demographic shifts and what House Republicans have to gain politically from immigration reform. Sen. Marco Rubio warned in a radio interview that he "would walk away from pushing a bipartisan immigration reform bill if a provision covering same-sex couples is added," The Hill reports ...
Shields, Brooks on Bin Laden Politics, Chen Guangcheng, Jobs Report
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks weigh in on the week's top political news, including the breakdown in bipartisan budget and deficit talks, the House's rebuke of President Obama over war powers and the Libya mission, and the president's new troop withdrawal timetable for the Afghan war.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, left, and House Speaker John Boehner speak to reporters outside the White House following a meeting with the president. Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Congressional leaders have taken budget negotiations to the brink of a federal government shutdown, and Thursday is almost certainly the point of no return....
President Obama jogs to the podium to address UPS employees at a facility in Maryland on Friday. Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool photo via Bloomberg. "It Begins With Us" is the name of the video that the Obama 2012 campaign emailed to its 13 million supporters shortly after 5 a.m. EDT Monday, marking the official...
Rep. Granger: Cuts to Foreign Aid Painful But Necessary
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