Massachusetts Congressman Edward Markey, the first candidate to jump into the race for the Senate seat that will become vacant when, as expected, John Kerry is confirmed as Secretary of State, has twice passed on chances to make a bid...
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Quarterback Robert Griffin III of the Washington Redskins holds an American flag for Military appreciation before being introduced at FedEx Field on November 18, 2012 in Landover, Maryland.
Hail to the Redskins? Heck No, Say House Republicans
The Washington metropolitan area is famously a place where vast numbers of the citizenry come from somewhere else, drawn to the community by its cottage industry — the federal government. It is also a locale where coordinated action on key civic concerns such as housing and transportation is...
Read more »McConnell, Reid at Fiscal Standoff: `You Can’t Legislate with Yourself’
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says his party has “bent over backwards… stepped way, way out of our comfort zone,” in negotiations with Democrats over taxes and spending. And now a year-end deadline looms. “Here we are, once again, at...
Read more »Sandy Rebuilding Spurs Hiring in Furniture to Construction
The superstorm that caused tens of billions of dollars in damage and killed more than 100 people is also providing unexpected opportunities for companies helping in the recovery. Furniture, construction, plumbing, tree removal, road repair and structural engineering are among...
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Bo is Back in Town: On All Fours
President Barack Obama isn’t the only member of the first household who returned early from Hawaii today. Bo came back, too. The Portuguese water dog who inhabits the White House with the first family returned with the master-in-chief aboard Air...
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The highest percentage of Americans in eight years support stronger gun laws, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll.
Gun Control Gains Post-Newtown
A USA Today/Gallup poll out today shows the highest percentage of Americans in eight years supporting stronger gun laws following the mass shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. The poll found 58 percent favoring making laws covering the sale of firearms stricter....
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Under Lisa Jackson, the EPA negotiated fuel-efficiency standards with automakers and set the first-ever rules for mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants
EPA’s Jackson Leaving in January
Lisa Jackson, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, is leaving in January. The EPA director’s four-year tenure has been marked by controversy over regulation of matters such as the Keystone pipeline. President Barack Obama suggested today that Jackson’s tenure also...
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Speaker of the House John Boehner
Reid: Boehner’s `Dictatorship’ Stalled
Updated with McConnell spokesman at 11:10 am EST The temperature outside in Washington today is chilly. Indoors it’s boiling. “If we go over the cliff… it could have been avoided by a single vote” of the House, Senate Majority Leader...
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Marine One, carrying U.S. President Barack Obama and the First Family leave for Hawaii for their Christmas break.
Obama’s Pre-Holiday Approval: 57% — Post-Holiday Pre-Cliff: 56%
Updated at 3:30 pm EST Something has happened to President Barack Obama’s approval rating since Election Day, in the midst of an apparently intractable dispute with the House’s Republicans over taxes and spending and in the aftermath of one of...
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Congress is coming back today, looking to find a solution to avoid more than $600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts that start Jan. 1, 2013.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 1.79%
That’s the average annual yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasuries, and it’s the lowest average on record. Congress is coming back today, looking to find a solution to avoid more than $600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts that...
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