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    Mar 22, 2013 |Column| Hartford Courant

  1. Limiting Deductions Cornerstone Of Great Deal

    The Hartford Courant
    The proposition that entitlement curbs are the key to maintaining national solvency is widely accepted, though not by many congressional Democrats. President Barack Obama, however, has endorsed it on various occasions. And he could make it happen. If he...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Taxation

    2. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  2. Senate vote: OK $85 billion cuts, avert shutdown

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved legislation Wednesday to lock in $85 billion in widely decried spending cuts aimed at restraining soaring federal deficits — and to avoid a government shutdown just a week away. President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats rejected a call to reopen White House tours scrapped because of the tightened spending.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved legislation Wednesday to lock in $85 billion in widely decried spending cuts aimed at restraining soaring federal deficits — and to avoid a government shutdown just a week away. President Barack Obama's...

    Tags: Democratic Party, U.S. Department of Defense, Finance, Justice System, Economic Stimulus Plan

    3. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  3. Reid: Background checks will be in Senate gun bill

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are taking an aggressive stance in their drive to curb firearms, announcing that the gun control legislation the Senate debates next month will include expanded federal background checks for gun purchasers.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are taking an aggressive stance in their drive to curb firearms, announcing that the gun control legislation the Senate debates next month will include expanded federal background checks for gun purchasers. Senate...

    Tags: Joe Manchin III, Justice System, Firearms, National Rifle Association of America, Republican Party

    4. Mar 23, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. What hiring freeze? Federal government continues to post job openings

    While hundreds of thousands of <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/federal-workplace/">federal workers</a> brace for unpaid furloughs starting next month, Uncle Sam is still looking to hire.
    While hundreds of thousands of federal workers brace for unpaid furloughs starting next month, Uncle Sam is still looking to hire. In one week alone this month, nearly 2,200 job listings available to the public were posted on USAJobs.gov, the federal...

    Tags: Government Health Care, Employment, Internal Revenue Service, Sex Crimes, Politics

    5. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Let the Senate vote-a-rama begin

    WASHINGTON &ndash; Step aside, stately Senate. Say hello to vote-a-rama.
    WASHINGTON – Step aside, stately Senate. Say hello to vote-a-rama. On Friday, the usually lonely floor of the U.S. Senate was thrown open for that most rare of occurrences – a free-for-all frenzy of amendment-making, which is required for...

    Tags: Culture, Barack Obama, Budgets and Budgeting, Paul Ryan, Crime, Law and Justice

    6. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Senators keep White House closed to tours

    <span class="runtimeTopic">WASHINGTON</span> &ndash; A Republican-led attempt to reopen the White House to tours was defeated largely along party lines Wednesday in the Senate.
    WASHINGTON – A Republican-led attempt to reopen the White House to tours was defeated largely along party lines Wednesday in the Senate. Senators voted 45 to 54 on the measure from Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, who was seeking to...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, Tourism and Leisure, Politics, Budget Control Act of 2011

    7. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Senate OKs legislation to keep government open; House votes next

    WASHINGTON &mdash; All but ensuring there will be no federal shutdown, the Senate on Wednesday approved a measure to keep the government running &mdash; but not before tweaking the automatic budget cuts that threaten some of the lawmakers&rsquo; favorite programs.
    WASHINGTON — All but ensuring there will be no federal shutdown, the Senate on Wednesday approved a measure to keep the government running — but not before tweaking the automatic budget cuts that threaten some of the lawmakers’...

    Tags: Lisa Mascaro, Kay Hagan, Rand Paul, Republican Party, Head Start

    8. Mar 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Senators protest sequester cuts, shutdown threat looms

    WASHINGTON — It was bound to happen: As the sequester budget cuts are felt around the country, lawmakers are having second thoughts — and trying to tinker with them in a way that could lead to a full-scale government shutdown. Senators...

    Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Department of Defense, Kay Hagan, Roy Blunt, Republican Party

    9. Mar 13, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  9. McManus: Sadder but wiser pols

    President Obama took a posse of Republican senators to dinner last week, and this week he's giving Congress the unusual courtesy of no fewer than four presidential visits to Capitol Hill.
    President Obama took a posse of Republican senators to dinner last week, and this week he's giving Congress the unusual courtesy of no fewer than four presidential visits to Capitol Hill. Can a flurry of presidential schmoozing change Washington from...

    Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, Barack Obama, Budgets and Budgeting, Paul Ryan, Republican Party

    10. Mar 8, 2013 | Orlando Sentinel

  10. Jeb Bush will be on five Sunday morning programs

    The TV Guy - Orlando Sentinel
    Former Gov. Jeb Bush will be everywhere Sunday morning. He is on five programs: “Meet the Press,” “State of the Union,” “Fox News Sunday,” “Face the Nation” and “This Week.” The Florida...
    11. Mar 12, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. Twelve steaks and an arugula salad: Obama takes the GOP to dinner

    President Barack Obama had a dinner date last week with a dozen of his worst enemies, thus proving that the governmental stalemate in Washington, D.C., is driving him to unusual acts of political creativity -- or desperation.
    President Barack Obama had a dinner date last week with a dozen of his worst enemies, thus proving that the governmental stalemate in Washington, D.C., is driving him to unusual acts of political creativity -- or desperation. The president personally...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Lindsey O. Graham, Ron Johnson, Republican Party, Richard Burr

    12. Mar 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Senate committee OKs bill expanding background checks for gun sales

    WASHINGTON &mdash; A bill to expand background check requirements for gun sales cleared its first Senate hurdle Tuesday, even though a compromise measure that would attract sufficient bipartisan support in the full chamber remains elusive.
    WASHINGTON — A bill to expand background check requirements for gun sales cleared its first Senate hurdle Tuesday, even though a compromise measure that would attract sufficient bipartisan support in the full chamber remains elusive. The Senate...

    Tags: Joe Manchin III, Laws, Justice System, National Rifle Association of America, Republican Party

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