Archives for 2012-12
December 31, 2012, 6:39 pmSenate Republicans hope to vote Monday night on a package to avert the fiscal cliff, according to members leaving an evening caucus meeting.
December 31, 2012, 6:20 pmThe federal government reached its borrowing limit on Monday, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner wrote in a letter to congressional leaders.
December 31, 2012, 5:50 pmHouse Republicans emerged Monday night from a closed-door meeting with Speaker John Boehner, saying they’d been given no details of the potential d …
December 31, 2012, 4:02 pmLillian Miles Lewis, the wife of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., died today in Atlanta, according to the congressman’s office.
December 31, 2012, 3:09 pmIt’s New Year’s Eve, the countdown to the fiscal cliff is on, and the message from lawmakers is a collective "Let’s see what happens."
December 31, 2012, 2:40 pmIt was one of the best-received bits of news on Sunday, a day that saw little progress in talks to avert the fiscal cliff: Congress may yet avoid the …
December 31, 2012, 12:58 pmIt was 10 days ago that House Speaker John Boehner declared that “God only knows” how Congress would resolve the fiscal cliff. It’s still not clear. B …
December 31, 2012, 12:40 pmThe incoming Congress has big challenges ahead. But don’t be distracted by the bright shiny objects that are tax reform, entitlement reform, and maybe …
December 30, 2012, 8:27 pmWith fiscal cliff negotiations stalled, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has called his old dance partner Vice President Joe Biden in from t …
December 30, 2012, 10:17 amOn a decisive day in the fiscal cliff talk, President Obama used his appearance on NBC's Meet the Press to remind Republicans that he'll use all the p …
December 27, 2012, 4:49 pmOK, the fiscal cliff jumping prospects are looking mighty grim, but here's something: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says there's time to avoi …
December 27, 2012, 3:12 pmIt's official: the House will be back in session Sunday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced Thursday.
December 27, 2012, 2:41 pmDemocratic Rep. Edward Markey of Massachusetts will be running for the Senate seat being vacated by Sen. John Kerry, whom President Obama tapped to be …
December 27, 2012, 1:36 pmHawaii’s Senator-to-be Brian Schatz arrived in Washington prepared.
Wearing a brand new overcoat shortly after stepping off of Air Force One, Schatz …
December 27, 2012, 1:28 pmIt seems that everybody -- your barista, for instance -- has got somethin' to say about the fiscal cliff
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